Bug 129110 - macOS System Preference > Accessibility > Display > Increase Contrast actually decreases Accessibility for active tab in tabbed dialog box
Summary: macOS System Preference > Accessibility > Display > Increase Contrast actuall...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.0.7.3 release
Hardware: All macOS (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: accessibility
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Reported: 2019-11-30 07:12 UTC by Chas Belov
Modified: 2024-01-08 23:19 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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6.0.7.3 (?) increase contrast enabled, black font on black background (259.85 KB, image/png)
2019-11-30 07:12 UTC, Chas Belov
Details
6.4.3.2 increase contrast enabled, black font on dark blue background (50.59 KB, image/png)
2020-04-29 08:36 UTC, steve
Details
2023-08-20 macos 13.5.1b LO main light mode, increased contrast ok (594.80 KB, image/png)
2023-08-19 22:11 UTC, steve
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Description Chas Belov 2019-11-30 07:12:10 UTC
Created attachment 156196 [details]
6.0.7.3 (?) increase contrast enabled, black font on black background

If I have macOS Accessibility Display preferences set to Increase Contrast, then the active tab on tabbed dialog boxes is unreadable.

Steps on macOS Mojave 10.14.6:
1. Apple menu > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display
2. Check Increase Contrast
3. Launch LibreOffice
4. Insert > Fields > More fields
5. Click Variables

Expected result: I can read the labels on all tabs
Actual result: I can read the labels on all inactive tabs, but not on the active tab Variables.
Comment 1 Chas Belov 2019-11-30 07:12:58 UTC
Still an issue on 6.2.8.2.
Comment 2 steve 2020-04-29 08:36:29 UTC
Created attachment 160061 [details]
6.4.3.2 increase contrast enabled, black font on dark blue background
Comment 3 steve 2020-04-29 08:36:45 UTC
macOS 10.15.4
LO 6.4.3.2

1. Apple menu > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display
2. Check Increase Contrast
3. Launch LibreOffice
4. Insert > Fields > More fields
5. Click Variables

Confirming → NEW

Currently
This has changed and improved since the original report by Chas. All tabbed dialog boxes are affected (e.g. Styles > Edit Style or Insert > Fields > More Fields)

Accessibility with System Preference > Accessibility > Display > Increase Contrast enabled is worse than with out the option enabled.
Increase Contrast (enabled): Active tab: black font + dark blue background
Increase Contrast (disabled): Active tab: balck font + light blue background

6.0.7.3: Active tab black font on black background, completely disfunctional.
6.4.3.2: Active tab black font on dark blue background, bad accessibility.

Expected
Accessibility should be at least on par with option disabled. It appears as if the change that is applied is applied in the wrong direction. Instead of increasing contrast (by making the background color of active tab lighter) contrast is decreased by making it darker, which defeats the idea behind the setting.
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2022-05-01 03:38:27 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 steve 2023-08-19 22:11:21 UTC
Created attachment 189046 [details]
2023-08-20 macos 13.5.1b  LO main light mode, increased contrast ok
Comment 6 steve 2023-08-19 22:11:43 UTC
macOS 13.5.1
Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 34d32740d89876c3d4fd2743a07d6e2578601683
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 13.5.1; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

worksforme
Comment 7 steve 2023-08-19 22:18:30 UTC
There is a remaining problem with active tab display and Increase Contrast on macOS which I filed as https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156821