Re: [Audacity-quality] Theming problems with Mixer board and pan sliders

[James C. <cr...@in...>]

On 6/21/2017 10:23 PM, Paul Licameli wrote:
> I started Audacity in Hi Contrast theme.  I generated noise and opened the
> Mixer board.
No.  You started in classic theme and then switched to Hi Contrast.


>     - The green text of "Audio Track" contrasts poorly with a gray
>     background that is unchanged from Classic theme.  So it seems the
>     repainting of Mixer Board was missed by the theming project.
Correct.  Mixer board caches lots of its colours rather than fetching 
them as needed.
I can go in and change that.  Not too hard to do.

>     - Then I changed theme back to Classic in preferences.  The still open
>     Mixer board did not update, except for the numbers on the meter.
>     - I made a new track.  Now I see two mixer sliders with different themes!
>     - I close and reopen the Mixer board window, and I still see the same.
>     - I can change theme, add a track, and then see the Mixer board again,
>     and repeat, and so even make one slider in each of four themes.
Oh, that's cute.  I hadn't realised quite how much caching of 
pens/brushes Mixer board was doing.  Sounds like it is creating new 
brushes for each track.


>     - Light theme looks tolerable, but numbers and text in Dark are even
>     less legible than for Hi Contrast.
Well, yes, when you have a mix of themes in action.  If you select a 
theme and restart Audacity it should look about as good/bad as the main 
TrackPanel.


>     - A general problem, with both Mixer boards and TCP, is that the little
>     L and R appear with a small box of mis-matched background color when the
>     track is selected.
I don't see this on Windows, but yes, it is easy enough to fix.

> The + and - of gain don't do this.  (I see those are
>     actually drawn differently, by actually stroking three little lines, not by
>     use of fonts!)  Is there a simple way to get transparency for the
>     background of text?  Was that neglected?
You still need to set the right background colour to get the right 
anti-aliassing of text, so it must be I didn't set the correct 
background colour.   Will fix presently.

--James.


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