Text color of the Book details window is black in 6.26

[Nick Wick]

The text color of the Book details window is black in 6.26 compared to the Book details panel where the text color is gray and looks fine. See attachments.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

This will be because of some customization in your book details CSS
file. Go to Preferences->Look & feel->Book details and restore the text
styling section to default. The default is:

body, td {
    background-color: transparent;
}

body.horizontal table td.title { white-space: nowrap }

a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

.comments {
    margin-top: 0;
    padding-top: 0;
    text-indent: 0
}

.comments-heading {
    font-size: larger;
    font-weight: bold
}

table.fields {
    margin-bottom: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
}

table.fields td {
    vertical-align: top
}

table.fields td.title {
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;
    color: palette(placeholder-text);
    text-align: right;
}

.series_name {
    font-style: italic
}

[Nick Wick (bugreporter41)]

I changed it but it didn't solve the problem. I find it strange that it would have changed on its own.

[cmfy (cmfy)]

I can confirm this happens also with Calibre Portable 6.26 default settings, in which there is no custom book-details CSS file.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Try hitting restore defaults instead that will guarantee a restore.

[Nick Wick (bugreporter41)]

Hitting restore defaults didn't help either.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

I cannot replicate, on either Linux or Windows

[Nick Wick (bugreporter41)]

I can't provide any way to make you replicate it. I'm on Linux.

[cmfy (cmfy)]

I'm on Windows

[Charles Haley (cbhaley)]

FWIW: it works for me on windows 10, running the standard binary and with the CSS from the post above.

[cmfy (cmfy)]

I get this on a fresh 6.26 Portable

[Charles Haley (cbhaley)]

I missed that the problem only occurs on the separate book details window.

I can repeat the problem. The book details pane has grey text. The book details window has black text.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.