<pre>Regarding the checkerboard background when the ZUI is "Zoomed out"...<br><br>><i> > > i've thought about a gradient, but that would be a rather unecessary<br></i>><i> > > abuse of horsepower imo ... i've though about putting a default wallpaper<br>
</i>><i> > > there but that stands a really good chance of making the activities<br></i>><i> > > harder to see.<br></i>> ><i><br></i>><i> > That makes plenty of sense. But still, I wonder if there isn't a more<br>
</i>> ><i> elegant solution.<br></i><br>> > i'm open to suggestions =)<br><br>> The desktop theme seems to be global (same for all containments), so<br>> how about making the background themable? Let the theme decide what to<br>
> draw as a background. And maybe add shadows to the activities to make<br>> them stand out more and/or frames. Or let the theme decide that too?<br><br>> Hans<br><br>After posting on the KDE forums regarding this issue with the ZUI "Zoom Out" <br>
view, I was sent a link to this discussion thread.<br><br>Apart from making the background "themeable", how about changing the colours of <br>the checkerboard grid to match more along the lines of what the user might<br>
have set in his/her desktop (wallpaper) settings.<br><br>If the colour in the wallpaper settings has been set to black (for example), <br>then one checkerboard square is black and other is a few shades lighter.<br><br>It's still a checkerboard but it also fits the entire theme of the desktop<br>
a little better - hence more elegant.<br></pre><br>David.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>