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I need a bug-free solution to a visibility problem. This contrast problem happens when you browse "up" to a parent directory and look at the top of the file manager image which has a line which is a graphical representation of the path. In both images the current directory is "Desktop". In the "Ambiance" theme the contrast between "Desktop" and "validator" is slight. The contrast in the "High Contrast" theme is acceptable. Examples: ambiance high contrast "High Contrast" is not a good solution because unfortunately there is a bug wherein "High Contrast" causes icons to be lost from the Launcher and System Settings. The contrast would not be a problem if the path ended at the current directory but strangely and needlessly Nautilus wants to show the path to "deeper" places already visited. I need a high contrast theme that isn't broken.

EDIT: The following diagnostics were requested.

> lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release:    16.04
Codename:   xenial

Also:

> uname -r
4.4.0-116-generic

If I recall correctly this problem has been around for months if not since 16.04 was released. It is not related to a recent update.

H2ONaCl
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Change to Adwaita. It should already be installed on your system by default.

Adwaita

DK Bose
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Firstly, avoid the "High Contrast" theme, not only for the problem of the loss of icons but also because it is implemented badly within some applications. For example in the "Beyond Compare" utility hovering the mouse over a high contrast icon causes the text part of the icon to be blacked-out. Not only that, some high contrast icons are a little hard to interpret.

A bug free solution to the visibility problem:

  1. sudo apt install dconf-editor

  2. Use the Launcher search to invoke dconf-editor.

  3. Browse to org.gnome.nautilus.preferences and ENABLE the always-use-location-entry. This is opposite of what is called the "breadcrumb" option. You ENABLE in order to disable breadcrumbs.

The path in Nautilus/Files will no longer show places already visited so it avoids the visibility problem.

H2ONaCl
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