atom editor - cannot read menus with arc-darker theme

[mikewalker]

When using the arc-darker application theme the top menu in atom is not really readable the menu text and the background are almost the same colour. The arc-dark theme does not have the same issue, but do prefer the arc-darker theme which is actually less dark.

I did find a solution that does work since atom is the only application with this issue. What I did was to change the exec line in the atom.desktop file so that the arc-darker theme is used for atom. This works as a temporary fix but I'd rather not need to be editing desktop files in order to read menus in the app.

Exec=env GTK_THEME=Arc-Dark /usr/bin/atom %F

I am currently using Atom 1.36, Gnome 3.32 on Fedora 30. The issue is also reproducible on Arch linux so this may be a Gnome 3.32+ issue.

[NicoHood]

It seems to be gone on my system. But I had this issue also since weeks on ArchLinux.

[mikewalker]

I just checked the arch system again and the issue is indeed gone on the arch system. Maybe a slight

Both systems are both using 20190330 version so maybe a difference in a supporting library? Actually Fedora is 4 commits ahead but I don't think that's it since the problem was there before updating to HEAD.

I could try building myself from git instead of using the AUR version on arch to see if the problem appears on the Arch system. The would at least eliminate any difference between the two systems in terms of the arc-theme code.

[NicoHood]

I guess it could be the gnome version or atom itself?

[smurphos]

Atom is electron based I believe? This sounds like an old electron bug that was patched a while back - electron/electron#15878

[NicoHood]

Thanks a lot for this note!

[mikewalker]

Atom is electron based I believe? This sounds like an old electron bug that was patched a while back - electron/electron#15878

Thanks for this, it certainly looks like what I've been running into.