Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

Post by *colemanlee »

Hi,
The dark mode becomes more and more comfortable when the size of screen becomes biger and biger.
Is there any excellent color scheme for drak mode? It doesn't has a config file for color scheme.
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for drak mode?

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this is mine (I don't know if it is "excellent", but I like it):
[ColorsDark]
InverseCursor=1
ThemedCursor=0
InverseSelection=0
BackColor=3157293
BackColor2=1973790
ForeColor=14474460
MarkColor=-1
CursorColor=9853440
CursorText=14474460
ActiveTitleText=16777215
ActiveTitle=13400576
InactiveTitleText=16777215
InactiveTitle=3157293
HintForeground=1973790
HintBackground=13171966
HintBorder=4603711
DarkForeground=14474460
DarkBorder=4276031
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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I suggest you to use redirectsection to be able to switch to some color scheme easily.
I use

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[ColorsDark]
redirectsection=colors\ColorsD.ini
// you can use junction to switch file keeping saved configurations..
ColorsD.ini

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[ColorsDark]
InverseCursor=0
ThemedCursor=0
InverseSelection=1
BackColor=0
BackColor2=2039583
ForeColor=16777215
MarkColor=65535
CursorColor=255
CursorText=0
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

Post by *Paul Mountit »

there is a typo: it is ColorsDark, not ColorDark
nsp wrote: 2022-06-10, 08:16 UTC I suggest you to use redirectsection to be able to switch to some color scheme easily.
I use

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[ColorDark]
redirectsection=colors\ColorsD.ini
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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May I point the attention to the fact, that there are several other items than just the ones from [ColorsDark] mentioned here above that controls items in Dark mode - for example:

[Configuration]
InactiveFocusDark
SelectionFocusDark
ForceDarkModeOptions

[Layout]
DarkListBorders

[ListerDark]
FgColor
BgColor
FgSelColor
BgSelColor
LinkColor

[ColorsDark]
TreeLineColor
TreeTriangles
ThumbnailFrame
ActiveTabColor

CompareText
CompareTextSel
CompareBinary
CompareBinarySe
CompareDifferenceBack
CompareNormalText
CompareNormalBack
CompareSelText
CompareSelBack
CompareSearchLine

SyncSelBack
DarkBackground
DarkHighlight

[Colors]
ColorFilter0ColorDark
ColorFilter1ColorDark
etc.


My settings:
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[Configuration]
InactiveFocusDark=16744576
SelectionFocusDark=$30000FF

[ColorsDark]
InverseCursor=1
ThemedCursor=0
InverseSelection=0

TreeLineColor=-1
TreeTriangles=0
ThumbnailFrame=7368816
ActiveTabColor=6316128

ForeColor=-1
BackColor=-1
BackColor2=4210752
MarkColor=255
CursorColor=8388608
CursorText=15000804

CompareText=236
CompareTextSel=62708
CompareBinary=236
CompareBinarySel=62708
CompareDifferenceBack=4210752
CompareNormalText=11842740
CompareNormalBack=2105376
CompareSelText=15000804
CompareSelBack=8388608
CompareSearchLine=32768

ActiveTitleText=12632256
ActiveTitle=5263440
InactiveTitleText=8421504
InactiveTitle=3158064

SyncSelBack=8388608

HintForeground=0
HintBackground=14811135
HintBorder=12632256

DarkForeground=12632256
DarkBackground=2105376
DarkHighlight=6316128
DarkBorder=7368816

[Layout]
DarkListBorders=1

[ListerDark]
FgColor=12632256
BgColor=2105376
FgSelColor=15000804
BgSelColor=234
LinkColor=16744448
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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2petermad You are completely right and it is a pity that there is not a theme like concept. Where we can define all colors in a single file and being able to switch to Normal, Dark, Solarized, Rainbow, HighContrast,...... This would be also a way to share easily some color setup.
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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nsp wrote: 2022-06-10, 08:16 UTC I suggest you to use redirectsection to be able to switch to some color scheme easily.
I use

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[ColorsDark]
redirectsection=colors\ColorsD.ini
// you can use junction to switch file keeping saved configurations..
ColorsD.ini

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[ColorsDark]
InverseCursor=0
ThemedCursor=0
InverseSelection=1
BackColor=0
BackColor2=2039583
ForeColor=16777215
MarkColor=65535
CursorColor=255
CursorText=0
Thank you, really good setting.
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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[ColorsDark]
BackColor2=1644825
CursorColor=65535
ThemedCursor=0
InverseSelection=1
MarkColor=7105644
CursorText=16711680
InverseCursor=0
BackColor=-1
ForeColor=-1
ActiveTitle=8388608
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for drak mode?

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Paul Mountit wrote: 2022-06-09, 12:34 UTC this is mine (I don't know if it is "excellent", but I like it):
[ColorsDark]
...
I like it!
Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

Post by *thomasw »

Hi,

regarding ActiveTabColor / ActiveTitle I have a question:
When I use value $CC7A00 ( = 13400576dec ) I get a "blue" active tab and a "blue" active title.

But according to the following link, color $CC7A00 is somehow orange:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=color+%23CC7A00

Why is it like that?

Thanks and kind regards
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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2thomasw
TC uses BGR, not RGB color syntax. From TC help:
Background color (RGB: red+256*green+65536*blue, each value in range 0..255, or hex in form $BBGGRR)
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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Dalai wrote: 2022-09-08, 13:13 UTC 2thomasw
TC uses BGR, not RGB color syntax. From TC help:
Background color (RGB: red+256*green+65536*blue, each value in range 0..255, or hex in form $BBGGRR)
(Highlight by me.)

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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for drak mode?

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Paul Mountit wrote: 2022-06-09, 12:34 UTC this is mine (I don't know if it is "excellent", but I like it):
Hi Paul,
How to change the current tab color to a light color like white or yellow? I can't clearly find the current tab in dark mode because their color is similar in some degree.
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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2colemanlee
You can set the color of the active tab with ActiveTabColor in the [ColorsDark] section.

For white you can use: ActiveTabColor=16777215

You might also want to set: TabFullColor=90 in the [Configuration] section.

If you don't use ActiveTabColor in wincmd.ini the active tab will use the color you set in "Color" -> "Others:" -> "Dark Mode:" -> "Highlight" which is the same as DarkHighlight= in wincmd.ini [ColorsDark] section.
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?

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Although not a huge fan of dark mode in general, I really I think the dark mode in TC looks nice.
Is there a way to display a mouse-over (like in light mode) when hovering over a button? By default, only a button border is drawn on hovering. This looks somewhat odd, as there is not really a big gap around the buttons, so the button border almost hits the top and bottom separators - which makes it less prominent.
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