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ubuntu-themes package

Jarring double gradient when window is maximized

Bug #1717023 reported by Anders L.
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu theme
Fix Released
Medium
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)

Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
Release: 17.10

light-themes:
  Installed: 16.10+17.10.20170817-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 16.10+17.10.20170817-0ubuntu1

Since windows no longer merge with the top panel when maximized in 17.10, a jarring double gradient is produced instead.

Steps to reproduce: Maximize a window

Actual outcome: A double gradient with a sharp line where the top of the title bar meets the top panel is produced.

See original description

Related branches

lp:~3v1n0/ubuntu-themes/use-inverted-decoration-gradient-on-maximized-windows
Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Approve
Diff: 326 lines (+79/-26)
8 files modified
Ambiance/gtk-3.20/apps/gnome-terminal.css (+4/-0)
Ambiance/gtk-3.20/apps/mozilla.css (+5/-0)
Ambiance/gtk-3.20/gtk-main.css (+4/-0)
Ambiance/gtk-3.20/gtk-widgets.css (+27/-13)
Radiance/gtk-3.20/apps/gnome-terminal.css (+4/-0)
Radiance/gtk-3.20/apps/mozilla.css (+5/-0)
Radiance/gtk-3.20/gtk-main.css (+4/-0)
Radiance/gtk-3.20/gtk-widgets.css (+26/-13)
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Anders L. (vithiri) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

I agree this doesn't look right. I've just removed "Expected outcome" from the description because that's the problem description and not a place where the solution should be decided. But we can list possible solutions here in the comments:

 * Keep the panel always black.
 * Keep the panel always translucent.
 * Merge the panel and titlebar into one.
 * Something else?...

tags: added: visual-quality
description: updated
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Anders L. (vithiri) wrote :

I found the extension https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/723/pixel-saver/ which brings a behavior much closer to that of 17.04 -- however, with this solution the window buttons are missing once a window has been maximized and merged with the top bar. Perhaps the extension could still serve as an inspiration.

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Anders L. (vithiri) wrote :

Addition/correction to my above comment, window buttons are actually added to the right of the top bar, fairly closely mimicking the 17.04 approach. Attaching a screenshot.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

It makes sense that's what some people would prefer. Unity was designed that way.

My gut feeling though is that it would look nicer with the always-black panel. Gnome chose that and stuck to it for years for good reason. Doing so would have the added benefit of never having the weird overlap of the grey panel's left end above the launcher. Instead it would blend into the screen bezel more seamlessly.

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in ubuntu-themes:
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-themes - 16.10+17.10.20171012.1-0ubuntu1

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ubuntu-themes (16.10+17.10.20171012.1-0ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium

  * Ambiance, Radiance: use toolbar-mode gradients on titlebars for
    maximized windows (LP: #1717023, #1721440)
  * Ambiance,Radiance: notebook active tab uses wrong gradient when in
    backdrop
  * Ambiance, Radiance: fix gradients for suggested-action hover, active
    and backdrop states
  * gtk2: Ambiance, Radiance: inherit style fixes from MATE themes (LP:
    #961679)

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@3v1n0.net> Thu, 12 Oct 2017 05:19:32 +0000

Changed in ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Ori Avtalion (salty-horse) wrote :

With the latest "gtk2: Ambiance, Radiance: inherit style fixes from MATE themes" change, on Ubuntu 17.10, I'm getting this warning when I launch some GTK apps, such as gvim:

/usr/share/themes/Radiance/gtk-2.0/apps/mate-panel.rc:30: error: invalid string constant "murrine-scrollbar", expected valid string constant

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Ori, please log a new bug for that.

Changed in ubuntu-themes:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Ori, it appears your issue is already logged as bug 1723422.

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