Implement theme-aware red text colors for dark theme legibility

Co-authored-by: ashaduri <2302268+ashaduri@users.noreply.github.com>
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2026-03-08 18:52:27 +01:00
committed by Alexander Shaduri
co-authored by ashaduri
parent ef30450c5f
commit 6de9bb897d
2 changed files with 36 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -13,10 +13,37 @@ Copyright:
#define WARNING_COLORS_H
#include <glibmm.h>
#include <gtkmm.h>
#include "storage_property.h"
/// Check if a dark GTK theme is currently active
inline bool is_dark_theme_active()
{
// Try to get the GTK settings to check for dark theme preference
Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Settings> settings = Gtk::Settings::get_default();
if (settings) {
// Check if the application prefers dark theme
bool prefer_dark = false;
settings->get_property("gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme", prefer_dark);
if (prefer_dark) {
return true;
}
// Check theme name for common dark theme identifiers
Glib::ustring theme_name;
settings->get_property("gtk-theme-name", theme_name);
std::string theme_str = theme_name.lowercase();
if (theme_str.find("dark") != std::string::npos ||
theme_str.find("black") != std::string::npos) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/// Get colors for tree rows according to warning severity.
/// \return true if the colors were changed.
@@ -45,14 +72,16 @@ inline bool app_property_get_row_highlight_colors(WarningLevel warning, std::str
/// \return true if the color was changed.
inline bool app_property_get_label_highlight_color(WarningLevel warning, std::string& fg)
{
bool dark_theme = is_dark_theme_active();
if (warning == WarningLevel::Notice) {
fg = "#770000"; // very dark red
fg = dark_theme ? "#FF9999" : "#770000"; // lighter red for dark themes, very dark red for light themes
} else if (warning == WarningLevel::Warning) {
fg = "#C00000"; // dark red
fg = dark_theme ? "#FF6666" : "#C00000"; // lighter red for dark themes, dark red for light themes
} else if (warning == WarningLevel::Alert) {
fg = "#FF0000"; // red
fg = dark_theme ? "#FF4444" : "#FF0000"; // lighter/pink red for dark themes, bright red for light themes
}
return !(fg.empty());
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@@ -2444,7 +2444,10 @@ gboolean GscInfoWindow::test_idle_callback(void* data)
break;
case SelfTestStatusSeverity::Error:
if (!result_main_msg.empty()) { // Highlight in red
result_main_msg = "<span color=\"#FF0000\">"s + result_main_msg + "</span>";
std::string alert_color;
// Use the same color as Alert level warnings for consistency
app_property_get_label_highlight_color(WarningLevel::Alert, alert_color);
result_main_msg = "<span color=\"" + alert_color + "\">"s + result_main_msg + "</span>";
}
result_details_msg += "\n"s + _("Check the Self-Test Log for more information.");
break;