Arc-BLACK [introducing Arc-BLACKEST] [support for GS-3.36]

GTK3 Themes black blue dark icons matching

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/rtlewis88/rtl88-Themes/tree/Arc-Black

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Description:

Arc-BLACK is a flat, dark-mode theme with transparent elements, for GTK, xfwm4, openbox-3, GNOME-Shell, and Cinnamon desktop environments. Black-on-black-on-black, with the signature Arc-Blue, right where you expect it.

Arc-BLACK also has matching Icons and Folders here.
To check them out, go to:
https://www.pling.com/p/1326508/

Arc theme is 2019's most popular theme, as it has been for the past couple of years, according to major sources: (August 2, 2019) https://www.ubuntupit.com/top-15-best-gnome-shell-themes-gnome-desktop/. As such, the well-embraced standard Arc theme has always been available in the three variants of Arc, Arc-Dark, and Arc-Darker; but, at last, a measurably even darker black Arc has arrived on the GTK+ scene. Even at it dimmest, the earlier Arc variants have never quite satisfied those who need the lights turned down real low, but this black variant should fix all of that.

The black Arc desktop theme darkens only six elements, on the whole, but where it happens makes all the difference. Significantly, keeping the official Arc hues, contrasts, and structure wholly intact was foremost in this project's objective. Thus, nothing is altered one tiny bit in those crucial areas - as the existent, intact, Arc hues are pragmatically darkened.

Moreover, the signature Arc-Blue hue is not darkened or altered in any way via the new Arc-BLACK variant. The goal was invariably to keep Arc as we know it, while merely darkening the elements necessary to align with the brightness values more associated with what heavy users demand from dark themes. We hope we achieved that for you.

Special thanks to horst3180 at: https://github.com/horst3180/Arc-theme, for initially advancing Arc, and for inspiration. Further thanks to NicoHood at: https://github.com/NicoHood/arc-theme, for keeping Arc alive and great, more currently.


Manual Installation Is Easy:

1) Extract the "tar.xz" file into your "~/.themes/" folder - to install for current user only - or into the "/usr/share/themes/" folder - for the theme to be applied globally. 2) Use the GNOME Tweak Tool or an equivalent app to enable it for your desktop.

If installing manually, make sure to install the dependency: "Murrine theme engine" if you do not already have it; and update your GTK+packages if you have not.

Logging out and then logging back in may be necessary on some operating systems to fully implement themes.
Last changelog:

04-07-19: Version 1.7.8 6 days ago

This update sees all three flavor variants get enhancements. Here, each of the flavor's base hue was applied to the GS App-Grid page control elements (big dots on right side). Previously, these elements rendered white. Commit: fb2aa2

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dima1911

5 days ago

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yolifromcc

1 month ago

Yay for dotted lines, there supposed to be there, brilliant (old nag) ~ lol.

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peppermint

1 month ago

Call me an old nag, but I still think you should remove the dotted lines in the scroll areas. They are useless and the themes look so much better without them, because you have some really awesome themes.

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lucasq

2 months ago

9 9 excellent

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rtl88

2 months ago

Thanks!

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andrijoe

2 months ago

10 10 the best

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rtl88

2 months ago

Thank you very much!

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sdmf

2 months ago

10 10 the best

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rtl88

2 months ago

Thanks a bunch!

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scoson

3 months ago

8 8 great
Pretty sharp, thanks!

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rtl88

2 months ago

Thanks!

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imperhelp

7 months ago

10 10 the best

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bealsc

7 months ago

10 Excellent! Looking forward to the color variants. Not sure what colors you will use, but it would be nice to have a selection of colors close to the gnome-colors icon set. This theme matches GNOME-Brave(blue) nicely. Dust(brown), Human(orange), Illustrious(magenta?), Noble(purple), Wine(red), and Wise(green) remain. One very minor inconsistency: the text when clicking on the File, Edit, etc. menu in GTK2 apps e.g. Pale Moon, is still black text on blue BG. Keep up the great work, you're killing it.

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rtl88

7 months ago

Yep, all of that is in the works; I appreciate the hue suggestions! I'll go over your palette again tomorrow.

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bealsc

7 months ago

That's awesome, thanks! I look forward to seeing the results.

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rtl88

7 months ago

The first 7 colors are up (go look). I may do something different with the 'Kiwi... and make it a forest-green (your opinion?). No dust or wine, yet; but I wanted to get started with these (fairly) well-tested variants.

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bealsc

7 months ago

I think Kiwi looks fine as-is, but forest does sound interesting, so whatever you decide is cool by me.

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bealsc

7 months ago

Oops one more thing: On XFCE 4.14 the Workspace Switcher on the panel is very difficult to see as it's virtually the same color as the panel. If I find anything else I'll let you know.

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rtl88

7 months ago

I tore it apart yesterday, when I saw your note; I'm still trying to get that to line up. We'll get it; thanks!

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Puli

7 months ago

9 9 excellent

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ashahir05

7 months ago

Very nice theme. But it would be great if you made a green version?

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rtl88

7 months ago

We have a six-to-eight multi-color version of Arc-Black currently under testing. I wish they would hurry up too! ;)

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bucuralessia16

8 months ago

10 this one is like dark chocolate it make me hungry. thank you.

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TheProduct86

8 months ago

10 10 the best

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texasnathan41

8 months ago

Where are these icons?

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04-07-19: Version 1.7.8 6 days ago

This update sees all three flavor variants get enhancements. Here, each of the flavor's base hue was applied to the GS App-Grid page control elements (big dots on right side). Previously, these elements rendered white. Commit: fb2aa2

26-06-19: Version 1.7.7 15 days ago

This update see the 'hover' element of the scrollbars and sliders modified for Arc-BLACKEST GS and the Arc-Black-3.36 GS variants. Here, for differentiation, a deeper (more saturated) value of the base-blue hue is applied to these elements, where they once were white. This enhancement has already been applied to standard variant, via earlier update. Commit: 497cd7.

