Temporary KColorScheme change - hard-code some state colors

Matthew Woehlke mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Sep 14 18:46:49 BST 2007


Richard Dale wrote:
> I assume if is for showing whether or not the widgets within a window are 
> active or inactive.

Right. Widgets are inactive if the window is inactive.

> If you use it for entire windows, with only one window ever active, you are 
> making the entire UI modal.

Huh? This has been the way WM's worked for the last, oh... at least two 
decades. I fail to see how only ever having one active window "makes the 
entire UI modal".

> At the very least it should be optional, and not the default option.

As indicated in the orignal thread, this will be configurable (and, as 
of five minutes ago, it is). What should be the default is a question I 
think is better decided by the artists and usability people.

> In addition, what is the meaning of 'Temporary' in the title of this thread? 

It means that the hard-coding was temporary. It is now config-based; you 
can edit your config (and eventually, use the colors kcm) to make it do 
a whole bunch of things, including nothing at all.

-- 
Matthew
The prhase "less is more" takes on a whole new meaning if you think 
about standard Unix tools.





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