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I3WM | BSPWM - Cursor theme.md

Start by getting the correct theme name to use in the next steps:

cat .icons/Breeze-Hacked/index.theme
[Icon Theme]
Name=Breeze-Hacked

So you need

mkdir ~/.icons
cd ~/.icons
unzip ~/Downloads/Breeze-Hacked.zip
echo 'Xcursor.theme: Breeze-Hacked' >> ~/.Xresources
xrdb ~/.Xresources

end with i3 restart (i3wm) or bpsc quit (bspwm) or reboot if necessary.

If you get an incosistent theme on some parts of the system or windows, try this:

Add this line to your .xinitrc file (before the command line that starts your wm)

xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr &

If the previous steps don't work, try this:

Edit the following files: .icons/default/index.theme and /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme, with:

Inherits=Breeze-Hacked

these files too: .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini and /usr/share/gtk-3.0/settings.ini, with:

gtk-cursor-theme-name=Breeze-Hacked
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Wafelack commented Feb 16, 2021

Thanks ! I stucked for a long time on this.

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pantasio commented Nov 7, 2021

thank you but dont work with https://github.com/ful1e5/Bibata_Cursor, i try use lxappearce and manual edit ~/.icons/default/index.theme

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abairo commented Dec 12, 2021

Hello, @pantasio.
I updated this gist with a few more steps that fix any problems, and also tested the Bibata theme, it worked perfectly on Arch Linux, I believe the following command can help you.:
Add this line to your .xinitrc file (before the command line that starts your wm).

xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr &

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tricantivu commented Mar 27, 2022

Fantastic! Just what I was looking for.

Thank you so much.

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hatredholder commented Sep 10, 2022

Saved my ass, dude. Been messing around trying to find a solution to have a consistent cursor (not to have Adwaita there and my theme there) for hours and making Xresources file worked. Thank you SOOO much for making this!

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harishnkr commented Feb 6, 2023 •
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Thanks for the gist. I would suggest adding the line
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
inside the bspwmrc file instead of .xinitrc fine in case none of these work.

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LAST7 commented May 29, 2024

Saved my ass three years later, thanks a lot.

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