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Tool tip text hard to read

Asked by john marshall

How can I change the text colour in the tool tips boxes? At the moment they appear to be printed in white, w3hich isn't very easy to read.

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Best Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#1

Hi John,

this cannot be changed at Inkscape level, but must be changed at system level. The problem is common on Linux systems. It has to do with the selected theme and compatibility with KDE/Gnome apps, as far as I understand.

What worked for other applications that exhibited that problem (digikam for me) (if indeed you are a Linux user) was to activate the compatibilty mode for Gnome / KDE on startup. If you're on Linux Mint, like me, you can find those in the settings at 'session and startup' (or similar), last tab.

Hope this helps, if not, please give some more info about the system / desktop environment / theme you are using.

Kind regards,
 Maren

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john marshall (ns9c) said : 		#2

Hi Maren
Thanks for the response. I'm using Kubuntu 16.04
Desktop theme is Breeze
John

On 08/05/16 20:37, Hachmann wrote:
> Your question #293451 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/293451
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Hachmann proposed the following answer:
> Hi John,
>
> this cannot be changed at Inkscape level, but must be changed at system
> level. The problem is common on Linux systems. It has to do with the
> selected theme and compatibility with KDE/Gnome apps, as far as I
> understand.
>
> What worked for other applications that exhibited that problem (digikam
> for me) (if indeed you are a Linux user) was to activate the
> compatibilty mode for Gnome / KDE on startup. If you're on Linux Mint,
> like me, you can find those in the settings at 'session and startup' (or
> similar), last tab.
>
> Hope this helps, if not, please give some more info about the system /
> desktop environment / theme you are using.
>
> Kind regards,
> Maren
>

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john marshall (ns9c) said : 		#3

Hi Maren
Theme is Plasma
Regards
John

On 08/05/16 20:37, Hachmann wrote:
> Your question #293451 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/293451
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Hachmann proposed the following answer:
> Hi John,
>
> this cannot be changed at Inkscape level, but must be changed at system
> level. The problem is common on Linux systems. It has to do with the
> selected theme and compatibility with KDE/Gnome apps, as far as I
> understand.
>
> What worked for other applications that exhibited that problem (digikam
> for me) (if indeed you are a Linux user) was to activate the
> compatibilty mode for Gnome / KDE on startup. If you're on Linux Mint,
> like me, you can find those in the settings at 'session and startup' (or
> similar), last tab.
>
> Hope this helps, if not, please give some more info about the system /
> desktop environment / theme you are using.
>
> Kind regards,
> Maren
>

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#4

Hi John,

Maybe these threads will help you then:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=197071
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355540

If you want to do some more research, you will need to know that Inkscape is currently using GTK2 (which makes it a gnome app, which you are running under KDE, so there may be some tweaking necessary).

Kind Regards,
 Maren

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john marshall (ns9c) said : 		#5

Thanks for your help Maren.

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john marshall (ns9c) said : 		#6

Hi Maren
Solved it, thanks to Ronnie Tucker. His solution was Appearance ->
Colors -> Options: Disable "Apply colors to no-QT-applications" I then
had to reboot, including restarting Inkscape for it to work.
Thanks for your help
Best wishes
John

On 08/05/16 20:37, Hachmann wrote:
> Your question #293451 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/293451
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Hachmann proposed the following answer:
> Hi John,
>
> this cannot be changed at Inkscape level, but must be changed at system
> level. The problem is common on Linux systems. It has to do with the
> selected theme and compatibility with KDE/Gnome apps, as far as I
> understand.
>
> What worked for other applications that exhibited that problem (digikam
> for me) (if indeed you are a Linux user) was to activate the
> compatibilty mode for Gnome / KDE on startup. If you're on Linux Mint,
> like me, you can find those in the settings at 'session and startup' (or
> similar), last tab.
>
> Hope this helps, if not, please give some more info about the system /
> desktop environment / theme you are using.
>
> Kind regards,
> Maren
>