Oxygen style makes it hard to tell active/inactive windows apart

[Lars Noodén]

Binary package hint: kde

There is no change to the appearance of a window when it has focus.

The appearance of windows does not change with focus, so it's impossible to see whether or not it has focus until one starts to type. This may not be a 'security' problem in the new sense of the term, but it could lead to extra difficulties or even lost data or configurations.

This is from "kubuntu-kde4-8.04-alternate-amd64.iso"

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
$ uname -a
Linux macbook 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 12:47:45 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Technically, the window decoration buttons and window text *do* change to gray, but I digress...
The Oxygen team is currently working on a solution for this, and I'll link the upstream bug report in a minute or few.

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

Ok. If I watch, and pay attention, while changing the focus, I can see that the shade of grey changes slightly. A stronger contrast is needed.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

There should be a better solution for this come KDE 4.1. When KDE 4.1 beta2 packages hit Intrepid we can probably close this, as this will be fixed in beta2. (See: http://bp0.blogger.com/_Jn7tUiuzfcA/SD6b54pZ0HI/AAAAAAAAAAY/wDSWCRgwJNA/s1600-h/4_1svn.png)

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

Ok. Thanks. The image in the link is more obvious about what has the focus.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Fixed in Intrepid since it uses 4.1.