[Feature request] Dark mode, Rainbow, Windows,

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piotrbienkowski

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Nov 16, 2023, 6:42:16 AM11/16/23
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is it possible to enable the dark mode in Okapi Rainbow on Windows?

If not could it be implemented please?

My eyes cannot stand the bright UI any more.

A workaround is to use the magnifier with inverted colors, but it inverts back to white anything else that is black

Wei Jiang

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Nov 16, 2023, 9:48:53 AM11/16/23
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piotrbienkowski

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Nov 16, 2023, 12:54:53 PM11/16/23
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You got it wrong Wei Jiang. I don't want warmer colors of a bright screen at night. I want white text on a black background in Okapi Rainbow.  I'v already got it in most of my apps on Windows (and Linux too), but Okapi Rainbow is a Java-based app and plays according to its own rules, i.e. it does not obey the Windows dark theme).

Jimbo

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Nov 16, 2023, 4:45:24 PM11/16/23
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That's strange on my GTK Linux OS all the Okapi apps match the dark theme I have on my OS. Maybe SWT on Windows has an issue.


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piotrbienkowski

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Nov 16, 2023, 4:54:19 PM11/16/23
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So maybe I should run okapi rainbow in the Linux subsystem on Windows, or on my Linux computer. :-)

Jimbo

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Nov 16, 2023, 6:23:17 PM11/16/23
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It's worth a try. We need to update our SWT versions - I just tried that but it created a lot of compile errors.

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Jimbo

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Nov 17, 2023, 2:02:46 PM11/17/23
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I upgraded the SWT version for 1.46.0 - but I still don't see dark mode working on Windows. Probably some setting - but this will need to be looked at in the future.

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piotrbienkowski

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Nov 17, 2023, 2:13:17 PM11/17/23
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Looking forward to it. I appreciate your efforts.

piotrbienkowski

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Mar 6, 2024, 4:24:08 AMMar 6
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Hi,

Any good news about the dark mode? :-)

Jim Hargrave

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Mar 6, 2024, 12:08:06 PMMar 6
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It looks like SWT on Windows will not support this. Basically SWT has gone into maintenance mode. I don't expect much development on it in the future.

piotrbienkowski

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Mar 14, 2024, 6:18:56 PMMar 14
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Then I guess I'll have to learn how to run rainbow stuff from the command line, which is white on black ;-)
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