[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Window background (was: Re: [ANN] LibreOffice 3.6.0.0 beta2 available for testing)

[Mirek M.]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Jan Holesovsky <kendy at suse.cz> wrote:

> Hi Astron, Mirek,
>
> Stefan Knorr píše v Čt 28. 06. 2012 v 14:48 +0200:
>
> > > No problem there - just give me the RGB values we should use, and I'll
> > > put it there :-)
> >
> > I experimented with it and thought 213,218,224 looked good. But no
> > doubt, Mirek has an opinion on that... which we probably best hear
> > before changing it, too.
>
> Mirek? :-)
>

:) sorry, I sent my reply first to astron alone, then when I noticed it was
to him alone, to the design list.

I'd prefer something color-neutral. 213,213,213 or 224,224,224 or anything
color-neutral in between would be ok with me.

>
> > > This might be harder - the handling of the color settings is much more
> > > complex than it should be, so not sure if I manage to do it in time for
> > > Beta3, and I am off for vacation after that; let's see.
> >
> > In that case, it might be best to leave the background as is for 3.6 (I
> > think it's quite alright, so no real urgency to fix it and in
> > consequence rub the other two problems in the user's face).
> > Should I file bugs about the ruler bg and the Start Center bg staying
> > the same, then?
>
> Yes, please do & give me the bug number.  I'll put there code pointers,
> in order to easy-hackize it.
>
> > Anyway... I just noticed another sign of breakage that does need to be
> > fixed: toolbars which are undocked or docked to the side/bottom: these
> > still use the old-style gradient. I think it would be best to colour
> > them (solidly) with the colour that's at the bottom of the toolbar.
> > Else, the gradient from the top would repeat itself – which I don't
> > think would look very attractive.
> > (Again, I can file a bug about that.)
>
> Ah, good point.  What is happening here is that we are still using the
> Windows theming for the toolbars that are not at the the top of the
> window.  What would help most is if you made me a mockup how they should
> look like (realistic one, ie. "it should look like this") for the
> horizontal, as well as the vertical toolbars.
>
> [It can be a gradient that spans over all the toolbars together, or
> solid color, or whatever.  The only problem is that I need it ~now, in
> order to implement it tomorrow; I am leaving for vacation on Saturday.]
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Kendy
>
>
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