window tasking unclear in 19.10 with Blackbird theme

[crysman]

Since upgrade to 19.10 window tasking (ALT+TAB) is very unclear when you have "Blackbird" theme activated in "Appearance" - because you cannot see which window you are about to "tab" to, there is no visible highlight any more :(

When other theme is active, it works, tabbed windows are highlighted - see the attached screenshots.

How can i change that? Which file(s) to edit? Thanks a lot

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: xfce4-settings 4.14.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-23.25-generic 5.3.7
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Nov 26 11:53:58 2019
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xfce4-appearance-settings
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-03 (448 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
SourcePackage: xfce4-settings
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-11-21 (4 days ago)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Bug reports are geared at finding and solving problems for future users. Your last question is more a support request. You may find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709 or https://xubuntu.org/help/

[crysman (crysman)]

thanks for some trails to follow, still, it is a bug and that's why it should be here, too

my question how to fix it myself is just to make it happen fast and public a workaround for another users until official fix is available

[crysman (crysman)]

I posted a question on AskUbuntu, too: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1191788/how-to-fine-tune-modify-xfce4-theme-blackbird-theme-issue-fix-to-alttab-nicel

[crysman (crysman)]

still not working and driving me mad :/

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 19.10 (eoan) reached end-of-life on July 17, 2020.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
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We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

[crysman (crysman)]

I've switched to genuine Ubuntu due to a new computer with touchscreen and stylus.
I think this issue might be easily tested by anyone having latest Xubuntu USB bootable version - anyone?

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

Blackbird is not maintained anymore, so it will continue to be incomplete/broken unless the upstream developers pick it up again.

https://github.com/shimmerproject/Blackbird

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for blackbird-gtk-theme (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]