foldex/adwsteamgtk

A simple Gtk wrapper for Adwaita-for-Steam

AdwSteamGtk

A simple GTK wrapper that installs and updates the Adwaita for Steam skin.

Installation

Available on Flathub

Arch AUR Build (Unofficial)

Skin Install

1. Install via app
2. Restart Steam if running

Skin Updates

On Startup new releases will automatically be downloaded and display a notification:

Simply reinstall the skin afterwards to update.

Command Line Usage

flatpak run io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk

Arg	Short	Description
--check	-c	Checks for updates and displays a notification
--install	-i	Checks for updates and installs them, always installs
--options	-o	Overrides Install Options, see below
--update	-u	Checks for updates and installs them

Install Options

By default installs with -i/-u will use your last selected settings within the app.

You may override this by using -o option.

Please note that these options are one time overrides, they will not save themselves.

Options should be passed as a single string like so:

flatpak run io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk -i -o 'option_name:option_value;option_name:option_value'

Key	Description	Accepted Values
color_theme	Colortheme for skin	Any valid theme name
library_sidebar	Display Options for Library Sidebar	show, hover_only
library_whats_new	Show the Library What's New Section	true, false, yes, no, on, off, t, f, y, n
login_qr	Display Options for the QR Code Login	show, hover_only, hide
rounded_corners	Show Rounded Corners on Elements	true, false, yes, no, on, off, t, f, y, n
win_controls	Window Controls Presets (Maximize, Minimize, etc)	default, right-all, left, left-all, none
win_controls_style	Window Controls Visual Style (Mac OS Dots)	default, dots

Troubleshooting

See Troubleshooting

Translations

The Weblate platform is the preferred method of contributing translations.

Manual Instructions do exist for an alternative method of contributing as well.

Building

It is recommended to use Gnome Builder or flatpak-builder to build the project.

flatpak install org.gnome.Platform//46 org.gnome.Sdk//46
flatpak-builder --install --force-clean --user build-dir io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk.json

See the below requirements otherwise.

Requirements

• Blueprint Compiler >= 0.8.0
• GTK4
• Libadwaita
• Libportal
• Meson
• Ninja
• PyGObject
• Python >= 3.10
• Python python-packaging

adwsteamgtk's Issues

Bug Report:

when steam has been installed with other package managers then flatpak it doesnt install themes correctly but its says it was successfu. (in my situation pacman)

here is the log :

→ Creating stage directory /tmp/tmp59f7m4td/adwaita
→ Applying color theme breeze...

→ Patching Steam Client Library Files...
✦ Directory /home/hosein/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam does not exist
✓ Done!

as you can see /home/hosein/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam does not exists witch is path of steam that is installed with flatpak

Bug Report: Installer Process Failed

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• Yes

Description of Issue:

Installation Process fails with the following output:

usage: install.py [-h] [-c COLOR_THEME] [--custom-css] [-d]
                  [-e EXTRAS [EXTRAS ...]] [-l] [-t TARGET [TARGET ...]] [-u]

install.py: error: unrecognized arguments: -f

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open ADWSteamGTK
2. Press "Apply"
3. Observe Message "Installer: Installer Process Failed"

CLI Output:

♥ ❯ flatpak run io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk 
usage: install.py [-h] [-c COLOR_THEME] [--custom-css] [-d]
                  [-e EXTRAS [EXTRAS ...]] [-l] [-t TARGET [TARGET ...]] [-u]
install.py: error: unrecognized arguments: -f

Feature Request: Command-line for automatic install

Hello,

First of all, thanks you for taking on your time to maintain this software. I would like to be able to update automatically the Adwaita theme for Steam using command-line.

I saw that you've already implement the -c option that fetch the archive but is there any possibility that you could also implement something like -i, -u, --install or --update this way a script can run something like:

/usr/bin/flatpak run io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk -c -i

Do you think that you could implement such feature?

