Context Menu Icons Are Stuck in the Dark Theme

[mknepper]

• Distribution (version): Xubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
• Desktop environment: Xfce
• Installing method: PPA

For some reason, the context menus on most themes except Arc have a weird issue. I'm using Papirus (not the dark or light theme, just the regular one provided from the ppa) and when using Numix GTK (all versions) I get this bizarre context menu problem. The issue exists in Audacious, right clicking the desktop, inside Thunar, etc.

This happens when I select the regular Papirus theme. I'm not doing any crazy tweaks, just defaults with the newest Papirus theme provided from the Git repo.

[SmartFinn]

Xfce is one of DE that doesn't support symbolic icons (not everywhere yet). That makes impossible using GTK themes like Arc-Darker, Numix, Yaru, ... alongside with monochrome actions icons.

There are a few workarounds for these DEs:

• use a dark or a light variant of GTK theme alongside with Papirus-Dark or Papirus-Light
• disable showing icons in the context menu if icons on the toolbar/sidebar/panel are ok

[mknepper]

Okay, awesome! That makes a lot of sense. Would this affect Audacious as well? Because it happens in Audacious, too (using standard 18.04.2 LTS repos).

[mknepper]

I also opened the issue with the Numix team. They're looking into it as well. I linked them to this thread. I'll copy/paste my last response. I know the issue is closed, but maybe this will still be useful.

numixproject/numix-gtk-theme#736 (comment)

[SmartFinn]

@mknepper hiding the icons in the context menu is a good workaround for Numix:

But I don't know how to hide icons in this menu: