Clean Install KDE - Theme Breath Dark - LibreOffice Toolbars Show Black Text On Black Background

[abc123]

Clean Install KDE - Theme Breath Dark - LibreOffice Toolbars Show Black Text On Black Backgroud

_{Mod edit: Please don’t post screenshots.}

[Mirdarthos]

Just double-checked. Mine is perfect. Make sure both GTK and Qt themes are set correctly.

[abc123]

It is a clean install about a day old.

How would I check:
Make sure both GTK and Qt themes are set correctly. ?

[Ben]

Hold on - I just reset my theme (Breath Dark) and moved ~/.config/libreoffice folder too…

Now I have a dark toolbar with dark icons.

AltF12 will pull up the preferences… but if I remember rightly I always would change my theme for office work (light colour scheme).

Step 1: Libreoffice - View - change the Icon Theme (Sukapura (SVG + Dark) will get you light/colourful icons.

However, the text is definitely white on a dark background.

Working through the colour schemes, the interface reacts well…

Colourschemes you can download…

1. Card is a light creamy one - definitely a great light scheme to use when editing a white paper.
2. Marble is lovely (bluish, takes you back)
3. Windows Classic works well if you edit (take the brightness down a notch).
4. Utterly Nord - getting darker and looking really great now.
5. Primary Dark

Yes, the very best of all is (obviously) my own.
So copy this text…

Colourscheme text

[ColorEffects:Disabled]
Color=112,111,110
ColorAmount=0
ColorEffect=0
ContrastAmount=0.65
ContrastEffect=0
IntensityAmount=0.1
IntensityEffect=0

[ColorEffects:Inactive]
ChangeSelectionColor=true
Color=112,111,110
ColorAmount=0.025
ColorEffect=2
ContrastAmount=0.1
ContrastEffect=2
Enable=false
IntensityAmount=0
IntensityEffect=0

[Colors:Button]
BackgroundAlternate=62,62,62
BackgroundNormal=60,60,60
DecorationFocus=170,170,170
DecorationHover=150,150,150
ForegroundActive=255,128,224
ForegroundInactive=160,160,160
ForegroundLink=60,90,100
ForegroundNegative=240,1,1
ForegroundNeutral=91,137,102
ForegroundNormal=150,150,150
ForegroundPositive=128,255,128
ForegroundVisited=75,30,30

[Colors:Selection]
BackgroundAlternate=115,115,115
BackgroundNormal=115,115,115
DecorationFocus=170,170,170
DecorationHover=150,150,150
ForegroundActive=255,128,224
ForegroundInactive=160,160,160
ForegroundLink=60,90,100
ForegroundNegative=240,1,1
ForegroundNeutral=91,137,102
ForegroundNormal=255,255,255
ForegroundPositive=128,255,128
ForegroundVisited=75,30,30

[Colors:Tooltip]
BackgroundAlternate=0,4,75
BackgroundNormal=121,137,150
DecorationFocus=170,170,170
DecorationHover=150,150,150
ForegroundActive=255,128,224
ForegroundInactive=225,225,225
ForegroundLink=60,90,100
ForegroundNegative=240,1,1
ForegroundNeutral=91,137,102
ForegroundNormal=37,37,37
ForegroundPositive=128,255,128
ForegroundVisited=75,30,30

[Colors:View]
BackgroundAlternate=56,56,56
BackgroundNormal=46,46,46
DecorationFocus=170,170,170
DecorationHover=150,150,150
ForegroundActive=255,128,224
ForegroundInactive=160,160,160
ForegroundLink=60,90,100
ForegroundNegative=240,1,1
ForegroundNeutral=91,137,102
ForegroundNormal=175,175,175
ForegroundPositive=128,255,128
ForegroundVisited=75,30,30

