Bug 143613 - Many UI containers seem to use a hard coded black background with the black text of the light colored theme in XFCE.
Summary: Many UI containers seem to use a hard coded black background with the black t...
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.0.6.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2021-07-29 19:53 UTC by vbhunt
Modified: 2023-06-04 03:16 UTC (History)
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2021-07-29 19:55 UTC, vbhunt
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Description vbhunt 2021-07-29 19:53:29 UTC
Description:
Several UI components seem to be hard coded for a black background, which causes problems when using a light-colored theme with a black/dark foreground. The UI elements I found include a black active text area on the ruler bars in Writer and Draw; the "Custom Colors" pane in Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> Application Colors (ironically); a small box in the "Caption Order" pain in Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice Writer -> AutoCaption; multiple fields in various plugins' options; the "Select a Template" dialog in Impress; the left-hand navigation pane in the basic LibreOffice app; the formula bar in Calc; and the current tab in Calc. These are just the ones I noticed right off. There are probably others.

Additionally, there are two panes in the Math main window that are black with white foreground, but these are legible and not really a problem.

This seems to only affect the Linux version. I am using XFCE 4.16 with the Materia-light-compact theme on Arch. Both LibreOffice Fresh and LibreOffice Still show the bug. It happens with pretty much all light colored themes I've tried. Using a dark theme in XFCE seems to fix the black on black issue, but only because it changes the foreground colors to white/light gray.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Using XFCE with a light theme, open LibreOffice Writer.
2. Look at the ruler.
3. Open the Application Colors settings in the Options dialog.
4. Look at the "Custom Colors" pane.

Actual Results:
Black on black in the ruler and in the "Custom Colors" pane.

Expected Results:
Black on white/gray/some other light color based on theme in the ruler and Custom Colors pane.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 10(Build:2)
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.10; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
7.1.5-1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 vbhunt 2021-07-29 19:55:14 UTC
Created attachment 173956 [details]
Screenshot example

Screenshot showing black on black UI elements in Writer and Settings
Comment 2 Екатерина 2021-08-20 17:48:55 UTC
no repro in Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: cb2827f5f65324f309fa0e3c30d0b19ad237410e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 3 vbhunt 2021-08-20 18:13:27 UTC
(In reply to Екатерина from comment #2)
> no repro in Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
> Build ID: cb2827f5f65324f309fa0e3c30d0b19ad237410e
> CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL:
> win
> Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: en-US
> Calc: CL

I couldn't reproduce the problem on any Windows version. From my original report: "This seems to only affect the Linux version." Thus, if you're trying to debug this problem in Windows, you will fail miserably as it doesn't happen in Windows.
Comment 4 Rafael Lima 2022-11-04 22:25:39 UTC
Can you please confirm if this problem persists?

I cannot reproduce it using LO 7.4.2.
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2023-05-04 03:22:05 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2023-06-04 03:16:07 UTC
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