Edit 1: I forgot to mention that the -i command line need to respect the user choice in the app regarding full theme, button on right or left, etc.

Edit 2: Ideally (this is totally optional if it take too much time to implement) my previous request about the user choice settings could also be enhanced by letting the user eventually override those one by passing arguments and if none are given, then fallback to the default user choice set in the application.
The command line could look like:

/usr/bin/flatpak run io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk -c -i -p "window:right-all;theme:full;qr:show"

Or something similar, or even pointing to a file (if you are using a file to remember settings) like:

/usr/bin/flatpak run io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk -c -i -f "/path/to/file.conf"

This could also allow users to deploy quickly with different configuration, but like I said, this is optional, just a thought!

Thanks for your time.

Bug Report: Crash when applying color scheme

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• Yes

Description of Issue:

This crashes when applying a color scheme. It does not matter which one, as it even crashes when just selecting Adwita

Steps to Reproduce:
Select a color scheme

CLI Output:

$ G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all adwaita-steam-gtk
...
(adwaita-steam-gtk:42264): Gtk-DEBUG: 17:15:26.357: Connecting to session manager
(adwaita-steam-gtk:42264): Gtk-DEBUG: 17:15:26.357: Failed to get the GNOME session proxy: The name org.gnome.SessionManager is not owned
(adwaita-steam-gtk:42264): Gtk-DEBUG: 17:15:26.358: Failed to get the Xfce session proxy: The name org.xfce.SessionManager is not owned
(adwaita-steam-gtk:42264): GLib-GIO-DEBUG: 17:15:26.361: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’
(adwaita-steam-gtk:42264): Gdk-DEBUG: 17:15:28.667: [destroyed object]: error 6: surface was destroyed before its role object

Gdk-Message: 17:15:28.667: Error 71 (Protocol error) dispatching toWayland display.

Top Bar Source Error

At the top there is a white burr up below the username (Dlnhc-Dinho) probably left from the source of the previous theme

Adw-gtk or yaru accent colors

since both adwaita (with gradience, accent colors extension, etc) and also yaru on ubuntu support accent colors, is there any chance to add this like a option?
for example yaru-blue, yaru-red - adwaita-magenta - adwaita-red.

Help?: Can't find the button to add non-steam games or activate game keys "ADD A GAME"

This issue is a problem with AdwSteamGtk and not the Theme it installs:

• [x ] It's an issue with the GUI choices but not the theme itself, so I guess yes?

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• [ x] Yes

Description of Issue:

usually at the bottom left corner there is a button to add games (ADD A GAME button) , but when I installed this the button is no longer there, and I don't know how to find it, if it is somewhere else or if it just isn't in any place.

Steps to Reproduce:

run AdwSteamGTK
install the theme
button no longer there, nor anywhere

[CLI Output]:

not applicable, this is in regards to the GUI

Other Info (Screenshots, etc):

Normal Client with "ADD A GAME" button :

Client with theme and no button:

Feature Request: Give us Minimize option

Using Fedora silverblue flatpak steam. I see no minimize button. Can you add it?

Feature Request: List Cantarell font on description

In some distros, the Adwaita theme on steam use a Serif font to show the texts due to the missing Cantarell Regular And Cantarell Bold fonts.
Installing the fonts to the system and restart Steam solve it.

Is it possible to list the font on the project readme and on Flathub?
Link to the font download

Before:

After:

Bug Report: Install and uninstall both fail due to "No such file or directory"

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• Yes

Description of Issue:

Install fails with error message. Uninstall fails silently.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Click Apply with any (valid) settings
2. Observe Install: Installer process failed message

1. Click 3-dot menu -> Uninstall -> Uninstall
2. Open Steam with a custom theme currently installed and observe theme is still present

CLI Output:

