Book list background color

emfril · 06-10-2016, 03:20 AM

The background of the lines in the book list (under Title - Author(s) - Date - Size) alternate in color. Since, however, I use in my system white font on black background, the white font in the whitish lines is difficult to see. (The other lines are white on black). How can I make all the lines be white on black?

kovidgoyal · 06-10-2016, 03:40 AM

The alternate background color comes from the system color theme, via Qt. Presumably, you need to change it in your system color theme.

emfril · 06-11-2016, 03:49 PM

Yes I know it's my preferred system's color, which I'd prefer Calibre to use in all lines. Alternatively, they could, I suppose, specify also the text color (black) for the lines where they specify background color, then the text would be readable though that would not appear very nice.

So is there some way to change the Calibre colors without changing my computers theme?

kovidgoyal · 06-11-2016, 11:02 PM

Run calibre from source and change the colors to whatever you like, its fairly trivial to do -- couple of lines of code. At the end of the __init__ method of the Application class in gui2/__init__.py put in lines like this

p = self.palette()
p.setColor(p.AlternateBase, QColor('whatever color you like'))

Instructions for running calibre from source ar in the user manual.

emfril · 06-12-2016, 08:47 AM

Thanks. I just downloaded the manual and I'll be looking at it. I do not know if there is a way to decommission p.AlternateBase... Otherwise, how can I set it to use the system's background color (rather than black)?

DaltonST · 06-13-2016, 04:06 PM

@emfril:

See this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...4&postcount=25

DaltonS

emfril · 07-24-2016, 05:00 PM

Dear DaltonST: it seems that this plugin is what I need. How do I get it? And then how do I change the preference?

BetterRed · 07-24-2016, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emfril

Dear DaltonST: it seems that this plugin is what I need. How do I get it? And then how do I change the preference?

Same place as all optional plugins - Preferences->Plugins-> Get new plugins Ψ²

How to change it is in the link DaltonST posted !

BR

06-10-2016, 03:20 AM	#1
emfril Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: kindle reader	Book list background color The background of the lines in the book list (under Title - Author(s) - Date - Size) alternate in color. Since, however, I use in my system white font on black background, the white font in the whitish lines is difficult to see. (The other lines are white on black). How can I make all the lines be white on black?

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06-10-2016, 03:40 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The alternate background color comes from the system color theme, via Qt. Presumably, you need to change it in your system color theme.

06-11-2016, 03:49 PM	#3
emfril Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: kindle reader	Yes I know it's my preferred system's color, which I'd prefer Calibre to use in all lines. Alternatively, they could, I suppose, specify also the text color (black) for the lines where they specify background color, then the text would be readable though that would not appear very nice. So is there some way to change the Calibre colors without changing my computers theme?

06-11-2016, 11:02 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Run calibre from source and change the colors to whatever you like, its fairly trivial to do -- couple of lines of code. At the end of the __init__ method of the Application class in gui2/__init__.py put in lines like this p = self.palette() p.setColor(p.AlternateBase, QColor('whatever color you like')) Instructions for running calibre from source ar in the user manual.

06-12-2016, 08:47 AM	#5
emfril Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: kindle reader	Thanks. I just downloaded the manual and I'll be looking at it. I do not know if there is a way to decommission p.AlternateBase... Otherwise, how can I set it to use the system's background color (rather than black)?

06-13-2016, 04:06 PM	#6
DaltonST Deviser Posts: 2,265 Karma: 2090983 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Texas Device: none	@emfril: See this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...4&postcount=25 DaltonS

07-24-2016, 05:00 PM	#7
emfril Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: kindle reader	Dear DaltonST: it seems that this plugin is what I need. How do I get it? And then how do I change the preference?

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