Can't change the color of inactive options in Menu bar.

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Can't change the color of inactive options in Menu bar. - justusr846 - 09-29-2017

I've been making some changes to a duplicate of the default Dark theme provided by GIMP 2.9.7 via the 'gtkrc' file to suit my requirements.

Most of the UI seem fine now, but I can't find the right modifier to change the font color of the inactive options in the Menu bar (it doesn't go well with the dark theme).

However when I change the values of 'text[NORMAL]' of 'gimp-dark-list-header-style' in gtkrc from empty to any two digit hexadecimal value, the color of the menu font (active options included) and docked panels changes to white.

From the gtkrc file:

style "gimp-dark-list-header-style"

{
#Comment out the ythickness setting below for thicker column headers.
#ythickness = 0

GtkTreeView::odd_row_color = "#828282"
GtkTreeView::even_row_color = "#828282"

#
# set custom header text color here
#

#fg[NORMAL] = "#00F"
#fg[PRELIGHT] = "#00F"
#fg[SELECTED] = "#00F"
#fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#00F"
#fg[ACTIVE] = "#00F"

#
# set custom text color here
#

text[NORMAL] = "#"
#text[PRELIGHT] = "#FF0"
#text[SELECTED] = "#FF0"
#text[INSENSITIVE] = "#FF0"
#text[ACTIVE] = "#FF0"

[attachment=777]

Any value above 2 digits reverts it to the default color.

How will I be able to solve this?

Thank you beforehand for any help. Smile

RE: Can't change the color of inactive options in Menu bar. - rich2005 - 09-30-2017

I had a dabble with my Gimp 2.9.7 and the Dark theme. I could change a few things but not 'inactive' colour, but then I am no expert.
Have you tried adding your 'bespoke colours as clr10/11/....in the global definitions beginning of the file.

Code:

style "gimp-dark-default-style"

{

#  font_name = "Sans 11"

  color["clr1"]  = "#EEEEEE"

  color["clr2"]  = "#FFFFFF"

  color["clr3"]  = "#C1C1C1"

  color["clr4"]  = "#383838"

  color["clr5"]  = "#555555"

  color["clr6"]  = "#828282"

  color["clr7"]  = "#3B3B3B"

  color["clr8"]  = "#383838"

  color["clr9"]  = "#4D4D4D"

  color["clr10"] = "#00FFFF"

  color["clr11"] = "#D4C7AA"

  fg[NORMAL] = @clr1

#### snipped a lot out #####

  base[INSENSITIVE] = @clr8

  text[NORMAL] = @clr10 # <<<<<<<<< blue

  text[PRELIGHT] = @clr11 #<<<<<<<< yellow/grey-ish

  text[ACTIVE] = @clr1

  text[SELECTED] = @clr1

  text[INSENSITIVE] = @clr9

gives this, maybe not the best colours but at least not invisible.

[Image: 4ve2Sfx.jpg]

When it comes to the subject 'inactive colors' I would not hold out much hope at the moment.

There is this: https://www.gimp.org/news/2016/07/13/gimp-2-9-4-released/

With the understatement of year.

quote: Note that we still consider this feature a work in progress, as dark themes still need some fine-tuning (especially regarding the color of inactive menu items).

As an afterthought, which version of linux and DE are you using. Might help someone give better information.

RE: Can't change the color of inactive options in Menu bar. - justusr846 - 09-30-2017

Sorry, the panels changing color was just a side effect of me trying to change the font color of inactive options. I had set the panel color to another dark theme, so the text is visible. I'll try changing the colors anyway as you mentioned however. Big Grin

I did read somewhere about the inactive options' colors being hard-coded into gimp or something and so couldn't be changed, but it did change when I modified that value. Tongue

So I thought it could be modified through gtkrc.

I use Ubuntu 17.04 with GNOME desktop.