$ flatpak run io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk
F: Not sharing "/usr/share/themes" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak
→ Creating stage directory /tmp/tmpe0n529p2/adwaita
→ Patching Steam Client Library Files...
→ Patching Steam Client Library Files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/shutil.py", line 816, in move
    os.rename(src, real_dst)
OSError: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link: '/tmp/tmpe0n529p2/adwaita/libraryroot.custom.css' -> '/home/brian/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamui/libraryroot.custom.css'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/brian/.var/app/io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk/cache/AdwSteamInstaller/extracted/install.py", line 313, in <module>
    patch_client_css(sourcedir, target, "Library")
  File "/home/brian/.var/app/io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk/cache/AdwSteamInstaller/extracted/install.py", line 210, in patch_client_css
    shutil.move(source_css, custom_library)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/shutil.py", line 836, in move
    copy_function(src, real_dst)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/shutil.py", line 434, in copy2
    copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/shutil.py", line 254, in copyfile
    with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/tmpe0n529p2/adwaita/libraryroot.custom.css'

Other Info (Screenshots, etc):
Version 1.8 worked great. Ran into this issue when I saw the notification for the 1.9 update.

Bug Report: Window hanging

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

Description of Issue:
The window is hung after selecting something in a dropdown menu.
It then can't be moved any more as well as any hover actions are not showing, clicking the dropdowns still works.
Clicking 'Install' directly installs the skin and doesn't hang the window.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Click on one of the dropdowns in the window
2. Select something
3. Try to move the window or try clicking 'Install'

Other Info (Shell Output, Screenshots, etc):

• Fedora 36 with Gnome 42

Bug Report: latest version has broken light theme

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• Yes

Description of Issue:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch

CLI Output:

Other Info (Screenshots, etc):

Translations: How can I contribute?

Hello,

I saw their was some PO directory in the app but I haven't seen (or found) any .po file that I could use to translate strings in French.

Is there any way I can contribute to translate this app or this is not planned/implemented at the moment?

Thanks you for your reply, have a nice day.

Bug Report: Steam removed skins in the new beta update

Title

If possible, use color scheme of selected color theme

I'm thinking it would great to see how installer itself changes colors to scheme you selected so you don't have to look at screenshots of github page for skin and get roughly idea of the colors. Or perhaps some other presentation of the colors

Feature Request: Add Option To Hide Sidebar

The sidebar can be a bit redundant and it would be more simplistic to remove it if possible.

Bug Report: Extract BAD ZIp File

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• [.] Yes

Description of Issue:
When I click on install, it says "Extract: Bad Zip file"

Steps to Reproduce:

1. flatpak install flathub io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk
2. Open AdwSteamGtk
3. click Intsall

Screencast.from.2023-01-02.12-54-54.mp4

Feature Request: Add options for the new headerbar button patches

I've recently added a few new patches to the skin to show downloads or friends buttons (or both) in the headerbar.

It's a bit more complicated than other options because these patches are conflicting and currently only compatible with the default window controls preset. So for now this option should only be available/active when the window controls preset is set to default.

Not sure if there's a way to combine window controls presets with these patches without making each combination a separate patch. Maybe the installer should allow to add/remove/reorder headerbar buttons and modify steamrootdialog.layout directly.
Anyway, that's an issue for the skin itself, but maybe you'll have some ideas how to handle that.

Bug Report: Custom CSS does not affect Headerbar

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• Yes

Description of Issue:

Headerbar are not working, inspecting in dev mode also doesn't work

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Select Full Adwaita theme
2. enable custom css
3. paste this css

:root
{
	--bg: #eeeee;
	--fg: #FFFFFF;

