Having zorin apearance issues on new install

Hello, just installed the latest zorin os pro on all my systems. Love the OS.

However i seem to be having some issues with theming on my desktop. Im not sure if this is a known issue or not.

Whats happening is I want to use the chrome OS like theme. I can click it click apply and it moves everything, the issue is that the icons dont center they are right by the start button similar to windows.

If i enable show bars on all displays the theme displays on my other two monitors just fine. On my laptop the theme is perfect.

If i use other themes like the gnome one or mac styled one they display just fine.

Would love some help fixing this.

Welcome to the forum!

Could you include a screenshot of the issue? Just wanting to get a clear picture on what's going on here. I think I understand, but always helps. If you could also include an image of your other 2 monitors at the same time, that would be great as well.

Thanks for the welcome.

Here are the screenshots.

FIrst is the theme I am using, second is what it looks like on my main monitor, third is the additional display where it looks correct

Ok thanks for the photos. So first off, I would recommend doing the updates that it's asking you to do then reboot (unless you've already done that, I just see the icon open). Sometimes a reboot does wonders.

Also, are all of your monitors the same resolution / size? And how are they all connected? Reason I ask is that your second photo looks weird, unless you just took a screenshot too large and didn't crop it down to fit the singular screen.

Just finished all updates and a reboot issue persists.

The screenshot came out like that as I had just finished installing hadn't moved them around in settings yet.

I have three monitors all the same resolution. two horizontal and one vertical.

Issue only happens on my main monitor, doesn't change if i change orientation of any displays.

Ok so if i move primary display to a different monitor it seems to display fine and work fine.

I would rather have my other monitor as the main but i guess this is a temp fix. Not sure why it behaves like this....

EDIT: nevermind scratch that only my vertical monitor takes the theme properly the rest the theme doesnt apply proper....

Try logging in using X11 instead of Wayland and see if you have the same issue. It's the little gear icon on the login screen before you actually log in. Choose "Zorin Desktop" for X11.

Logging in with X11 fixed the display issues I was having with Zorin 17 Pro. Wayland is the default for Zorin 17.

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Yet another reason why X11/xorg should be the default option, just like Plasma.

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Could You maybe say what Monitor it is what have these Issue? And what Resolution and Scaling Factor it has? And are you using a Nvidia Graphics Card? If yes, changing to Xorg would be a good Idea.

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