[digiKam-users] Change color of thumbnail frame & checkbox frame?

[David Haslam]

On the subject of the checkbox border, I've looked into this, and in my 
environment I found that the Qt Fusion widget style doesn't really work 
with dark colour schemes. It is hardcoded to pick a border colour that 
is a bit darker than the window colour in the colour scheme.

I found that switching to KDE's Breeze style gives much better results.

This is Fusion style with darkroom colour scheme:

This is Breeze style with darkroom colour scheme:


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David

On 28/07/2021 19:28, Jens Benecke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I created my own "Breeze Black & Blue" color theme which is *really* 
> dark but has bright (Neon) elements in it, I can share it if somebody 
> tells me how to export it from the KDE color settings ... :-)
>
> I would really appreciate a configurable thumbnail border color, and a 
> checkbox border / background color which is visible when using dark 
> themes.
> I'm willing to help design this color scheme and find the optimum 
> color combinations.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jens
>
>
> Am 22.07.21 um 22:05 schrieb Maik Qualmann:
>> Hi Marc,
>>
>> I also have your color themes. In current KF5 versions you need an 
>> additional
>> color section, but I can easily add that. I would add them to 
>> digiKam, maybe
>> you can come up with a new interesting name for the color schemes. 
>> ((:-))
>>
>> Maik
>>
>> Am Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2021, 21:40:29 CEST schrieb David Haslam:
>>> Hi, that looks interesting, but the download links don't seem to work.
>>> Could you email the files to me?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> some time ago I created some themes in which the frame is the same
>>>> color as the background. If you are interested, you can find them in
>>>> this post:
>>>>
>>>> http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/digiKam-users-Dark-themes-for-digikam 
>>>>
>>>> -td4709037.html>
>>>> El 21/7/21 a les 18:28, David Haslam ha escrit:
>>>>> Regarding the border, I've had a look at the code and it seems that
>>>>> the colour that is used is calculated at run time from the other
>>>>> colours in the colour scheme file.
>>>>>
>>>>> I may be wrong, but I think tweaking of specific elements (like the
>>>>> border) isn't possible at the moment.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmm, strange for me, the border on "Black Body" is much darker than
>>>>>> yours and
>>>>>> it looks good. Yes, your border is not nice. I don't have an
>>>>>> explanation for
>>>>>> it at the moment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maik
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am Montag, 19. Juli 2021, 22:43:00 CEST schrieb Jens Benecke:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yes - see other reply.
>>>>>>> I created some screenshots.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jens
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 18.07.21 um 23:13 schrieb Maik Qualmann:
>>>>>>>> Post a screenshot and mark your problems ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Remember that with the AppImage the Breeze Style is not and
>>>>>>>> probably never
>>>>>>>> will be available.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maik
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am Sonntag, 18. Juli 2021, 23:03:05 CEST schrieb Jens Benecke:
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have been using Digikam for years and I love it, currently
>>>>>>>>> v7.3-appimage on KDE Neon Linux.
>>>>>>>>> However, I'm using a dark desktop scheme (on KDE) and this
>>>>>>>>> creates two
>>>>>>>>> usability issues. One is preference, the other one is really
>>>>>>>>> annoying.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. I would like to customize (= remove) the frame color which is
>>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>>> each thumbnail. I think this makes for a much less cluttered
>>>>>>>>> thumbnail
>>>>>>>>> view.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2. I would like to customize the border around checkboxes with 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> defaeult KDE Neon "Breeze Dark" design theme because when using a
>>>>>>>>> dark
>>>>>>>>> theme, the checkboxes e.g. next to tags are simply invisible.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is this possible? If so, how?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I tried /tmp/.mount_digikamXXXXX/usr/share/digikam/colorschemes
>>>>>>>>> but the
>>>>>>>>> colors which my borders (thumbnail & checkbox) have appear
>>>>>>>>> nowhere in
>>>>>>>>> these files as a value.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you for any help!
>>
>>
>>
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