	--accent: #C10022;
	--accent_bg: #6b0000;
	--accent_disabled: rgba(120, 0, 0, 0.5);
	--accent_hover_bg: rgba(120, 0, 0, 0.07);
	--accent_active_bg: rgba(120, 0, 0, 0.16);
	--focusring: #A83334;
	--button_bg: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.1);
	--button_hover_bg: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.15);
	--button_active_bg: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.3);
	--button_disabled_bg: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.05);
	--button_success_bg: linear-gradient(0deg, var(--success_bg), var(--success_bg));
	--button_suggested_bg: linear-gradient(0deg, var(--accent_bg), var(--accent_bg));
	--button_suggested_hover_bg: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.1);
	--button_suggested_click_bg: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
	--checkbox_checked_bg: var(--button_suggested_bg);
	--checkbox_bg: transparent;
	--checkbox_active_bg: var(--button_active_bg);
	--radio_checked_bg: var(--button_fg);
	--card_bg: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.1);
	--card_solid_bg: #eeeee;
	--entry_bg: var(--button_bg);
	--entry_hover_bg: var(--button_hover_bg);
	--window_bg: var(--bg);
	--view_bg: #eeeee;
	--headerbar_bg: #eeeee;
	--popover_bg: #eeeee;
	--toast_bg: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
}

CLI Output:

patching file Adwaita/adw/controls/window.styles
Hunk #1 succeeded at 29 (offset -5 lines).
patching file Adwaita/resource/layout/steamrootdialog.layout
patching file Adwaita/resource/layout/uinavigatorpanel.layout
patching file Adwaita/resource/steamscheme.res
patching file Adwaita/steam/cached/UpdateNewsDialog.res
patching file Adwaita/resource/layout/htmlpopup.layout
patching file Adwaita/steam/cached/SingleUpdateNewsDialog.res
→ Copying to the stage directory /tmp/tmpti_84jqf/Adwaita

→ Applying patch windowcontrols/left...

→ Applying web_extra /home/chrispycode/.var/app/io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk/config/AdwSteamGtk/custom...
→ Applying web_extra windowcontrols/left...


→ Applying web_extra /home/chrispycode/.var/app/io.github.Foldex.AdwSteamGtk/config/AdwSteamGtk/custom...
→ Applying web_extra windowcontrols/left...

✦ Directory /home/chrispycode/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam does not exist
→ Patching Steam Client Library Files...
✦ Directory /home/chrispycode/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam does not exist
→ Installing skin Adwaita into /home/chrispycode/.local/share/Steam/skins...
→ Patching Steam Client Library Files...
✓ Done!

Other Info (Screenshots, etc):

Weblate Integration

@Vovkiv @cmkohnen @AnaxMorden @RobOT05442309

Opening this just to clue in Translation Contributors.
I've been working on getting Weblate Integration set up.

You can see the project's Weblate page here
Currently it is in trial status, but I've sent in an application to have it granted free hosting. I don't foresee any issue with that going through, but I have locked contributions for the time being until it does.

Aside from that, I believe we should hopefully be good to go.
Bit of a PIA, but I've added detailed Labels and Screenshots for every applicable string I could.
If you want to give it an initial look over and provide any feedback you might have, feel free to do so.

Feature Request: Rosé Pine theme

Rosé Pine (Standard/Dawn/Moon) themes would be greatly appreciated!

Feature Request: Remember Settings

It would be great if the tool could remember your last settings, so you don't have to set them manually each time when you update

Broken Stuff

Steam client updated and broke a lot of things.

For the moment:
AdwSteamGtk is going to crash on launch. (Fixed in 758d290, pending release)

Even with that fixed:
Most upstream themes are broken right now and will not apply properly.

Add minimize and maximize button

Loving the theme, but I can't use it since I use the minimize button a lot

Feature Request: GNOME style app icon

Hi there! I think AdwSteamGtk would benefit from an app icon following GNOME's distinct visual style. This would make it look more at home in the GNOME ecosystem, and make it visible at a glance as an app targeting GNOME.

