From kde-core-devel  Tue Dec 07 11:31:40 2004
From: Paul Sprakes <paul () sprakes ! co ! uk>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:31:40 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: [patch] shade sorted column in KListView
Message-Id: <200412071131.40405.paul () sprakes ! co ! uk>
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On Tuesday 07 Dec 2004 10:04, Luciano Montanaro wrote:
> On Monday 06 December 2004 22:12, Martin Koller wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > attached is a patch for
> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59791
> >
> > which adds the possibility to give a visual feedback for the sorted
> > column in KListView: The column background is a little bit darker than
> > the others.
>
> I think highlighting in some way the sorted column would be useful,
> but how does this work with 'inverted' or unusual colour schemes?
> Dark backgrounds are needed by some for accessibility purposes.

See my updated patch in the bug report. It allows for a configurable shade 
value so that users with dark colour schemes can have a lighter "shade"