David Goldenberg

Russell, I have found a little bit of information about QT and dark mode. It seems as though an option for dark mode became functional with Qt 5.12.2, but implementing it in applications requires a bit of extra code, as described here: https://successfulsoftware.net/2021/03/31/how-to-add-a-dark-theme-to-your-qt-application/ But, the even better news is that Mac applications can be set to use only the light mode with a small addition ot the info.plist file. This is described near the bottom of the...

Russell, I have found a little bit of information about QT and dark mode. It seems as though an option for dark mode became functional with Qt 5.12.2, but implementing it in applications requires a bit of extra code, as described here: https://successfulsoftware.net/2021/03/31/how-to-add-a-dark-theme-to-your-qt-application/ But, the even better news is that Mac applications can be set to use only the light mode with a small addition ot the info.plist file. This described near the bottom of the page...

Russell, I have found a little bit of information about QT and dark mode. It seems as though an option for dark mode became functional with Qt 5.12.2, but implementing it in application requires a bit of extra code, as described here: https://successfulsoftware.net/2021/03/31/how-to-add-a-dark-theme-to-your-qt-application/ But, the even better news is that Mac applications can be set to use only the light mode with a small addition ot the info.plist file. This described near the bottom of the page...

I think that I figured it out! The problem seems to be related to the dark mode that is now an option on MacOS (and the default, I think). If SciDAVis is launched with dark mode on, the colors are mixed up, as seen in the About box posted earlier. I had checked earlier to see if dark mode might be the problem, and I was thrown of track because changing to light mode when SciDAVis was open didn't change anything. But, if light mode is on when the progam is started, the colors are fine! And, if dark...

Here is a snapshot of the About box, as it appears on my system, I see this on two computers of mine, but I just checked on another system and it looks fine! I think that ther must be something else installed on my systems that is causing this. I will try to figure it out and report back. Thanks! David

SciDAVis color problem on MacOS 12 (Monterey)

I want to thank Russel and all of the other SciDavis developers for the great work that they have been doing. I only recently discovered that the latest versions, 2.x, are available as precompiled binaries for MacOS. This is wonderful! The user interface seems to behave much more smoothly than with the 1.x versions. In. particular, it is now easy to resize a graph without accidentally resizing the layer. A small thing, perhaps, but it was an endless source of frustration for my students and me. Thanks...

Thanks for checking. Although I might be able to build the latest version, I really need to be available for students in a class. I would be happy to help in the process of making a Mac binary available, but I would need some direction. David