some toolbar icons not visible with black GTK+ theme

[Sicktwist]

There are several Inkscape icons that are completely or
partially black. When using a black GTK+ theme, these
icons are difficult or impossible to identify and
usability is hampered. I propose that the affected
icons should be tweaked to include a white outline or
some other device to eliminate the monochrome bits. I
have included a screenshot with this bug report to
illustrate the problem. Below is a list of icons that I
know to be affected by this bug however there may be
others as well:

-Create spirals
-Draw freehand lines
-Draw Bezier curves and straight lines
-Draw calligraphic lines
-Create and edit text objects
-Create connectors
-Create and edit gradients
-Pick averaged colors from image
-Text and font dialog
-XML editor
-Align and Distribute dialog
-Lock or unlock current layer
-Change both width and height by the same proportion
-Create gradient in the fill
-Create gradient in the stroke
-Zoom drawing if window size changes
-When scaling objects, scale the stroke width by the
same proportion
-Transform patterns (in fill or stroke) along with the
objects

[vonHalenbach (lustik)]

Is this still an issue? I know, that the icons were replaced. Can someone test, if this bug still applys? Swich the gtk window theme to black and see, if you are still able to see all icons.

[Ryan Lerch (ryanlerch)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Inkscape better. You reported this bug a long while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Inkscape release? Thanks in advance.

[Jonathon Conte (thesicktwist)]

I just installed the Gutsy 0.46~svn20080104 deb provided on the Inkscape website and tried it while using the Neutronium DeepBlack v1.1 GTK+ theme[1]. The following icons are still quite difficult to see while using a black theme:

-Create spirals (toolbar)
-Text properties (toolbar and Text menu)
-Grid (View menu)
-Guides (View menu)
-Trace Bitmap (Path menu)
-Simplify (Path menu)

[1] http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Neutronium+DeepBlack?content=54166

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

Same think for me with the ubuntu darkroom theme.

[Hachmann (marenhachmann)]

I think this can be marked as 'fix committed', given the latest changes made by Jabier - what do you think, Jabier/Ede123/Alvin?

[mray (mrayyyy)]

Closing because as of Inkscape 1.0alpha there are "Symbolic icons" that work fine on very dark or very bright backgrounds.

Closed by: https://gitlab.com/mray