Bug 313172 - New Air theme has readability issues with dark wallpapers
Summary: New Air theme has readability issues with dark wallpapers
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Oxygen
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 4.10
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Hugo Pereira Da Costa
URL:
Keywords: regression
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-01-13 11:51 UTC by Janek Bevendorff
Modified: 2026-02-13 08:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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The text is very hard to read (9.60 KB, image/png)
2013-01-13 11:51 UTC, Janek Bevendorff
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Description Janek Bevendorff 2013-01-13 11:51:39 UTC
Created attachment 76434 [details]
The text is very hard to read

The new Air theme in 4.10 has lighter transparency than the Air theme in 4.9 and earlier. Although this is not a bad idea per se it produces some issues with dark wallpapers because black text on a dark background is hardly legible.

Some widgets such as the Clock widget use white text with a drop shadow around anyway, but some don't. E.g. the text on the task manager widget is barely readable (see attached screen shot), especially when the window is minimized.

I file this bug report against Oxygen because I think this needs a general solution and not a solution on a "per-widget" basis. Some widgets such as the Folder View widget use a white gradient behind text, which is one solution to the problem, but probably not the prettiest. Whatever solution you choose, the behavior should be the same throughout all widgets.
Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 23:58:33 UTC
Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.
Comment 2 Filip Fila 2026-02-13 08:07:00 UTC
In Plasma 6 Air doesn't use disabled text for inactive windows so this shouldn't be a problem anymore. Please reopen if you'll be using Air when it lands in versions 6.7+ and still have issues with legibility.