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Subject: Re: Color Palette Nits
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Percy_Camilo_Trive=F1o_Aucahuasi?=" <orgyforever () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-06-11 17:50:46
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>1. Oxygen's triangular tree expanders are drawn using the Window Foreground
>color, when they should probably be drawn using the View Foreground color.
Maybe here the solution is draw the expanders with the oposite color of
window background, but i don't know if kcolorutils have a luminance
function, I think that have only luma fuction (perhaps luma function can
solve the problem).
>If you could tell me what the best way to address or report these are, I'd
>appreciate it. I could file Bugzilla bugs, but (a) I'm not sure what
>component to put some of them in, and (b) I'm not sure something this
trivial
>is worth it.
Is true, I think that is a oxygen issue, you can report it to the KWin
component.
Regards,
Percy
On 6/11/08, Joshua J. Berry <des@condordes.net> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I was playing around with color schemes today, and I noticed a few minor
> nits.
> Some of these are application-specific, but for the rest I'm not sure if
> they're Qt bugs, Oxygen bugs, or what.
>
> Where should I direct these issues?
>
> Please refer to http://www.condordes.net/tmp/kde4-weird-palette.png(warning:
> 1600x1200 PNG). Before you scream, yes I know it's ugly. ;) I was just
> playing around to see what I could get the new color system to do. I do
> expect one would be able to create an otherwise-pleasing color scheme that
> exposes these bugs, however.
>
> The issues are as follows:
>
> 1. Oxygen's triangular tree expanders are drawn using the Window Foreground
> color, when they should probably be drawn using the View Foreground color.
>
> 2. KMail's From/To headers use the View Link colors, when they should use
> the
> Window Link colors.
>
> 3. The descriptive text in System Settings should use the Window foreground
> color. (This is common to all config modules.)
>
> 4. QGroupBox titles should use the Window foreground color.
>
> 5. Combo box text should use the Button foreground color.
>
> 6. The launcher's tab captions should use the View foreground color. (You
> might also note the "Search:" box at the top has the same problem.)
>
> 7. In Plasma's "Aya" theme, the panel seems to follow one palette (Window),
> while the text follows another (View).
>
> If you could tell me what the best way to address or report these are, I'd
> appreciate it. I could file Bugzilla bugs, but (a) I'm not sure what
> component to put some of them in, and (b) I'm not sure something this
> trivial
> is worth it.
>
> Also, if you'd like to see the color scheme I used for this screenshot,
> please
> let me know. The scheme's major trait is that the Window and View palettes
> are (almost) inversions of each other -- e.g. the View's background is
> #E0E0E0, and the Window's foreground is also #E0E0E0.
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
>
> --
> Joshua J. Berry
>
> "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere."
> -- /usr/games/fortune
>
>
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> unsubscribe <<
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>1. Oxygen's triangular tree expanders are drawn using the Window \
Foreground<br>>color, when they should probably be drawn using the View Foreground \
color.<br><br>Maybe here the solution is draw the expanders with the oposite color of \
window background, but i don't know if kcolorutils have a luminance function, I \
think that have only luma fuction (perhaps luma function can solve the problem).<br> \
<br>>If you could tell me what the best way to address or report these are, \
I'd<br>>appreciate it. I could file Bugzilla bugs, but (a) I'm not \
sure what<br>>component to put some of them in, and (b) I'm not sure something \
this trivial<br> >is worth it.<br><br>Is true, I think that is a oxygen issue, you \
can report it to the KWin component.<br><br>Regards,<br>Percy<br><br><br><div><span \
class="gmail_quote">On 6/11/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joshua J. Berry</b> \
<<a href="mailto:des@condordes.net">des@condordes.net</a>> \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi list,<br> <br> I was \
playing around with color schemes today, and I noticed a few minor nits.<br> Some of \
these are application-specific, but for the rest I'm not sure if<br> they're \
Qt bugs, Oxygen bugs, or what.<br> <br> Where should I direct these issues?<br> <br> \
Please refer to <a href="http://www.condordes.net/tmp/kde4-weird-palette.png">http://www.condordes.net/tmp/kde4-weird-palette.png</a> \
(warning:<br> 1600x1200 PNG). Before you scream, yes I know it's ugly. \
;) I was just<br> playing around to see what I could get the new color \
system to do. I do<br> expect one would be able to create an \
otherwise-pleasing color scheme that<br> exposes these bugs, however.<br> <br> The \
issues are as follows:<br> <br> 1. Oxygen's triangular tree expanders are drawn \
using the Window Foreground<br> color, when they should probably be drawn using the \
View Foreground color.<br> <br> 2. KMail's From/To headers use the View Link \
colors, when they should use the<br> Window Link colors.<br> <br> 3. The descriptive \
text in System Settings should use the Window foreground<br> color. (This \
is common to all config modules.)<br> <br> 4. QGroupBox titles should use the Window \
foreground color.<br> <br> 5. Combo box text should use the Button foreground \
color.<br> <br> 6. The launcher's tab captions should use the View foreground \
color. (You<br> might also note the "Search:" box at the top has \
the same problem.)<br> <br> 7. In Plasma's "Aya" theme, the panel \
seems to follow one palette (Window),<br> while the text follows another (View).<br> \
<br> If you could tell me what the best way to address or report these are, \
I'd<br> appreciate it. I could file Bugzilla bugs, but (a) I'm \
not sure what<br> component to put some of them in, and (b) I'm not sure \
something this trivial<br> is worth it.<br> <br> Also, if you'd like to see the \
color scheme I used for this screenshot, please<br> let me know. The \
scheme's major trait is that the Window and View palettes<br> are (almost) \
inversions of each other -- e.g. the View's background is<br> #E0E0E0, and the \
Window's foreground is also #E0E0E0.<br> <br> Thanks,<br> Josh<br> <br><br> \
--<br> Joshua J. Berry<br> <br> "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed \
up on tape somewhere."<br> -- /usr/games/fortune<br> \
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href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> \
to unsubscribe <<<br> <br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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