All my menus are highlighted like in the attached image.
I asked around and someone told me my gtk theme might be broken. However, I have no clue how to fix it. This occurs on my system menus, DE changer in the login menu, and most other programs.
Ubuntu – Broken gtk theme
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Related Solutions
Start Firefox with one of the following command:
- GTK3 Firefox 46+:
env GTK_THEME=Adwaita:light firefox - GTK2 Firefox <46:
env GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Simple/gtk-2.0/gtkrc firefox
This will launch Firefox using the Simple/Adwaita:light theme, which is pretty basic and should blend with your Persona. You can try other themes, by replacing Simple with the theme name, but this doesn't work with all themes.
So far I have successfully tested with Simple and Redmond themes...
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If the theme is a system theme (installed by default), you can find it in the /usr/share/themes/ directory. So for example if it is Ambiance, you will find it in /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc file.
If you have installed it on user mode you can probably find the theme in ~/.themes/ directory. Then go to the relevant themes gtk-2/0 and open the gtkrc file.
At the top you might find a line as gtk-color-scheme =. There you can find the text colors.
But one can also change the color from right-click on desktop, them change background. Then under Theme tab select Customize and then after selecting the relevant theme, go to colors tab. Here you can change the text colors.
Best Answer
It's problem with unity-settings-daemon / gnome-settings-daemon. You can report a bug here.
On Ubuntu 14.04 and newer following command should fix problem (run it from a Terminal):
On Ubuntu older than 14.04 tou can try (run it from a Terminal):