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Linrox
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Re: Custom colours and backgrounds in preferences

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freecad-heini-1 wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:09 pm Hi Linrox,
please have a look at my video:
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/w ... 88788e5133

German thread:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 58#p249458

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Wilfried
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Re: Custom colours and backgrounds in preferences

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Linrox wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:12 pm After looking at the theme they look promising, just a shame i have to code css to change the colours rather than change them in the preferences.
But i will have a closer look soon when i can.
That's why I suggested that pablogil may help if he's willing.

Linrox wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:14 pm Just FYI, One of the tools that i need to use the internet is "Dark Background Light Text" add-on for firefox. unfortunately it is not supported in the new versions just yet. and i am not fond of other browsers.
A quick search shows it's been updated last month (July 30th) and supports Firefox 57+:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... ight-text/

It has some limitations over the old extensions due to the new Firefox extension system.
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Re: Custom colours and backgrounds in preferences

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Linrox wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:37 pm
freecad-heini-1 wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:09 pm Hi Linrox,
please have a look at my video:
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/w ... 88788e5133

German thread:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 58#p249458

Best regards
Wilfried
Sorry i don't speak german. Only english
What about the pictures in my video with the settings?
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Re: Custom colours and backgrounds in preferences

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Hi @Linrox

Yes that is a job for stylesheets. If you will mention what color you would like to use for the background. I am sure you will get some help on how to achieve it. In addition you can find some instructions here:

https://github.com/pgilfernandez/FreeCAD_stylesheets
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/tree ... tylesheets

And if you will click on one of the .qss files you will notice instructions on the top. On how to easily tweak the overall color scheme to your liking.
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