Feature Request: Dark Mode menu color/border

Katsunami · 09-01-2020, 11:54 AM

Hi

I like Calibre's Dark Mode. I don't know if this is a mode provided by QT or made by Kovid himself, but it's very well done. There's only one small niggle I'd like to mention.

If you right-click in the book list, the context menu and sub-menu's can get lost in the book list. (See the attachment.) This would have been worse if the menu didn't have any icons. (I cannot remember on top of my head if the icons can be disabled/enabled; I haven't changed most of my Calibre GUI settings for almost a decade

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Would it be possible to make the context menu (or all menu's) a bit more grey, or draw a border around them, possibly controlled by a setting or a tweak?

Even though my vision is very poor, I can still handle it like it is. But, I can imagine that people with even worse vision that have to use the dark theme (light sensitivity problems, for example) could have problems using the context menu.

Maybe there's even a setting somewhere for this, but if so, I haven't been able to find it. (I also looked into column coloring rules, but it seems this option can only color the foreground... ?)

kovidgoyal · 09-01-2020, 12:49 PM

It's made by me, Qt doesnt have a dark mode.

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...81816b87d9b79d

Katsunami · 09-01-2020, 01:27 PM

Thanks for implementing this

BetterRed · 09-01-2020, 05:18 PM

Thanks both - that's been niggling me too.

BR

09-01-2020, 11:54 AM	#1
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Feature Request: Dark Mode menu color/border Hi I like Calibre's Dark Mode. I don't know if this is a mode provided by QT or made by Kovid himself, but it's very well done. There's only one small niggle I'd like to mention. If you right-click in the book list, the context menu and sub-menu's can get lost in the book list. (See the attachment.) This would have been worse if the menu didn't have any icons. (I cannot remember on top of my head if the icons can be disabled/enabled; I haven't changed most of my Calibre GUI settings for almost a decade ) Would it be possible to make the context menu (or all menu's) a bit more grey, or draw a border around them, possibly controlled by a setting or a tweak? Even though my vision is very poor, I can still handle it like it is. But, I can imagine that people with even worse vision that have to use the dark theme (light sensitivity problems, for example) could have problems using the context menu. Maybe there's even a setting somewhere for this, but if so, I haven't been able to find it. (I also looked into column coloring rules, but it seems this option can only color the foreground... ?) Attached Thumbnails

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09-01-2020, 12:49 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,299 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It's made by me, Qt doesnt have a dark mode. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...81816b87d9b79d

09-01-2020, 01:27 PM	#3
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Thanks for implementing this

09-01-2020, 05:18 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,691 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Thanks both - that's been niggling me too. BR

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