[Bug 276003] New: fancy clickable status icons should be more transparent when deactivated

[Ivan Vasin]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276003

           Summary: fancy clickable status icons should be more
                    transparent when deactivated
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 2.1.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: message list
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: nisavid at gmail.com


Version:           2.1.0 (using KDE 4.6.4) 
OS:                Linux

the clickable status icons seem too bright to me when they are inactive.  as a
result, it's not easy to identify active statuses in my peripheral
vision--often i need to look at the icons to recognize which statuses are
active.

contrast this with the clickable stars in Thunderbird and in Gmail's web
interface, which are immediately noticeable even in peripheral vision.

maybe the fact that the icons are so close together doesn't help; i'm not sure.
 maybe the fact that i use a dark color scheme exacerbates the problem.

regardless, i think setting the transparency higher on inactive status icons
should help.  they only need to be visible enough to find them when you want to
click them.  even a dim grey outline is sufficient, but transparency looks
better.

if this is contentious, it could be configurable, but personally i think that's
overkill.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
View --> Message List --> Theme --> Fancy with Clickable Status

Actual Results:  
inactive status icons are too similar in color to their active neighbors.

Expected Results:  
active status icons are much more easily noticeable than inactive ones.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.38-10-generic
Compiler: cc

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