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Le 27/08/2014 09:45, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
> I've seen that backgrounds colors in eeschema have been decoupled (I
> can't see how that could be useful, but whatever). This causes two
> issues (neither of them hardly troublesome, however :P)
> 
> - The module editor background can be changed from the module editor
>   menu. It pops up the usual dialog however the only thing that is local
>   to the editor is the background color (the other colors are shared
>   with the main window *except* the grid color, it seems); that's very
>   confusing for the user (also: usually a color scheme for a black
>   background is not suitable for a white one; and vice-versa);
> 
> - The module browser background can only be changed from the config file
>   since there is no menu bar. This could be an usability issue (as
>   abobe, light-gray on white is a bit unreadable but good on black:D).
> 
> Wasn't simpler to keep a single background for all of the eeschema
> modules? The alternative would be to add configuration entries for all
> the colors in all the three modules (but does it worth the effort?)
> 
> Also (mildly unrelated) the background for the component chooser is
> always white (but was done that way since the start). Probably just an
> overlook in the painting code.
> 
> Suggestions on how to solve?
> 

>From my point of view, option to change the bg color in schematic
applications should be removed.
Only the white color is enough, because schematics are always printed on
a white paper, and items colors have to be usually optimized for a white bg.

This is the more easy way to solve that.

If nobody complains, I'll do it.

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS