Lister: the problem of colors in the media bar

[Fla$her]

Win 7, classic theme.
1. If there is a BgColor key in the [Lister] section, the background color for the media bar = the background color of the Lister itself and does not match the color of the buttons, menus and borders.
2. The Lister font color has a light shade ([Lister] > FgColor). As a result, the glyphs (of buttons, elapsed time and duration) in the media bar are poorly distinguishable and almost merge with the color of the buttons. Please make separate keys (normal/dark theme) for these glyphs.
3. It would also be nice to add sane button margins from the left (the edge of the left button overlaps the border) and bottom borders. In height, they should be centered similarly to the volume bar.

[ghisler(Author)]

The coloring of the media bar is intentional and also happens when using other themes. I don't know how this could be improved. If I stop coloring the bar, other people will certainly start to complain too.

[Fla$her]

I don't know how this could be improved.

Why is that? I suggested above to make separate keys for coloring these elements.
MediaBarBgColor=-1 buttonface color (like without BgColor key); -2 Lister background color (like BgColor); 0+ (any color)
MediaTimeFgColor=-1 (by default like without FgColor key); 0+ (any color)
PlaybackButtonsFgColor=-1 (by default like without FgColor key); 0+ (any color)
Then there will be no reason to complain. And don't forget about the margins.
It shouldn't look so unsightly.

[Fla$her]

2ghisler(Author)
I see new options in b4. Thanks. But, unfortunately, this is is a half-solution, since the problem of fusion text with the color of buttons, which for some reason does not change, has not been solved. If the color of the text matches the background of the buttons, then we will not see glyphs on the buttons at all. That's why I suggested 3 keys. Two is not enough. Please add one more option.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. The panel background and button faces use the same color, and are both changed together.

Here is a screenshot with dark red text and a slightly brighter gray background:
https://www.ghisler.ch/control_colors.jpg

[Fla$her]

and are both changed together.

Only in dark mode, not in normal (as in my screenshot above).

Win 7, classic theme.

Code: Select all

[Lister]
MediaFgColor=13160660
MediaBgColor=0

Result

And what about the margins (3.)? Can something be done about it?

[ghisler(Author)]

My screenshot isn't from dark mode.
Are you using Windows classic theme?

[white]

Are you using Windows classic theme?

He said so twice. And underlined it for emphasis the second time.

Win 7, classic theme.

Win 7, classic theme.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, I really missed it, I tried to look for "Windows" with Ctrl+F and didn't find anything.
Anyway, I can reproduce it with TC 32-bit and classic theme, but it works fine with TC 64-bit.
I will add some simple manual drawing of the buttons.

[Fla$her]

simple manual drawing

What is meant by this?

[white]

simple manual drawing

What is meant by this?

It means ghisler(Author) is not afraid of manual labor. He will come to your house, take out his crayon kit and draw the border directly onto your screen.

[Fla$her]

2white
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2ghisler(Author)
A very strange thing happened. After I changed the font color to the background color, in the main application menus for disabled items, the font color became the same, i.e. it is not visible until you set the cursor on such an element. The same applies to the text of the main menu of inactive applications. And this applies to all simplified (contrasting) themes. Replacing the color and restarting Explorer didn't help.

[Fla$her]

TC 10.50b5: Now the color of the buttons is changing. The 3D shadow has been removed.

3. It would also be nice to add sane button margins from the left (the edge of the left button overlaps the border) and bottom borders.

No fixed.

[ghisler(Author)]

As I wrote, I created a very simple solution for the 32-bit version in classic theme: I draw the buttons manually:
- no border when not focused
- simple text color border when focused or clicked

Since Windows 7 is out of support, I will not put any more effort in this because it works fine with regular themes.

[Fla$her]

- no border when not focused

You probably didn't understand. I wrote about margins, not borders. They are not in Aero themes too, and they do not look regular. The classic theme is more than ordinary.