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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Seth,

I tested this on gtk3 and MSW and the default highlight color was a bit
too subtle.  I didn't notice much of a difference between the Cairo and
OpenGL canvases.  I will definitely need to use a more noticeable color
on my system.  I don't know if it's just my video card/monitor
combination that is the issue so others may notice the same thing I am.
 We can change it if too many other users are seeing what I am.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 9/5/2019 10:24 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Hi Wayne-
> 
> Have a look at the new default gtk color. I think it shows up well but
> we can always adjust.
> 
> -Seth
> 
> On Sep 5, 2019 5:07 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     I would prefer that we pick a more obvious color out of the box.  Under
>     certain zoom conditions it's difficult to tell if anything is even
>     selected on gtk3.  Users could make it more subtle if they find it too
>     obnoxious.  I think that would be better than a bug report about
>     selection highlighting not working.
> 
>     Wayne
> 
>     On 9/4/19 7:24 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>     > Oh, that's right.  We had been taking the color from system
>     preferences
>     > but this did not show up correctly on schematic sheets that were
>     not the
>     > system window color.  Allowing for customization fixes this but the
>     > coloring is very light.  It apparently looks correct on Mac but is
>     very
>     > washed out under GTK3.  I've added a conditional for the defaults
>     that
>     > sets GTK/MSW values to the ones that seem appropriate on GTK3.  We
>     may
>     > want an additional default value for MSW if it similarly appears off.
>     >
>     > -S
>     >
>     > On 2019-09-04 18:12, Jeff Young wrote:
>     >> The colour is in Preferences now; see if it’s just too washed out on
>     >> your monitor.
>     >>
>     >>> On 4 Sep 2019, at 22:35, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> I'm working on one (slowly) but it hasn't been pushed. GTK3 in the
>     >>> master branch looks normal for me.
>     >>>
>     >>> Does it look the same in OpenGL and Cairo?
>     >>>
>     >>> _Seth
>     >>>
>     >>> On 2019-09-04 15:36, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>     >>>> Was there a change recently to the selection highlighting in
>     Eeschema?
>     >>>> I can barely see any difference between the selected and
>     unselected
>     >>>> objects.  If there has not been changes then something needs to
>     be done
>     >>>> about the highlighting on gtk3 builds on linux.  I thought I would
>     >>>> check
>     >>>> before I filed a bug report.
>     >>>> Cheers,
>     >>>> Wayne
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