Dark Theme - Workstation Pro - Linux

[Karti]

Hi,

Looking at purchasing the Workstation Pro, but I cannot see any way to change the overall view to a dark theme, which TBH will be a stopper.

Could someone clarify that the Linux version only uses white (light theme)

Any comments appreciated.

Cheers

K

[kCentre]

There's no theme option in preferences on linux hosts for 15, 16 and 17 Pro versions.

[louyo]

I am running on Debian 11.5. WS itself takes on the theme of my desktop (Mate). This does not affect the virtual machines, they use their own themes. 

[dariusd · Accepted solution]

Workstation for Linux will use the theme settings from your desktop environment.  If your desktop is set to a dark theme, Workstation will also use a dark theme.  In the following screenshot, I am using Debian 11, and have used the gnome-tweaks application (in the bottom-right corner) to set the desktop to the Adwaita-dark theme, and Workstation seems to be appearing in the dark theme, as expected:

As far as I am aware, workstation 17 does not have any way to set the theme to anything other than the desktop theme.

[Karti]

Thanks, TBH I thought my system was already set to dark (running Kubuntu) but a quick change and it gave me the dark theme. 

Much appreciated.