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Colors are messed up with dark desktop theme - Text Color setting
Hi,Even though I'm using 12.00 alpha Build 1116, this problem has been there with opera since when I first started using linux.
Whenever I use dark desktop theme, some part of Opera's font color gets messed up. Usual suspect is the color of the mail list of the mail window.
In the mail list, both background and frontground colors become very dark and it is very hard to read anything.
First of all, I don't even know how to set the font colors of the mail list. I looked at http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-skinning-part-4-skin-ini-element/ but I could not find any item for the mail list.
In addition, even if items such as [Mail Compose Toolbar Skin] do not respect the Text Color setting in skin.ini file. I set the Font Color as #ffffff but the font color is still black.
It seems there is a bug in Text Color setting processing. Another example is whatever Text Color I set in [Edit Skin], the font color is black.
Thank you,
Joon
Originally posted by joonpy:
Same here. It has never worked correctly on me. I've just found my own posting dating from June 2008, in which I stated that I had been annoyed by the problem for a few years.Even though I'm using 12.00 alpha Build 1116, this problem has been there with opera since when I first started using linux.
If anybody wonders, it's definitely a bug on the part of Opera, because you often have unreadable text (like black text on black background) on Opera's internal pages and panels (such as "Downloads", "Preferences", etc.) without installing any skin or without touching any Opera configuration.
So, I guess it's either 1) difficult to fix or 2) low in priority in the bug queue.
I also wish that within the Opera development team, at least one tester for each platform used a dark theme.
Regards,
Ryo
Originally posted by furue:
So, I guess it's either 1) difficult to fix or 2) low in priority in the bug queue.
A little of both.
In the mean time as a work around you might want to switch off Gtk and KDE integration and use our native toolkit. This will at least allow you to read everything. If Opera is then too bright comparative to your native desktop theme you can look for a dark Opera skin that is at least closer to your working environment.
The pref to control desktop integration is this one: opera:config#FileSelector|DialogToolkit. Switch it to 4, click save and then restart Opera.
Originally posted by ruario:
In the mean time as a work around you might want to switch off Gtk and KDE integration and use our native toolkit. This will at least allow you to read everything. If Opera is then too bright comparative to your native desktop theme you can look for a dark Opera skin that is at least closer to your working environment.
The pref to control desktop integration is this one: opera:config#FileSelector|DialogToolkit. Switch it to 4, click save and then restart Opera.
Thanks. As you said this worked. (Albeit stuff became a little uglier) Hope this gets fixed soon!
Originally posted by joonpy:
Thanks. As you said this worked. (Albeit stuff became a little uglier) Hope this gets fixed soon!
Well I don't know what dark theme you have so it is a little hard to recommend a specific skin but perhaps try these two and if not look around some more.
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/info/?id=11932
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/info/?id=11102
Alternatively, check the interface colors options:
http://my.opera.com/ruario/blog/make-x11-mode-look-better
I once used just these settings to emulate an Ubuntu Look (no extra skins installed)
http://my.opera.com/ruario/blog/show.dml/22364012#comment63629422
Originally posted by ruario:
I once used just these settings to emulate an Ubuntu Look (no extra skins installed)http://my.opera.com/ruario/blog/show.dml/22364012#comment63629422
Thanks a lot for this. Actually some UI parts (ex: scrollbars) had been ugly, and your color setting made them look a lot better.
-Joon
[Interface Colors] Button=#0a0a0a Button Dark=#1e1e1e Button Light=#3c3c3c Button Text=#5a5a5a Text=#3069c4 Text Disabled=#5a5a5a Tooltip Background=#0a0a0a Tooltip Text=#5a5a5a UI Background=#0a0a0a UI Font=#5a5a5a UI Menu=#7f7f7f Scrollbar Background=#282828
P.S. Yes, it needs more work but it'll give you some ideas.
http://www.archlinux.org/
[Interface Colors] Background=#ecf2f5 Background Selected=#0088cc Button=#333333 Button Dark=#3c3c3c Button Light=#5a5a5a Button Text=#999999 Button Very Dark=#646464 Scrollbar Background=#464646 Text=#1793d1 Text Disabled=#5a5a5a Tooltip Background=#333333 Tooltip Text=#ffffff UI Background=#333333 UI Font=#999999 UI Menu=#999999
Originally posted by ruario:
Thank you for the information! I can live with that. In addition,In the mean time as a work around you might want to switch off Gtk and KDE integration and use our native toolkit.
Originally posted by ruario:
your color settings work well.I once used just these settings to emulate an Ubuntu Look (no extra skins installed)
Cheers,
Ryo
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