[Colors:Window]
BackgroundAlternate=17,55,0
BackgroundNormal=42,42,42
DecorationFocus=170,170,170
DecorationHover=150,150,150
ForegroundActive=255,128,224
ForegroundInactive=160,160,160
ForegroundLink=60,90,100
ForegroundNegative=240,1,1
ForegroundNeutral=91,137,102
ForegroundNormal=175,175,175
ForegroundPositive=128,255,128
ForegroundVisited=75,30,30

[General]
ColorScheme=Kvantum
Name=0001 Primary Dark
shadeSortColumn=true

[KDE]
contrast=0

[WM]
activeBackground=42,42,42
activeBlend=61,61,62
activeForeground=124,151,131
inactiveBackground=42,42,42
inactiveBlend=61,61,62
inactiveForeground=150,150,150

cd ~/.local/share/color-schemes
touch 0001PrimaryD.colors
kate 0001PrimaryD.colors

Paste the text and save, exit, choose that colour scheme… it’s top of the list ('cos of the number).

[abc123]

Is this a Manjaro, KDE Plasma, or LibreOffice bug?

[Ben]

@abc123

LibreOffice bug?

Libreoffice is famously janky about dark themes - and it isn’t a QT app… however, you can manage.

Check out Application Style…

• Darkly
• Klassy
• Kvantum for eclectic tastes.

Plasma Style:

• Breeze
• Klassy (check out customisation menu)

Decorations:

• Klassy (again, super customisation)
• Darkly
• Breeze

[abc123]

Well…
It’s been like this for years, every distro I’ve used in the past 5+ years has this.
Was hoping the Arch Linux people would have fixed it.

Might scare people away:

• I installed OS.
• I changed theme.
• I ran LibreOffice and toolbars are unreadable.

I’ll see what other bugs there are…

[Ben]

@abc123

Might scare people away:

Sure, but after being scared away from just about every other desktop, I find that adjusting my theming tastes more to suit the workflow is a great plan.

[abc123]

Sorry, what is wrong with screenshots?
What about a URL link to IMGUR?

[Mirdarthos]

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[soundofthunder]

@abc123

Is this a Manjaro, KDE Plasma, or LibreOffice bug?

This is possibly not a bug at all.

There are a lot of people actively tweaking themes across Linux generally; then you have the individual application makers that might have their own ideas; and KDE also have their opinionated defaults.

And then, Users commonly play with settings or install random themes that might confuse the issue.

People hard at work trying to ensure general theming consistency in Manjaro, and many other distributions, have to navigate all of this and hopefully produce a satisfactory result.

It’s not easy; and it’s not as simple as calling something a bug; although sometimes a legitimate bug somewhere can make the actual cause of a theming inconsistency difficult to trace.

Regards.

[abc123]

Hi,

Found some bugs I wish to report.
Nothing major, just some minor things.
Where is the official Manjaro bug tracker?
Thanks.

abc123

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @abc123,

I think you’ll find what you’re looking for here:

Explore projects · GitLab

Or consider opening threads in the Feedback category.

[omano]

Most likely you want to report issues unrelated to Manjaro itself. Look for the issue trackers of the corresponding application.

What Manjaro issue do you want to report?

[abc123]

Clean Install KDE - Theme Breath Dark - LibreOffice Toolbars Show Black Text On Black Background

[omano]

You mean the issue when you don’t configure Libre Office properly for dark theme?

[tracyanne]

@abc123

Might scare people away:

• I installed OS.
• I changed theme.
• I ran LibreOffice and toolbars are unreadable.

Just for the record, I am using the default Breath Theme (Dark version), my settings for Libre Office found at

Tools → Options → LibreOffice → Application Colors

The “Scheme” Dropdown is set to Automatic and the “Automatic” Dropdown is set to Light. System Theme and Dark Options don’t look so good.

Weird naming scheme.

The Toolbars on my install look good, and menus and Toolbars are quite readable.

Perhaps your problem is your choice of Theme. LibreOffice is not going to work well with all themes, due to their choices, and their choices don’t rate as bugs, just a different and potentially incompatible theming engine.