Created attachment 47679 [details]
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See the 'Edit' menu entry (at the mouse pointer), that has become unreadable.

This bug isn't picked up yet and at least deserves some attention after a couple of months. A lot of users are having the same issue with other themes, for example Zukitwo GTK2/GTK3 theme (find it on Deviantart). I talked to the author of the theme and this is his explanation: 

==> Libreoffice doesn't pull the correct color from the gtkrc file. You should report a bug to the libreoffice-gtk devs. The menubar seems to pull the color from GtkMenu. It should pull the color from GtkMenuBar and the sub-class GtkMenuItem.

Confirmed on Libreoffice 3.4.4, Gnome 3.2.1 and GTK 2.24.8. Using Aldabra theme.

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This bug still persists, setting to New.

This bug is still present in LibreOffice 3.5.2. Is there any update on this?

To fix this just change:

        bg[SELECTED] = @selected_bg_color -> bg[SELECTED] = @base_color  

in GTKRC style "dark" to look like this:


style "dark"
{
        bg[NORMAL]   = @bg_color
        bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.96, @bg_color)
        bg[SELECTED] = @base_color       
        bg[ACTIVE]   = shade (0.96, @bg_color)
        bg[INSENSITIVE]   = @bg_color
}

make sure that you have some bright color in @base_color or use another variable or direct value #fff

bg[SELECTED] = @selected_bg_color is just to dark so it fall backs to light text.

At least if fixed the issue in theme that i use: Orion :)

It is also possible that it can be fixed by modifying background color in more specific sections then parrent "dark" havent tried :)

Hi Jonathan, did you tried the workaround in GTKRC and does it solve the issue?
Sophie

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In master with the preferred gtk3 direction the menubar is now a native menubar so all theming issues there are moot for gtk3 + 5.2

Keyword regression added from bug description (worked in version 3.3).

Best regards. JBF