KWin contextmenus usability and window/app specific palettes

[René J. V. Bertin]

Martin Gräßlin wrote:

Hi,

> KWin is only involved starting in point 4. 1-3 are in the application.

I think I'm beginning to grasp what's going on, thanks.
QtCurve has a feature that allows to specify a modification of the menu 
background shade, which I have to set to 100% lighter. That would explain the 
symptom I'm seeing if that percentage is calculated with respect to the 
application palette instead of to the widget palette, and if memory serves me 
well that is what happens.

Bummer. The only proper way I see around this is to detect the useractions menu 
inside the style (how?!) and compare the base ("unlightened/darkened") 
background colour to the widget's actual background colour, and use the 
lightened colour only when that comparison finds no difference.
As an alternative it might be possible and simpler (but overkill?) to compare 
the menu's palette to the application palette and use the former if different.

R.