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I use Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity and when I select a text (for example to copy something from browser), it has ugly orange background. I want to make it something normal like blue. I tried gnome-color-chooser but it doesn't have that option.
Do you know some way to change it? Maybe there is some gtk conf file where I can just change the color code.
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.
Install and open gnome-color-chooser .
Go to Specific → Tooltips and put black foreground over pale yellow background.
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You can edit
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selected_bg_colorchange#f07746(orange) to#0000ff(bright blue, or whatever color you prefer)These are system files, so to edit them you'll need to be root like so: