Change the board theme

Arnaud Bonatti arnaud.bonatti@gmail.com 2020

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Reversi supports various board themes, so that you can adjust its look to your taste.

Until the theme has been changed, the application tries to choose a theme adapted to your environment; see the section about the Default theme.

Changing theme

For changing theme, press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window, select Appearance, and select one of the items in the given list.

The first item of the list is called Default and lets the application try to choose a theme adapted to your environment; see the section about the Default theme. The following suggestions are described in the themes list.

Following the themes list, the options of the section Highlights are for displaying helpful highlights. These are working whatever theme you decide to use.

Themes list

Reversi comes with four themes installed:

Classic: this theme mimics the most usual reversi boards, with a green background and bicolor pieces;

Black and White: this theme is more conceptual, featuring geometric shapes and a high black and white contrast;

Adwaita: this theme uses a blue board, more suitable if the theme of your windows is a dark one;

Sun and Star: this theme is a variant of the Classic one, with some decorations on the pieces.

The first entry in the themes list is called Default and has a special behavior; see the section about the Default theme.

<em>Default</em> theme

The first entry in the themes list is called Default and has a special behavior.

When this entry is selected, the application tries to choose a theme adapted to your environment:

if you are using a theme for your windows known for being dark –like Adwaita Dark– or if you have activated GNOME night mode, the board theme used will be the one called Adwaita, that is darker than the other themes thanks to its blue background;

if you are using a theme for your windows created specially for having a high contrast, notably if you activated the “High Contrast” GNOME accessibility option, the board theme used will be the one called Black and White, that should be a perfect fit;

else, the theme used will be the one called Classic, that uses a green board quite common for reversi games.

This behavior is of course the default one of the application.

More information

There is no way to install a different theme than the ones described here.

These themes have been designed by Arnaud Bonatti, with pieces created by Masuichi Ito.

If you have a suggestion for a new theme, or if you are interested in contributing a new theme, please open an issue about it.