| Summary: | Kmag Black mouse cursor indistinguishable on dark UI elements | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kmag | Reporter: | Zargoth <zontanium> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | sarang |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | accessibility |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 1.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Ubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://commits.kde.org/kmag/60459d7786df55355f9d57843b5e69dc8a778205 | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | |
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screenshot of black mouse icon on dark UI element
Proposed patch |
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I've found this old ubuntu bug report of the same problem. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeaccessibility/+bug/281469 It was decided not to change it, someone reasoned that visually impaired users use white UIs anyway. I want to argue that in the meantime, a lot of GUIs have become black by default and its better to have a cursor icon that's compatible with all types of interfaces. so I'd say change the icon so it works everywhere. Created attachment 104550 [details]
Proposed patch
Here is a patch, only tested against frameworks branch.
Git commit 60459d7786df55355f9d57843b5e69dc8a778205 by Christoph Feck. Committed on 27/03/2017 at 23:37. Pushed by cfeck into branch 'Applications/17.04'. Make border around arrow cursor bright Otherwise, cannot see black arrow on dark backgrounds. Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D5073 M +8 -1 kmagzoomview.cpp https://commits.kde.org/kmag/60459d7786df55355f9d57843b5e69dc8a778205 |
Created attachment 104533 [details] screenshot of black mouse icon on dark UI element When using Kmag, the mouse pointer icon in the zoomed in Kmag window is all black without a white border. This makes it hard to see on dark gray areas and even impossible to see on black parts of your screen. Changing the systems mouse cursor icon doesn't change the icon in Kmag, it has its own mouse icon. I think adding a white border around the black mouse cursor would be a good idea.