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Breeze Dark theme for Wine

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Install

wine regedit wine-breeze-dark.reg

Uninstall (Reset Wine color scheme)

wine regedit wine-reset-theme.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="49 54 58"
"ActiveTitle"="49 54 58"
"AppWorkSpace"="60 64 72"
"Background"="49 54 58"
"ButtonAlternativeFace"="200 0 0"
"ButtonDkShadow"="154 154 154"
"ButtonFace"="49 54 58"
"ButtonHilight"="119 126 140"
"ButtonLight"="60 64 72"
"ButtonShadow"="60 64 72"
"ButtonText"="219 220 222"
"GradientActiveTitle"="49 54 58"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="49 54 58"
"GrayText"="155 155 155"
"Hilight"="119 126 140"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"InactiveBorder"="49 54 58"
"InactiveTitle"="49 54 58"
"InactiveTitleText"="219 220 222"
"InfoText"="159 167 180"
"InfoWindow"="49 54 58"
"Menu"="49 54 58"
"MenuBar"="49 54 58"
"MenuHilight"="119 126 140"
"MenuText"="219 220 222"
"Scrollbar"="73 78 88"
"TitleText"="219 220 222"
"Window"="35 38 41"
"WindowFrame"="49 54 58"
"WindowText"="219 220 222"
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"=-
"ActiveTitle"=-
"AppWorkSpace"=-
"Background"=-
"ButtonAlternativeFace"=-
"ButtonDkShadow"=-
"ButtonFace"=-
"ButtonHilight"=-
"ButtonLight"=-
"ButtonShadow"=-
"ButtonText"=-
"GradientActiveTitle"=-
"GradientInactiveTitle"=-
"GrayText"=-
"Hilight"=-
"HilightText"=-
"InactiveBorder"=-
"InactiveTitle"=-
"InactiveTitleText"=-
"InfoText"=-
"InfoWindow"=-
"Menu"=-
"MenuBar"=-
"MenuHilight"=-
"MenuText"=-
"Scrollbar"=-
"TitleText"=-
"Window"=-
"WindowFrame"=-
"WindowText"=-
@queenbiscuit311
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queenbiscuit311 commented Jul 11, 2023

You can also add a registry setting to the enable and disable scripts using something someone mentioned above to automate disabling and re enabling the new light theme.

@begin-theadventure
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@claymorwan
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chat what do I do
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@XiaoPanPanKevinPan
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@claymorwan
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I met the same problem and found that you need to

  1. First, open winecfg. In the [Desktop Intergration] tab -> [Appearance] -> [Theme: ], choose (No Theme).
    (This is the key point to prevent what we set from being override.)
  2. Then, apply the theme "Breeze Dark Theme for Wine" by running wine regedit wine-breeze-dark.reg.
  3. Finally, restart wine to see the change - kill it with wineserver -k and reopen some program such as winecfg.

image

ref: Wine dark theme - WineHQ Forums

@githubtefo
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Any workaorunnd to switch between light and dark with a single command or with the auto theme from the system?

@claymorwan
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@claymorwan
chat what do I do

I met the same problem and found that you need to

1. First, open `winecfg`. In the [Desktop Intergration] tab -> [Appearance] -> [Theme: ], choose `(No Theme)`.
   (This is the key point to prevent what we set from being override.)

2. Then, apply the theme "Breeze Dark Theme for Wine" by running `wine regedit wine-breeze-dark.reg`.

3. Finally, restart wine to see the change - kill it with `wineserver -k` and reopen some program such as `winecfg`.

image

ref: Wine dark theme - WineHQ Forums

Seems to be working, thank :3

@parkerlreed
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Any workaorunnd to switch between light and dark with a single command or with the auto theme from the system?

I imagine you could do some unholy wrapper script for wine (replace binary with script, move real binary to wine.real or some such, check current theme and apply the regedit on launch)

Would have to be done for winecfg separately as well.

Likely not worth the effort in the end since there's no built-in support for this.

@mirthost-ue
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Maybe someone will find this decolorized theme in Photoshop style useful. I made it for myself.

