Minor issue calibre 2.3: splash screen text has background collor

DrChiper · 09-12-2014, 03:38 AM

I just about missed it but, since 2.x, I noticed that the splash screen text now seems to have a background color where it used to be opaque. New Qt5 behavior I suppose?

BetterRed · 09-12-2014, 03:50 AM

Tangentially related - because DrChiper's post reminded me:

And since 2.2 the ctrl/home and end keys work perfectly, for me at least, and according to my definition of perfect - fanx.

BR

DrChiper · 09-12-2014, 03:59 AM

Well Qt5 gives and takes, I suppose.
For my part, it took some time to get used to some new windows decorations like below. I firstly did not related them to the close-cross.

kovidgoyal · 09-12-2014, 04:14 AM

That is deliberate, so that the text is visible even if the background is dark. Ideally, I would have liked to change the text color based on the background, but I dont know of anyway to get the background color behind the splash screen.

DrChiper · 09-12-2014, 08:37 AM

Hmm, well its a long time ago I did something with X-windows where Qt had its roots, but I do remember that there used to be some widget (desktop?) from which you could inherit properties about the underlying system environment.
That said: unless one is a purist, I think it hardly justifies the effort to make it work for the above mentioned trivial issue.

09-12-2014, 03:38 AM	#1
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 1,017 Karma: 2003162 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, Clara BW, Clara HD, Libra 2, Libra Color, Nxtpaper 11	Minor issue calibre 2.3: splash screen text has background collor I just about missed it but, since 2.x, I noticed that the splash screen text now seems to have a background color where it used to be opaque. New Qt5 behavior I suppose? Attached Thumbnails

09-12-2014, 03:59 AM	#3
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 1,017 Karma: 2003162 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, Clara BW, Clara HD, Libra 2, Libra Color, Nxtpaper 11	Well Qt5 gives and takes, I suppose. For my part, it took some time to get used to some new windows decorations like below. I firstly did not related them to the close-cross. Attached Thumbnails

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09-12-2014, 03:50 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,722 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Tangentially related - because DrChiper's post reminded me: And since 2.2 the ctrl/home and end keys work perfectly, for me at least, and according to my definition of perfect - fanx. BR

09-12-2014, 04:14 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That is deliberate, so that the text is visible even if the background is dark. Ideally, I would have liked to change the text color based on the background, but I dont know of anyway to get the background color behind the splash screen.

09-12-2014, 08:37 AM	#5
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 1,017 Karma: 2003162 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, Clara BW, Clara HD, Libra 2, Libra Color, Nxtpaper 11	Hmm, well its a long time ago I did something with X-windows where Qt had its roots, but I do remember that there used to be some widget (desktop?) from which you could inherit properties about the underlying system environment. That said: unless one is a purist, I think it hardly justifies the effort to make it work for the above mentioned trivial issue.

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