Row backgrounds with windows 10 dark theme

wishingstar · 09-27-2019, 06:58 PM

I just upgraded my system to windows 10 version 1903. I have third party themes enabled and I'm using a dark overall theme. The problem is that with this version of windows, calibre column view and calibre preference show a light background for every other row (see image). I looked through calibre's preferences and couldn't find a setting to control this. How do I make it so all row backgrounds are dark?

Note: I did not have this issue with windows 10 1709, which I was running before this upgrade.

Thanks,
-WS

theducks · 09-27-2019, 07:54 PM

Preferences: Look and Feel:General (tab) There used to be a setting to alternate row colors.

It is not there in the beta 3.99.8

BetterRed · 09-27-2019, 07:59 PM

@theducks - it's not there in 3.47.1 either, been gone for ages.

Try changing the Preferences->Look and Feel->User interface style (needs restart): setting.

BR

BetterRed · 09-27-2019, 08:10 PM

Or try the Job Spy plugin's GUI Tool: Change GUI Text and Alternating Row Colors ==>> Index of plugins

BR

wishingstar · 09-28-2019, 12:45 AM

Thanks @BetterRed! I changed the user interface style to System default and that resolved the issue.

Maybe I had used the setting in the older version of calibre (I haven't formatted since calibre 3 came out) and the setting stuck even though the option was gone from preferences? I was definitely not using System default earlier.

Thanks though, this resolved my issue

gootube2000 · 10-05-2019, 01:38 PM

What third party theme do you have? That one looks quite nice

wishingstar · 10-05-2019, 02:11 PM

I go back and forth between Back In Black (BIB) and Arc-Void, both from deviantart

09-27-2019, 06:58 PM	#1
wishingstar Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 1032 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: Kobo Aura Edition 2, Lenovo Android 10	Row backgrounds with windows 10 dark theme I just upgraded my system to windows 10 version 1903. I have third party themes enabled and I'm using a dark overall theme. The problem is that with this version of windows, calibre column view and calibre preference show a light background for every other row (see image). I looked through calibre's preferences and couldn't find a setting to control this. How do I make it so all row backgrounds are dark? Note: I did not have this issue with windows 10 1709, which I was running before this upgrade. Thanks, -WS Attached Thumbnails

09-27-2019, 07:59 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,605 Karma: 29709834 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@theducks - it's not there in 3.47.1 either, been gone for ages. Try changing the Preferences->Look and Feel->User interface style (needs restart): setting. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 09-27-2019 at 08:02 PM.

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09-27-2019, 07:54 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,884 Karma: 59840450 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Preferences: Look and Feel:General (tab) There used to be a setting to alternate row colors. It is not there in the beta 3.99.8

09-27-2019, 08:10 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,605 Karma: 29709834 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Or try the Job Spy plugin's GUI Tool: Change GUI Text and Alternating Row Colors ==>> Index of plugins BR

09-28-2019, 12:45 AM	#5
wishingstar Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 1032 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: Kobo Aura Edition 2, Lenovo Android 10	Thanks @BetterRed! I changed the user interface style to System default and that resolved the issue. Maybe I had used the setting in the older version of calibre (I haven't formatted since calibre 3 came out) and the setting stuck even though the option was gone from preferences? I was definitely not using System default earlier. Thanks though, this resolved my issue

10-05-2019, 01:38 PM	#6
gootube2000 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Boox Nova Pro	What third party theme do you have? That one looks quite nice

10-05-2019, 02:11 PM	#7
wishingstar Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 1032 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: Kobo Aura Edition 2, Lenovo Android 10	I go back and forth between Back In Black (BIB) and Arc-Void, both from deviantart

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