Perfectly possible to change the theme to make it more readable:
The definition in the Theme gtkrc file is here:
If you change the definition for text[SELECTED], you will get the new colour for ALL selected text
To illustrate, I set it to text[SELECTED] = "yellow" for the example above.
You will probably have to copy and re-name the supplied theme to your personal theme directory before editing.
The definition in the Theme gtkrc file is here:
Code:
style "gimp-default-style" = "gimp-colours-default-style"
{
# font_name = "Sans 11"
fg[NORMAL] = @clr1
fg[PRELIGHT] = @clr2
fg[ACTIVE] = @clr2
fg[SELECTED] = @clr1
fg[INSENSITIVE] = @clr3
bg[NORMAL] = @clr9
bg[PRELIGHT] = @clr7
bg[ACTIVE] = @clr4
bg[SELECTED] = @clr5
bg[INSENSITIVE] = @clr5
base[NORMAL] = @clrA
base[PRELIGHT] = @clr7
base[ACTIVE] = @clr7
base[SELECTED] = @clr1
base[INSENSITIVE] = @clr8
text[NORMAL] = @clr1
text[PRELIGHT] = @clr1
text[ACTIVE] = @clr1
text[SELECTED] = @clr7
text[INSENSITIVE] = @clr9
If you change the definition for text[SELECTED], you will get the new colour for ALL selected text
To illustrate, I set it to text[SELECTED] = "yellow" for the example above.
You will probably have to copy and re-name the supplied theme to your personal theme directory before editing.