Re: Colors of tooltips in themes

[Bertrand Dekoninck]

On 2019-07-07 22:06:32 +0200 Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:

> I have added two additional colours to NSColor: toolTipColor and 
> toolTipTextColor. They now get used in the tool tip display code. The easiest 
> way to adjust these colours in a theme is by using a colour list in the theme 
> where these colours are set to the desired values.
> 
> Fred
> 

I see that you've set toolTipTextColor to black.  That should work.
But I've build and installed again gui and see no difference when using Sombre 
: tooltips' textcolor is still white on a lightyellow background. Do I miss 
something ?
Bertrand


>> Am 07.07.2019 um 17:20 schrieb Bertrand Dekoninck 
>> <bertrand.dekoninck@gmail.com>:
> 
> 
>> Le 07/07/2019 à 17:00, Fred Kiefer a écrit :
>>> Currently there is no proper way to set the background colour for tool 
>>> tips. I just googled for this and found the unofficial method on NSColor 
>>> toolTipColor. I am going to implement that in GNUstep and after that there 
>>> will be a value in the colour list for this.
> 
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Fred
> 
>> Thanks a lot. Nethertheless, the problem I have is not really the 
>> background color of tooltips : it's perfectly visible on a dark theme. The 
>> problem is the text color : when the text is white, it can't be read on a 
>> light background. But I fear a dark tooltip background wouldn't be visible 
>> with a dark theme.
> 
>> Bertrand
> 
> 
> 
>>>> Am 05.07.2019 um 18:53 schrieb Bertrand Dekoninck 
>>>> <bertrand.dekoninck@gmail.com>:
> 
>>>> Hi, everyone on the list. Tooltips in GNUstep are displayed with a light 
>>>> yellow background and TextControlColor in all the themes I've reviewed.
>>>> This doesn't work for dark themes like ThinkDark and Sombre, because 
>>>> TextControlColor is white and not black so the text of the tooltip can't 
>>>> be read.
>>>> I did not find in thematic a way to change this. Has anyone a clue on 
>>>> this, or should I begin to add some code in Sombre.theme to handle this ?
> 
>>>> Bertrand.
> 
>>>> PS : there are some "code snippets"  available in Thematic, but I can't 
>>>> figure how to use this feature, and it seems to be broken  as Thematic 
>>>> complains not being able to find the "make" program. Is it really 
>>>> implemented ?
> 
> 
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