Bug 458859 - Many icons are invisible or nearly invisible.
Summary: Many icons are invisible or nearly invisible.
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 21.12.3
Platform: Mint (Ubuntu based) Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
URL:
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Reported: 2022-09-08 06:03 UTC by mcmuffin
Modified: 2022-09-12 18:58 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
invisible buttons demo (2.17 MB, image/gif)
2022-09-08 06:03 UTC, mcmuffin
Details
themes (71.00 KB, image/png)
2022-09-09 00:44 UTC, mcmuffin
Details

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Description mcmuffin 2022-09-08 06:03:55 UTC
Created attachment 151915 [details]
invisible buttons demo

SUMMARY
Some icons are invisible, and many are extremely difficult to see.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use a dark theme.
2. Open Okular.
3. Attempt basic navigation.

OBSERVED RESULT
Extreme difficulty in recognizing icons.

EXPECTED RESULT
Ease of icon recognition.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon
Comment 1 Laura David Hurka 2022-09-08 18:19:03 UTC
All I can tell from the GIF is that you do not use Breeze or Breeze Dark icon set.

Can you explain which icon set you use and why you use it?
If your desktop environment allows to use a dark color scheme, it would be reasonable to expect that it provides a compatible icon set.
Comment 2 mcmuffin 2022-09-09 00:44:16 UTC
Created attachment 151939 [details]
themes

Which one of these settings do I change to make the icons visible? I've tried many different icon sets, and none of them change the icons that Okular uses at all.
Comment 3 Ingo Klöcker 2022-09-09 08:05:31 UTC
Hmm, the problem seems to be that the Mint-Y-Dark-Red icon theme lacks many icons that Okular needs. Therefore icons from an icon theme that is optimized for light background seems to be used. If the Mint-Y-Dark-Red icon theme is selected, then it should switch to another dark icon theme as fallback. Not sure whether this is a problem of Mint or in Okular (resp. the underlying libraries) or a gap in the icon theme specification.
Comment 4 mcmuffin 2022-09-09 13:47:10 UTC
@Ingo I see, thank you for explaining that to me. What can I do to help? Should I close this bug report?
Comment 5 Albert Astals Cid 2022-09-09 13:52:26 UTC
I guess you can always install the breeze-dark icon theme and use that?
Comment 6 mcmuffin 2022-09-09 23:11:27 UTC
Where do I download it and is it possible to supplement my current icon set with it instead of replacing it? I really like these icons. If not, I'll just deal with the invisible icons; it's not so bad once you memorize them.
Comment 7 Albert Astals Cid 2022-09-10 08:40:38 UTC
> Where do I download it and is it possible to supplement my current icon set with it instead of replacing it?

This is not a support forum.
Comment 8 mcmuffin 2022-09-12 18:58:28 UTC
(In reply to Albert Astals Cid from comment #7)
> > Where do I download it and is it possible to supplement my current icon set with it instead of replacing it?
> 
> This is not a support forum.
This answer is unnecessarily unhelpful, and it's not going to kill anyone for someone to point me in the right direction.

Reproducing the actually helpful answer since it seems to have been removed by an unhelpful actor:
> > Where do I download it and is it possible to supplement my current icon set with it instead of replacing it? I really like these icons. If not, I'll just deal with the invisible icons; it's not so bad once you memorize them.
> I'd check if Mint provides a package with the Breeze Dark icon set (or maybe a 
> package with the Breeze icons including the Breeze Dark icons).
> 
> Ask on the Linux Mint forums if it's possible to supplement your current icon 
> set with the Breeze Dark icon set.
> 
> Regards,
> Ingo

Thanks Ingo!