Bug 433529 - Add a setting to use dark color scheme or to select color scheme
Summary: Add a setting to use dark color scheme or to select color scheme
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: gwenview
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 20.08.2
Platform: Other Linux
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Assignee: Gwenview Bugs
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Reported: 2021-02-24 11:31 UTC by Jan Rathmann
Modified: 2022-09-25 19:39 UTC (History)
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Description Jan Rathmann 2021-02-24 11:31:15 UTC
This is a sort of usability enhancement I propose here.

On my system I use the default "Breeze" color scheme for nearly all applications, but modified ~/.config/gwenviewrc to make Gwenview use Breeze Dark color scheme (like described here: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/9ciyqv/kde_how_to_change_specific_app_theme/ ).

I have run it this way for at least a year and I'm really satisfied with this tweak, since viewing images subjectively works better for me when Gwenview uses a dark theme/Breeze Dark (on the other hand I don't like it that much if everything else has a dark color scheme).

Since adding whole color scheme definitions to gwenviewrc is a bit messy, I would like to propose to:

- Either add a setting (regardless if it is enabled or disabled by default) to make Gwenview use a dark color scheme even if a bright color scheme is used globally (if that's feasible).
- Or make it possible to select a color scheme that Gwenview should use instead of the global one (via Gwenview settings and/or gwenviewrc, something like "OverrideColorScheme=Breeze Dark" instead of needing to copy&paste the whole scheme definition). digiKam offers something like this at the "Settings -> Design" submenu.

Kind regards,
Jan
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-02-25 00:02:52 UTC
There's a standard thing for this; Gwenview just needs to adopt it.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2021-04-26 19:18:15 UTC
(We can do this by adopting KColorSchemeMenu)
Comment 3 Axel 2022-09-25 19:39:06 UTC
Most video players and image viewers use dark mode by default since the important thing here is the actual content this kind of apps should not stand out themselves, I believe this is a very needed usability enhancement