08-06-19: Version 1.7.6 22 days ago

This update see upgrades for all three theme variants. Here, the GS top-bar and panel text were brightened. This enhancement measurably improves readability. Commit: d1af33.

08-06-19: Version 1.7.5 1 month ago

This update see scrollbars and sliders modified for Arc-BLACKEST GS. Here, the base-blue hue is applied to these elements, where they once were white. This enhancement has already been applied to other two variants, via earlier update. Commit: 226c54.

30-05-19: Version 1.7.4 1 month ago

Introduced Arc-BLACKEST-3.36 to suite.

21-05-19: Version 1.7.3 1 month ago

This update modifies the 3.36 variant. Here, the classic Arc base hue is added to the search window selection-text. Previously, the element rendered a gray/white hue. This enhancement was performed on the other version during earlier update. Commit: 553a05

10-05-19: Version 1.7.2 2 months ago

This update modifies the 3.36 variant. Here, the classic Arc base hue is added to the App-Grid search window text. Previously, this element rendered a gray/white hue. Commit: 7ac92e

01-05-19: Version 1.7.1 2 months ago

Arc-Black-3.36 underwent modifications to scrollbars, sliders, and handles in the GNOME-Shell. Here, the base Arc hue replaces the previously gray hue, vis-a-vis the "Active" elemental rendering. Commit: c540c4

24-04-19: Version 1.7 2 months ago

This update sees a complete reconstruction, and addition of new variant. Modifications include 423 changes and additions, across all platforms, save for GTK2. This exhaustive upgrade was due to major shifts in the ecosystem, namely the arrival of GNOME 3.36. Since most users are still on earlier versions, the original variant will still be retained, and refreshed, for the foreseeable future. Commit: ec73ad

15-04-19: Version 1.6.1 2 months ago

Arc-Black underwent modifications to scrollbars, sliders, and handles in the GNOME-Shell. Here, the base Arc hue replaces the previously gray hue, vis-a-vis the "Active" elemental rendering; whereas a darker version of the base Arc hue replaces the previously white hue, vis-a-vis the "Hover" elemental rendering. Commit: 17ae59

08-04-19: Version 1.6 3 months ago

Arc-Black underwent modifications to app indicators in the GNOME-Shell. Here, a lighter version of the base Arc hue replaces the previously white elements Commit: bcac53

30-03-19: Version 1.5.9 3 months ago

Arc-Black underwent color and architectural modifications to both Plank theme and the GNOME-Shell. The changes vis-a-vis GNOME beautifies and improves functionality in menu elements, by adding the base Arc hue to selection events. Commit: ea7744

23-12-19: Version 1.5.8 6 months ago

Arc-Black underwent color modifications to dock themes and gtk.gresource. These tweaks temper saturation vis-a-vis accent colored elements, e.g., check-boxes and radios. The result improves definition and adds a slightly lighter hex value to these elements. Commit: 63fd2b

15-12-19: Version 1.5.7 6 months ago

Arc-Black underwent 65 color modifications, across all platforms, save gnome-shell. These tweaks enhance saturation vis-a-vis accent colored elements, e.g., check-boxes and radios. The result improves definition and adds beauty to these elements.

06-12-19: Version 1.5.6 7 months ago

Arc-Black underwent 14 modifications, with 4 files added, to include: 1 change to plank; 2 changes to gtk-2.0; and 11 changes to gnome-shell.

29-11-19: Version 1.5.5 7 months ago

Arc-Black underwent 29 modifications, to include 4 changes to xfwm4; 6 changes to gtk/gnome default docks/panels; 1 change to plank; 1 change to openbox-3; 3 changes to metacity-1; 1 change to gtk-3.0; and 13 changes to cinnamon. The primary outcome of this update efficaciously adds more saturation and depth to the Arc-Blue hue on 'selected' and 'scroll-over' events.

20-11-19: Version 1.5.4 7 months ago

Only one modification via this update; but it is meaningful. All non-gtk-3 platforms will now have pure-white scroll-over/selected text, instead of the traditional dark blue-grey (gtk-3 based platforms had this change last update). This element change was due to user demands.

13-11-19: Version 1.5.3 7 months ago

43 modifications , including 1 to plank, 1 to gtk-3.0, 38 to gtk-2.0, 1 gnome-shell, and 2 to cinnamon. Namely assets, color tweaks for gtk-2 were at the forefront of this update.

04-11-19: Version 1.5.2 8 months ago

41 modifications in total , including, 1 change to plank; 1 change to gtk-3.0; 38 changes to gtk-2.0: 4 changes to menubar-toolbar; 34 changes to assets; 2 changes to cinnamon: 1 light assets, 1 message.svg.

24-10-19: Version 1.5.1 8 months ago

Various Assets Tweaks, Radio-Buttons Color Tweaks, Header and Standard Button Color Tweaks, and Active-Text Color Tweaks for GTK2, GTK3, and Cinnamon.

15-10-19: Version 1.5 8 months ago

Assets Tweaks and Rebuild

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Excellent! Looking forward to the color variants. Not sure what colors you will use, but it would be nice to have a selection of colors close to the gnome-colors icon set. This theme matches GNOME-Brave(blue) nicely. Dust(brown), Human(orange), Illustrious(magenta?), Noble(purple), Wine(red), and Wise(green) remain. One very minor inconsistency: the text when clicking on the File, Edit, etc. menu in GTK2 apps e.g. Pale Moon, is still black text on blue BG. Keep up the great work, you're killing it.
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