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ubuntu-themes package

Dimmed text is very hard to see

Bug #1700100 reported by Amr Ibrahim
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Carlo Lobrano

Bug Description

To reproduce:
1- Install gnome-boxes
2- Start gnome-boxes
3- Select New -> Enter URL

There is a dimmed text, which is very hard to see. It starts with 'Example:...'.

I believe all GTK text that is styled as "dim-label" are very hard to see. This is also apparent in the warning bars in Firefox.

Here is the line of code of the referred string in gnome-boxes upstream:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-boxes/tree/data/ui/wizard-source.ui?id=f3f581886ead85d5bfcbc71016f37825ed6ee90c#n291

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: light-themes 14.04+16.04.20161024-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-56-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jun 23 16:47:09 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-21 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-themes
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Related branches

lp:~c-lobrano/ubuntu-themes/dimmed-text-hard-to-see-1700100
Marco Trevisan (Treviño): Approve
Diff: 43 lines (+12/-0)
4 files modified
Ambiance/gtk-3.20/apps/gnome-boxes.css (+5/-0)
Ambiance/gtk-3.20/gtk-main.css (+1/-0)
Radiance/gtk-3.20/apps/gnome-boxes.css (+5/-0)
Radiance/gtk-3.20/gtk-main.css (+1/-0)
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

A screenshot of the dimmed text.

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Carlo Lobrano (c-lobrano) wrote :

I reproduced the same issue

Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Carlo Lobrano (c-lobrano) wrote :

Hi, I'd like to have a try with this little change

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Carlo Lobrano (c-lobrano) wrote :

I proposed a patch to fix this issue. The approach was to make a change that affects gnome-boxes only, hope this is fine, but I'm open to any suggestion.

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

This Thunderbird warning is also affected. The same happens for Firefox.

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :
Carlo Lobrano (c-lobrano)
Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Carlo Lobrano (c-lobrano)
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

Radiance is also affected in Xenial.

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

To reproduce in Thunderbird, you receive an email with HTML remote content (pictures and links) and Thunderbird will automatically block the remote content and display that warning message bar.

In Firefox, I have the NoScript add-on installed. NoScript blocks JavaScript content and displays that warning message bar.

I general, in both software, all warning messages appear like that at the top or at the bottom of the window.

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Carlo Lobrano (c-lobrano) wrote :

That's perfect, thank you.

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Carlo Lobrano (c-lobrano) wrote :

It seems that both Firefox and Thunderbird are using a different styling for their messages, since modifying the class "dim-label", as I do in Gnome boxes, doesn't affect them at all.
Moreover, since GTK Inspector doesn't seem to work fully with those two, I need to look deeper in their code

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

The notification bar in epiphany-browser also has a dimmed text. But I'm not sure whether it's the same case. See the attached screenshot.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-themes - 16.10+17.10.20170918-0ubuntu1

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ubuntu-themes (16.10+17.10.20170918-0ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium

  [ Carlo Lobrano ]
  * Added support for GtkTextView::monospace (LP: #1700218)
  * Fixes support GtkTreeView separators (LP: #1701512)
  * Made dimmed text more visible in Gnome Boxes with Ambiance (LP:
    #1700100)
  * Added support for vertically linked buttons (LP: #1708141)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * Radiance: use proper button border-image-source for headerbar
    elements (LP: #1692925)
  * Ambiance, Radiance: ignore titlebutton theming for appmenu
  * Ambiance, Radiance: add better definition for button destructive-
    action (LP: #1697900)

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@3v1n0.net> Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:25:27 +0000

Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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