I can assist with designing one if you want me to. Feel free to reach out to us in the GNOME App Icon Design group on Matrix for guidance or answers to any questions :)

Bug Report: Store recommendation window has no headbar

This issue is a problem with AdwSteamGtk and not the Theme it installs:

• [v] Yes

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• [v] Yes

Description of Issue:

Store recommendation window has no headbar, thus making it very hard to drag around.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch Steam
2. Get a Recommendation window
3. Try to move it

Other Info (Screenshots, etc):

Feature Request: Add support for installing other steam skins with modified library

like this one: https://github.com/ungstein/OG-Steam

Feature Request: Better localization readme

(Until weblate (or other platform) will be used for translations)
There high chance, that someone who want to contribute, never heard about ".po", ".pot" files, how to check their translation in-program or even don't know how to make pull request (or what is pull request is, fork). So, it's better to cover this users:

1. Add links to some po editors. Most popular would be https://flathub.org/uk/apps/net.poedit.Poedit
2. Add instructions on how to run program with newly added language. Since Builder is considered official build method, it worth showing how in it build program with new language.
3. Link some resources about forks, pull request and how to make them.
4. Some distros doesn't provide "gettext" utility. (for example, i'm on Fedora Silverblue and it doesn't have it out-of-box, maybe something like ubuntu or debian also doesn't) . So when user will run /update_pot.sh they might see "xgettext: command not found", so it's worth mention that to generate pot user need "gettext" package to actually do that (or, at least it's called in Fedora as such. Maybe on other distros it has different name, idk)

I'm writing this from perspective, that i myself learned how to do all of this stuff fairly recently and learning process itself was quite painful, since most devs don't even put any instructions. They already assume that you know all of this.

TODO: Support Colorthemes

Notice: Beta Support and Breaking Changes

Beta Support

Latest Release has Experimental Beta Support:

Visually it should more or less work at this point, though expect bugs.
Report issues with the beta theme here: tkashkin/Adwaita-for-Steam#150

Note: The beta branch has no releases for the updater to check against, so it will simply download the latest zip.
Expect lots of these:

Breaking Changes

Some of the cli -o option names have changed.

Old Name	New Name
colortheme	color_theme
qr_login	login_qr
whats_new	library_whats_new

Locale: Missing Translatable Strings

More of a personal note to look into:

Seems like strings for Dialogs and Toasts aren't getting properly localized, despite being present in the po file. Not sure what the cause is though.

#26 (comment)

Feature Request: Replace "Install"-Button with "Update"-Button when an exsisting installation has been found

I think it would be neat to have an update button instead of an install button if there is a version of the skin already installed.

Feature Request: Support for Steam Flatpak

Would be great if this beautiful theme also could work with Steam installed trough Flatpak. I don't know if that's possible, but here's hoping. Thanks! :)

Bug Report:

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes, I think so

Description of Issue:
Theme is not applied.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Click Install
2. Open Steam

Other Info (Shell Output, Screenshots, etc):

Installation

Steam after installation

Bug Report: font does not seem to be installed

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• maybe?

Description of Issue:
Adwaita's font does not show after theme installation, is generic font.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install NixOS
2. Enable flatpaks
3. install adwsteamgtk, install theme
4. open steam

Other Info (Shell Output, Screenshots, etc):

Bug Report: No Custom themes for Steam anymore :sadge:

Steam updated and theres no option for custom themes anymore, the new UI looks good and all, and better then the old default one, and sure it was time that it got an overhall, but why did they remove custom themes though 😢

Bug Report: "Read the FAQ" link out of place in game properties.

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

I have checked the Troubleshooting page

• Yes

Description of Issue:

With the Adwaita theme installed, the FAQ link in a games properties are out of place.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install Adwaita theme for Steam
2. Go to game library.
3. Right click on any game and select "Properties..."
4. On left side, click "Installed Files"
5. Notice the "Read the FAQ" links are out of place.

Other Info (Screenshots, etc):

Feature Request: libadwaita support

I changed the colors of libadwaita with gradience and it would looks really good if steam would also follow those colors!

Edit: if what i'm saying is really dumb thats possible, I don't really know how any of this works :)

Bug Report: Where are the logs

This issue is specific to AdwSteamGtk and not the upstream project:

• Yes

Description of Issue:
I don't know, it just fails with some vague message. Where are the logs?

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install