Using web difficult with dark KDE theme
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KDE Base |
Unknown
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Medium
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kde4libs (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: konqueror
I say "difficult" to be nice, but I consider this totally and utterly broken. I use one of the KDE 4 dark themes (Zion (Reversed)), and a very large portion of the Internet's web pages are more or less broken.
To reproduce, change to the theme mentioned (or Obsidian), and try to edit some of the fields in this bug report. This particular field is ok, but I can't see (without marking) what I wrote in summary and the chosen application field. In addition, I have no idea which radio buttons are checked (and on some pages which check boxes are checked).
Originally this only applied to Konqueror, such that I could switch to Firefox for my banking needs (I don't dare typing wrong there!), but recently Firefox decided to pick up the KDE theme too, and now internet is as broken there.
I am aware that the issue sorta is with the web pages out there, having authors to unimaginative to think that anyone could have dark themes, and thus account for that, but when such a large portion of the web is "broken", then _I_ think that it is the browser(s) that is broken.
At the _very least_ there needs to be an option such that I can choose not to use desktop theme on the web pages I visit. Even those that are readable/usable, usually are ugly with a theme they didn't expect. Some say it should be possible to create a css for this, but one can't expect users to do that! Also, according to the KDE bug report that I'll register with this report afterwards, it is mentioned that some form elements may still be overridden, making a css useless.
I was overjoyed by the thourough implementation of dark themes in KDE 4, and extremely saddened by the browsers doing the same. It is a major annoyment that I encounter at least once every hour of the work day.
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in kdebase-kde4 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
affects: | kdebase-kde4 (Ubuntu) → kdebase (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
Changed in kdebase (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in kdebase: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in kde-baseapps: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)
Package: khtml
Version: KDE 3.0.7 CVS/CVSup/Snapshot
Severity: normal
Installed from: Compiled sources
Compiler: Not Specified
OS: Linux
OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified
When you have the CDE color scheme or any KDE color scheme in which the foreground text color is White (or light) many pages are rendered with text white (And background white).
Easy way to reproduce:
- Set your color scheme to CDE.
- Start a new konqueror (starting a new one is important!)
- Go to one of the example sites below
Solutions:
- Enforce text color black
- Have an independent configuration for khtml colors
Examples: developer. kde.org/ razor.sourcefor ge.net/
http://
http://
(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)