Calibre Night Mode? - Page 7

kovidgoyal · 12-30-2019, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

FWIW: Ctrl+Esc pops the start menu on Windows 10, and W10 shortcuts aren't configurable.

BR

Isn't the windows key already there for that?? greedy windows. well i guess I can make it alt+esc instead.

kovidgoyal · 12-30-2019, 05:04 AM

looks like alt+esc is taken by windows as well, sigh made it ctrl+, and cmd+,

BetterRed · 12-30-2019, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Isn't the windows key already there for that??

Yes it is, but I guess not all keyboards have a Windows key.

This is the best list of Windows shortcuts I've found ==>> https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/...oard-shortcuts

BR

democrite · 12-31-2019, 05:31 AM

You may have not realized, viewer preferences and the book list on startup could use dark mode.

JSWolf · 12-31-2019, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

system will use the system provided colors. Get your system to provide less contrasty colors or use a custom color scheme. I am not going to get into the business of overriding system colors. And next release has ctrl+esc to show preferences.

But I am not using a dark mode for my Windows colors. I'm using the dark mode provided with CALIBRE_USE_DARK_PALETTE=1. How would I go about changing the color for the scroll bar indicator given that Calibre is not using the system colors?

BetterRed · 12-31-2019, 02:28 PM

The 'user_profile.png' icon as used for Authors in the Tag Browser is a bit hard to see in Dark Mode. It's a black silhouette of a head.

BR

DoctorOhh · 12-31-2019, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

system will use the system provided colors. Get your system to provide less contrasty colors or use a custom color scheme. I am not going to get into the business of overriding system colors. And next release has ctrl+esc to show preferences.

But I am not using a dark mode for my Windows colors. I'm using the dark mode provided with CALIBRE_USE_DARK_PALETTE=1. How would I go about changing the color for the scroll bar indicator given that Calibre is not using the system colors?

The response you quote was in reference to an Apple OS question. Below is the answer he gave BetterRed about the scroll bar color.

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

scrollbar sliders are pretty hard to see in light mode as well, seems to be a "feature" of the Qt fusion style. But since I already had to override various things in that style to get dark mode to work, I'll see if I can override that as well to raise the contrast a bit.

So at some point he might program in a fix.

kovidgoyal · 12-31-2019, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by democrite

You may have not realized, viewer preferences and the book list on startup could use dark mode.

Yeah they dont, since they are only on screen for brief periods, I have not bothered with deriving dark colors for them.

jackie_w · 01-01-2020, 10:32 AM

@kovid,

In the Editor with nightmode on I've noticed that if you have a few editor tabs open it's no longer very easy to see which is the current active tab because of the lack of contrast. Is there anything that can be done to improve this, or even something I can do myself?

kovidgoyal · 01-01-2020, 10:54 AM

No, not really, this would basically require overriding how Qt's fusion style draws tabs, which is rather a lot of code.

jackie_w · 01-01-2020, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No, not really, this would basically require overriding how Qt's fusion style draws tabs, which is rather a lot of code.

OK, thanks.

theducks · 01-01-2020, 12:45 PM

Kovid
Could you dynamically modify the Tab Label string on the fly without a lot of code?

foo1 foo2 *foo3 foo4

kovidgoyal · 01-01-2020, 12:59 PM

That would confuse modified and active. Since * is usually used for the modified indicator.

kovidgoyal · 01-01-2020, 01:43 PM

I committed code to make the font italic for the active tab which should help a bit.

jackie_w · 01-01-2020, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I committed code to make the font italic for the active tab which should help a bit.

I just tried it running from source. Yes, I think that does the job very nicely. Thank you so much.

12-31-2019, 02:28 PM	#96
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,643 Karma: 26960534 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The 'user_profile.png' icon as used for Authors in the Tag Browser is a bit hard to see in Dark Mode. It's a black silhouette of a head. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-31-2019 at 03:50 PM.

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12-30-2019, 05:04 AM	#92
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,960 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	looks like alt+esc is taken by windows as well, sigh made it ctrl+, and cmd+,

12-31-2019, 05:31 AM	#94
democrite Evangelist Posts: 425 Karma: 77256 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	You may have not realized, viewer preferences and the book list on startup could use dark mode.

01-01-2020, 10:32 AM	#99
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,212 Karma: 16534894 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3	@kovid, In the Editor with nightmode on I've noticed that if you have a few editor tabs open it's no longer very easy to see which is the current active tab because of the lack of contrast. Is there anything that can be done to improve this, or even something I can do myself?

01-01-2020, 10:54 AM	#100
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,960 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, not really, this would basically require overriding how Qt's fusion style draws tabs, which is rather a lot of code.

01-01-2020, 12:45 PM	#102
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,902 Karma: 55267620 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Kovid Could you dynamically modify the Tab Label string on the fly without a lot of code? foo1 foo2 *foo3 foo4

01-01-2020, 12:59 PM	#103
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,960 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That would confuse modified and active. Since * is usually used for the modified indicator.

01-01-2020, 01:43 PM	#104
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,960 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I committed code to make the font italic for the active tab which should help a bit.