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<body><span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:vstuart.foote@utsa.edu" title="V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu>"> <span class="fn">V Stuart Foote</span></a>
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title="NEW - Dark theme for the welcome window."
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129725">bug 129725</a>
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<td>https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71511, https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118320, https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118017
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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - Dark theme for the welcome window."
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129725#c15">Comment # 15</a>
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title="NEW - Dark theme for the welcome window."
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129725">bug 129725</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:vstuart.foote@utsa.edu" title="V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu>"> <span class="fn">V Stuart Foote</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to Heiko Tietze from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=129725#c6">comment #6</a>)
<span class="quote">> ...
> So the question is if we want to keep this strange configurability or use
> the system default value.</span >
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=129725#c7">comment #7</a>)
<span class="quote">> ... was there any reason not to use system default?</span >
It was a developers choice that followed branding in replacing the OOo era
launch panel. IIRC the fixed colors of the Start Center were hardcoded to make
it consistent across the os/DE builds rather than theming.
That and it is difficult on Windows and macOS to extract os/DE theming to apply
to UI elements--we don't get passed everything we'd need from the theme.
We already had to tweak special case of HC support (<a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_VERIFIED bz_closed"
title="VERIFIED FIXED - Writer no longer uses Text and Background Colours from Windows High-Contrast theme for displaying document"
href="show_bug.cgi?id=71511">bug 71511</a>) where
LibreOffice detects a11y support and responds--but LO still has glitches when
toggling the os/DE between modes, annoying.
Likely the whole theming framework needs refactoring to do this smoothly,
native WinRT/UWP support and Cocoa APIs.
Controlling the 'white' backing window of the StartCenter would support the
a11y needs of OP. But work on theming is also needed for the newer DE modes now
offered on Windows (<a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_NEW "
title="NEW - Add support for Windows 10 dark mode"
href="show_bug.cgi?id=118320">bug 118320</a>) and macOS (118017).</pre>
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