Hello there, I use dark OS theme regularly and Freecad needs some attention to fix some small issues.
I don't know if Freecad can address all of the issues, but believe it can at least most of them.
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and Freecad 0.18.4
Here are the screenshots using 3 different OS themes
1. The original Gnome Adwaita theme
2. The original Gnome Adwaita-dark theme
3. The original Ubuntu Yaru-dark theme (that I use)
So, here it is the list with the minor details that could be improved because they don't fit the dark side.
1. The "Active Body" style.
2. The black (normal) text color in the Python view and Report view. The Blue and Red fonts do not use a good HUE for dark, but they are kind of readable.
3. Disabled items in menus have the same issue as in #2
4. The background gradient in the Tasks panel should not have white too. I think Freecad does not need the gradient here, even in light themes, since it is only present in this panel.
5. The separator in the toolbar could be less dark.
Extra, (found it now) this Accessories > Icon themes, has this b'FreeCAD-default\n' text with these control characters that should not be displayed.
I think I can't add more screenshots.
Dark theme is almost there
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Re: Dark theme is almost there
This is a general improvement
The add-on manager has this remove icon. Does it really necessary? Other buttons don't have any icon. Also, if it is necessary I believe it is bigger than normal.
The add-on manager has this remove icon. Does it really necessary? Other buttons don't have any icon. Also, if it is necessary I believe it is bigger than normal.
Re: Dark theme is almost there
Also, the Start page has this dominant white background that is not good when using dark themes, especially if working at night.
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Re: Dark theme is almost there
1 and 2 can be customized by the user, I doubt this can be easily adressedleoheck wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:54 pm So, here it is the list with the minor details that could be improved because they don't fit the dark side.
1. The "Active Body" style.
2. The black (normal) text color in the Python view and Report view. The Blue and Red fonts do not use a good HUE for dark, but they are kind of readable.
4. The background gradient in the Tasks panel should not have white too. I think Freecad does not need the gradient here, even in light themes, since it is only present in this panel.
5. The separator in the toolbar could be less dark.
Extra, (found it now) this Accessories > Icon themes, has this b'FreeCAD-default\n' text with these control characters that should not be displayed.
I think I can't add more screenshots.
+1 to getting rid of the gradient in task panel
5 (and 4 to a lesser extent) probably has more to do with the theme you are using and how it is interpreted by qt rather than with freecad itself, I believe you are using a GTK theme and qt's translation of it isn't perfect
Icon themes thing is an external addon and should be reported to the developer of the addon
I think some of your concerns are not present in FreeCAD's included themes, try setting FreeCAD to use one of theme if it's really bothering you
Re: Dark theme is almost there
AFAIK it is possible to apply a stylesheet through the .qss file for Start workbench. It's just that nobody has done it yet, added it. As for the rest, like colors of text, that is customizable in Preferences.
Re: Dark theme is almost there
same as work background for some reason everbody stick with ugly default blueish background...
Re: Dark theme is almost there
Totally agree on that. I was trying to get the issues reported first haha.same as work background for some reason everbody stick with ugly default blueish background...
Having in-app themes/icons is a good way to workaround something but after that, some effort should be put in improving UI in a proper way, I guess. I found this, maybe it can help to detect the user's OS theme.adrianinsaval wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:59 pm 1 and 2 can be customized by the user, I doubt this can be easily adressed
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/358 ... dark-theme