plasma, panels, colours

[Marco Martin]

On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Marco Martin wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 November 2008, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 11 November 2008, Davide Bettio wrote:
> > > > Are we going to put use it as default for KDE 4.2? I hope no.
> > >
> > > i'm not a fan of it either. nor is it really what i was hoping for. =/
> >
> > just to consider all available options, here is an attempt of using
> > different colors in different places for now based on formfactor (could
> > be also something else like a new enum)
>
> i think the best thing to do would be to add a
> Plasma::Applet::color(Plasma::Color), where Plasma::Color would be an enum.
>
> that way we can base it on anything we want: formfactor, whether or not
> they are using a standard background, etc..

hmm, but widgets couldn't access it
it would also have the problem that theme elements couldn't have solid colors 
or could make the text disappear in the panel (for example black active task 
or the button that also has a solid background)
more i think about it more i feel the pain.. :/

cheers,
Marco Martin