https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365158
--- Comment #6 from Jens Reuterberg <ohy...@gmail.com> ---
> Even if the choice to follow the text color was made by MX Themes creator I
> don't want to be dependent on it. I want to be able to download a theme from
> kde-look and be able to modify to my preference.
Chances are this will not happen though. There are plans for a theme creator
but this is currently on ice as plans to ensure Plasma 5.8 as an LTS are
underfoot - and stability/polish, instead of features, are more relevant to
work on. Such a thing would be something packaged within the Plasma-sdk package
and allow for an easier way to sort SVG's etc to ensure simplicity (sort of
like Theme Explorer in the Plasma-sdk package which I implore you to check out)
Essentially if you make a theme which says "Make all backgrounds in widgets
bright pink", someone downloads your theme and use it - its very tricky for us
to "fix problem with all this bright pink" except suggest that that person
contact the theme creator.
> This is not the same as set color for task manager text independent from
> theme, widget color or whatever. What if I change this theme so that it
> doesn't follow the color of text set by color theme. What color would task
> manager follow then and why it is not clearly explained in techbase
> guidelines?
It follows the Window theme colour. Edit the Window Text Colour in Colour
settings. This will affect ALL text in the window theme though so the solution
isn't optimal.
> What if I want to use other themes that are made the same? Well, that's
> hypothetical question, I have not checked every theme.
Then you wont be able to see the text as well as you would prefer.
> I don't understand what you mean by elegant solution.
A way where the solution for a fringe issue isn't impeding more common use
cases. A solution where simplicity is part of it. If you can't marry these two
into a solution, the solution isn't elegant and as the choice then is "hurt the
majority" or "hurt the minority" the choice is obvious. ("The need of the many
outweigh the need of the few" to quote Mr Spock)
> What I request is options in configuration file and an easy to understand
> description in techbase so that every user can download theme from kde-look
> and adjust it to his/her preference or even mix different elements from
> different themes (for example to mix icons).
That is impossible to do. Theming in Plasma is extremely flexible from a theme
creators POV and the attempt to have a mix-and-match setting was underwhelming
and buggy. Hence it was removed - if a theme editor is created in the future,
hopefully that will work to cover your needs too.
Until then, you have to either
1) edit the theme yourself using for example "Theme Explorer",
2) ask the creator to make a theme with hardcoded text colours for different
elements,
3) change wallpaper,
4) change the colour of the Window Text,
5) Change font to something more readable
6) Swap to a different theme
7) Hang in there and hope for some dev to create a theme editor from scratch
that covers your needs.
Now I am not the end decider, but I was asked in here as someone representing
the VDG - and from our POV unless an elegant solution presents itself, with a
dev attached that can create this solution, there simply isn't anything that
CAN be done except suggest the above fixes to your issue.
As for an easier to understand techbase documentation (or more extensive) and
easier to understand RC files - I can only agree and I wish I could say "a
theme creator coming right up" - but that would just be lying to you. We want
to create a better theming system for the future, sketches exist, but so far
thats as far as we can get. The dev for the taskmanager has stated that he
can't add this new feature to the taskmanager so that avenue is closed too
leaving you with the seven options above to fix your issue.
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