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`Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="70 70 70"
"ActiveTitle"="44 44 44"
"AppWorkSpace"="44 44 44"
"Background"="44 44 44"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="64 64 64"
"ButtonDkShadow"="40 40 40"
"ButtonFace"="44 44 44"
"ButtonHilight"="60 60 60"
"ButtonLight"="60 60 60"
"ButtonShadow"="44 44 44"
"ButtonText"="210 210 210"
"GradientActiveTitle"="60 60 60"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="44 44 44"
"GrayText"=" 100 100 100"
"Hilight"="70 70 70"
"HilightText"="210 210 210"
"HotTrackingColor"="44 44 44"
"InactiveBorder"="70 70 70"
"InactiveTitle"="65 65 65"
"InactiveTitleText"="80 80 80"
"InfoText"="210 210 210"
"InfoWindow"="210 210 210"
"Menu"="44 44 44"
"MenuBar"="54 54 54"
"MenuHilight"="70 70 70"
"MenuText"="210 210 210"
"Scrollbar"="60 60 60"
"TitleText"="220 220 220"
"Window"="30 30 30"
"WindowFrame"="50 50 50"
"WindowText"="210 210 210"`

@Opposite34
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Hey, so I got this theme applied everywhere but foobar2000. Is there a way to make it work there as well? (Not necessarily the exact theme, just need the dark mode to apply which is doesn't want to...)

@queenbiscuit311
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queenbiscuit311 commented Jun 6, 2025

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors] "ActiveBorder"="70 70 70" "ActiveTitle"="44 44 44" "AppWorkSpace"="44 44 44" "Background"="44 44 44" "ButtonAlternateFace"="64 64 64" "ButtonDkShadow"="40 40 40" "ButtonFace"="44 44 44" "ButtonHilight"="60 60 60" "ButtonLight"="60 60 60" "ButtonShadow"="44 44 44" "ButtonText"="210 210 210" "GradientActiveTitle"="60 60 60" "GradientInactiveTitle"="44 44 44" "GrayText"=" 100 100 100" "Hilight"="70 70 70" "HilightText"="210 210 210" "HotTrackingColor"="44 44 44" "InactiveBorder"="70 70 70" "InactiveTitle"="65 65 65" "InactiveTitleText"="80 80 80" "InfoText"="210 210 210" "InfoWindow"="210 210 210" "Menu"="44 44 44" "MenuBar"="54 54 54" "MenuHilight"="70 70 70" "MenuText"="210 210 210" "Scrollbar"="60 60 60" "TitleText"="220 220 220" "Window"="30 30 30" "WindowFrame"="50 50 50" "WindowText"="210 210 210"

looks great, thanks

@queenbiscuit311
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Hey, so I got this theme applied everywhere but foobar2000. Is there a way to make it work there as well? (Not necessarily the exact theme, just need the dark mode to apply which is doesn't want to...)

probably doeesn't use the windows built in theming, so I doubt you can fix it without modding the program or something

@Slyfox88
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mt4

@givbra script got the closest to looking good. Does anyone know how to fix the spots I circled in red?

@parkerlreed
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parkerlreed commented Jun 16, 2025

Every application handles the theming differently. Nothing can be done from the WINE side on a per application basis.

@queenbiscuit311
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Best you can do is mess with the colors and see which ones those spots are using and see if you can change them to something more legible

@Slyfox88
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mt4theme

I created my own theme and it looks quite nice in MT4. Maybe it looks good for other apps as well.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="70 70 70"
"ActiveTitle"="4 4 100"
"AppWorkSpace"="44 44 44"
"Background"="44 44 44"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="64 64 64"
"ButtonDkShadow"="150 150 150"
"ButtonFace"="50 50 50"
"ButtonHilight"="20 20 20"
"ButtonLight"="140 140 140"
"ButtonShadow"="110 110 110"
"ButtonText"="210 210 210"
"GradientActiveTitle"="60 60 60"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="44 44 44"
"GrayText"=" 100 100 100"
"Hilight"="4 4 100"
"HilightText"="210 210 210"
"HotTrackingColor"="255 0 0"
"InactiveBorder"="255 0 0"
"InactiveTitle"="40 40 40"
"InactiveTitleText"="160 160 160"
"InfoText"="210 210 210"
"InfoWindow"="30 30 30"
"Menu"="44 44 44"
"MenuBar"="54 54 54"
"MenuHilight"="4 4 100"
"MenuText"="210 210 210"
"Scrollbar"="60 60 60"
"TitleText"="210 210 210"
"Window"="30 30 30"
"WindowFrame"="50 50 50"
"WindowText"="210 210 210"

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