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szymon1051

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[SOLVED]Adwaita (dark) in LibreOffice dark preview. Change?

I have Debian 13 xfce installed and Adwaita (dark) selected as one of the 3 default styles available.
The problem is that in LibreOffice Write, Calc, etc., I have a dark workspace. When I print, the letters are white and black.
Is there any way to change it so that the workspace is also white and has black letters by default?
AI suggested that I create a template with a white background. The problem is that it only works in LibreOffice Write, but not with documents that I download, for example, which automatically open with dark and light letters.
I also use a dark theme on Linux Mint with Xfce, but I think it's different from this one and I don't have any problems.
Is there any way I can export the style from Mint Xfce and import it into Debian Xfce?

Last edited by szymon1051 (2026-01-22 23:36:44)

eriefisher

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Re: [SOLVED]Adwaita (dark) in LibreOffice dark preview. Change?

The xfce4 theme shouldn't be affecting Libre Office documents. I would think that there is a setting that reverses the colours.

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szymon1051

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Re: [SOLVED]Adwaita (dark) in LibreOffice dark preview. Change?

When I change the style, the appearance in LibreOffice Calc changes.
The first one is ‘ciemny’, meaning dark.
https://imgur.com/a/MzN2Vt3

eriefisher

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Re: [SOLVED]Adwaita (dark) in LibreOffice dark preview. Change?

I just opened Calc. I have the Adwaita(dark) theme always set. The Calc workspace is white. I switch themes to greybird(light) and the work space doesn't change. I'm not sure what's going on.

Added later 45 min 08 s:
Mousepad is different. It has styles under Edit>>Preferences>>Colour Scheme. You can set thunar backgrounds as well.

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szymon1051

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Re: [SOLVED]Adwaita (dark) in LibreOffice dark preview. Change?

It turned out that in LibreOffice, under Tools->Options (Alt+F12)->Appearance, there is an option to choose between: System, Light, and Dark.
When I changed the style, it changed immediately.
When I searched for it earlier with AI, I couldn't find it. 

eriefisher

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Registered: 2008-10-25

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Re: [SOLVED]Adwaita (dark) in LibreOffice dark preview. Change?

You could try copying over the libreoffice folder under /home/$user/.config and see if it changes. Back up the original first.

Added later 01 min 36 s:

It turned out that in LibreOffice, under Tools->Options (Alt+F12)->Appearance, there is an option to choose between: System, Light, and Dark.
When I changed the style, it changed immediately.
When I searched for it earlier with AI, I couldn't find it. 

Good stuff. Ignore my previous post then. I knew there was a setting in LO.

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It's alright, when you find your way, then you see it disappear
It's alright....
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