[Kstars-devel] switching desktop colors

[Heiko Evermann]

Hi Jason,

>
>After investigating this issue, I've concluded that there's no good way to 
>temporarily reset the desktop colors without modifying the user's global 
>config files.  I don't want to do this, even temporarily.
>
This is no surprise.

>We *can* modify the window colors of just the window(s) that belong to KStars 
>using QApplication::setPalette().  Thus, if the user chooses night vision 
>colors and uses full-screen mode, they'll have a fully night-vision friendly 
>desktop (except for the kicker panel).
>
Might be quite a lot of work to program, but should be the way to go.

>
>Another idea I had was to just include a "Night Vision" KDE desktop color 
>scheme, which the user could select themselves when using KStars in dark 
>conditions.  The installation of the desktop color scheme could be part of 
>the KStars startup wizard.
>
This is too complicated for the user. Night vision is only relevant for 
kstars and should be accessible by some toggle button.

Regards,

Heiko