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grey font in menu etc
Hi,
I try to attach an image, because it's otherwise difficult to describe.
You see in that image that the GUI font is grey instead of black, and on
a grey background, it is hard to read. This goes across the entire
OpenOffice, and only there, no other app has this kind of appearance.
Hence I believe it's something in OO which I should be able to adjust, I
just do not know where to do that.
I'm using Manjaro Linux, which I keep up to date. OO-version is 4.1.14,
but the problem exists since I returned to OO.
I hope that somebody can help me with this.
Thanks!
Martin
Re: grey font in menu etc
Posted by "Dr. Martin Senftleben" <li...@drmartinus.de>.
Since attaching the image didn't work out, here is a link to the image:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wx45gwoitahbcl/Screenshot_20230509_100055.png?dl=0
I hope this gives a clue. As already mentioned: no other app shows this
behaviour, which makes me think that it is not a theme or any other
system wide problem. It affects AOO exclusively.
In the dialog which can be seen in the image, I tried already a number
of changes with no success.
Martin
Am 09.05.23 um 10:14 schrieb Dr. Martin Senftleben:
> Hi,
>
> I try to attach an image, because it's otherwise difficult to describe.
> You see in that image that the GUI font is grey instead of black, and on
> a grey background, it is hard to read. This goes across the entire
> OpenOffice, and only there, no other app has this kind of appearance.
> Hence I believe it's something in OO which I should be able to adjust, I
> just do not know where to do that.
>
> I'm using Manjaro Linux, which I keep up to date. OO-version is 4.1.14,
> but the problem exists since I returned to OO.
>
> I hope that somebody can help me with this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Martin
>
>
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Re: grey font in menu etc
Posted by "Dr. Martin Senftleben" <li...@drmartinus.de>.
Thank you, Girvin, for your suggestions.
Am 09.05.23 um 21:07 schrieb Girvin Herr:
> I am not sure the Aoo window's font is all that under AOO's control. I
> believe AOO picks up whatever the system or desktop is defining, using
> its styles. You may want to look into your desktop's window font/color
> settings.
I tried that already, no changes. AOO is the only software that shows
this kind of behaviour, that's why I suspect AOO to be responsible. Else
I would certainly have installed another theme in order to make the
menus more readable.
The fact that this problem does not occur for other users (I guess) may
point in a different direction, though.
I do not think that KDE would change these settings only for AOO, though
I don't know if that would be possible. I as the user should be the one
who changes that, but I didn't, this I know for sure.
> That said, one area I would suggest to look at, under Tools >
> Options > View, there are some styles and font options to look into.
> Especially, the "Use system font for user interface" option. Mine is
> checked.
Mine was checked and unchecked and didn't cause any changes.
> On 5/9/23 1:14 AM, Dr. Martin Senftleben wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I try to attach an image, because it's otherwise difficult to
>> describe. You see in that image that the GUI font is grey instead of
>> black, and on a grey background, it is hard to read. This goes across
>> the entire OpenOffice, and only there, no other app has this kind of
>> appearance. Hence I believe it's something in OO which I should be
>> able to adjust, I just do not know where to do that.
>>
>> I'm using Manjaro Linux, which I keep up to date. OO-version is
>> 4.1.14, but the problem exists since I returned to OO.
>>
>> I hope that somebody can help me with this.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Martin
>>
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Re: grey font in menu etc
Posted by Girvin Herr <gh...@fastmail.com>.
Martin,
I sympathize with you. I hate it when some website selects gray on gray
or white on gray. It is an assault on the user. I am running AOO 4.1.12
under Xfce4 under Slackware Linux 14.2 (k4.4.x). I am not having a
problem reading the AOO dialogs and my eyes are not young.
I am not sure the Aoo window's font is all that under AOO's control. I
believe AOO picks up whatever the system or desktop is defining, using
its styles. You may want to look into your desktop's window font/color
settings. That said, one area I would suggest to look at, under Tools >
Options > View, there are some styles and font options to look into.
Especially, the "Use system font for user interface" option. Mine is
checked.
Since none of my checks seem to change the window font/color, I strongly
suspect as I have said, that this is under the control of the desktop.
Xfce4 in my case, KDE, or whatever your system is using. Most likely,
you need to look there.
Hope this helps.
Girvin Herr
On 5/9/23 1:14 AM, Dr. Martin Senftleben wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to attach an image, because it's otherwise difficult to
> describe. You see in that image that the GUI font is grey instead of
> black, and on a grey background, it is hard to read. This goes across
> the entire OpenOffice, and only there, no other app has this kind of
> appearance. Hence I believe it's something in OO which I should be
> able to adjust, I just do not know where to do that.
>
> I'm using Manjaro Linux, which I keep up to date. OO-version is
> 4.1.14, but the problem exists since I returned to OO.
>
> I hope that somebody can help me with this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Martin
>
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