Changing colors of "hover over" balloons

mark121 · 11-23-2010, 03:36 PM

I have just started using calibre 0.6.42 on my laptop running Ubuntu 10.04. I have encountered an immediate problem: when the cursor hovers over a selection, such as an icon on the toolbar, a balloon opens, providing additional information. My problem is that the balloon's colors on my system are white on light blue, which is pretty much unreadable. I do not find a "preferences" option to change this.

I see that the program is written in python, so it would not be hard to change the program itself, once I find the correct statement. So, the question is, where does calibre define what colors will be used for the foreground and background of the "hover over" balloons? If anyone knows, it will save me a lot of trial and error.

kovidgoyal · 11-23-2010, 03:44 PM

update to 0.7.29 and you will be fine.

mark121 · 11-23-2010, 04:34 PM

Just finished installing 0.7.29. MUCH nicer interface! Thanks!

11-23-2010, 03:36 PM	#1
mark121 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: nook	Changing colors of "hover over" balloons I have just started using calibre 0.6.42 on my laptop running Ubuntu 10.04. I have encountered an immediate problem: when the cursor hovers over a selection, such as an icon on the toolbar, a balloon opens, providing additional information. My problem is that the balloon's colors on my system are white on light blue, which is pretty much unreadable. I do not find a "preferences" option to change this. I see that the program is written in python, so it would not be hard to change the program itself, once I find the correct statement. So, the question is, where does calibre define what colors will be used for the foreground and background of the "hover over" balloons? If anyone knows, it will save me a lot of trial and error.

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11-23-2010, 03:44 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	update to 0.7.29 and you will be fine.

11-23-2010, 04:34 PM	#3
mark121 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: nook	Just finished installing 0.7.29. MUCH nicer interface! Thanks!

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