Description: When selecting the "Style" separator line in the insert (and edit) menu of the columns section, the color of the lines in the drop-down list is set to the value set in the "Color" item. This leads to the fact that with a dark system theme, the color of the line is initially almost invisible to the user, and can also be set to a value corresponding to the background, due to which the line will not be visible at all. It might be worth changing the current behavior in the "Style" drop-down list: keep the original color for lines, moving the preview somewhere else, or update the background color on which it is drawn to a sufficiently contrasting one along with the line color? Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Writer 2. Go to the menu "Insert" - "Section..." - "Columns" 3. For the "Columns" counter, set the value to 2 or more 4. Open the "Style" drop-down list and choose any line 5. In the "Color" field, select a line color value that matches the background color Actual Results: With the dark theme, the black color of the lines is initially difficult to see on a dark gray background. The line color value can be set to a value that will completely blend in with the background color and make it difficult to select the desired line type. Expected Results: The line type in the "Style" list can always be distinguished, regardless of the selected color and OS or LO theme Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Repro with: Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 38a4d3f0b095f70deaf1c25617b5f8b378f31626 CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 6.6; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Exists at least in: Version: 6.0.0.1 Build ID: d2bec56d7865f05a1003dc88449f2b0fdd85309a CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 6.6; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU.UTF-8); Calc:CL
Created attachment 199645 [details] List with light theme, kf5 and white line color
Created attachment 199646 [details] List with dark theme and kf5
The control is in Page Style > Columns, and in fact it uses the color below. We could treat black as automatic and use either white or black depending on the app background color.
Taking this over. At least the line style dropdown is easy to solve. Working now on a better preview on top.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/557526a59c2491d94e2bc86d3a267a67ee5418ee Resolves tdf#165604 - Make line style color depend on dialog background It will be available in 25.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4) > Working now on a better preview on top. Done for bug 132286