Add a WinCmdTheme.ini File to Contain All Settings Necessary to Set Dark Mode into Total Commander 11.00
I read with interest a Dark Mode discussion - the data provided by petermad and the comment in response by nsp on centralizing Dark Mode settings. See below.
May I suggest a single file - WinCmdTheme.ini - to contain all settings necessary to set Dark Mode, as listed by petermad. Such a color theme process would foster creating, saving, sharing and switching color themes with a single command.
This, in turn, could be a precursor towards a comprehensive theme process that fostered creating, saving, sharing and switching entire look-and-feel themes with a single command. This would require expanding the color theme process to include fonts (now under [Configuration]), button attributes (now under [Button Bar] and [Button Bar Vertical]), View Modes (now in [ViewModes] and [ViewModeSwitch]), Tabs (now in [Tabstops]) and Lister settings (now in [Lister], [ListerModes] and [ListerDark]).
This would respond to complaints that Total Commander looks old-fashioned and make it easier to change the look according to user desires.
Prior color Dark Mode theme discussion
https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=76892
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Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?
Post by *petermad » 2022-06-10, 10:39 UTC
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:
[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
Re: Is there any excellent color scheme for dark mode?
Post by *nsp » 2022-06-10, 10:49 UTC
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.
Add a WinCmdTheme.ini File to Contain All Settings for Dark Mode into Total Commander 11.00
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Add a WinCmdTheme.ini File to Contain All Settings for Dark Mode into Total Commander 11.00
License #1945
Windows 10 Pro x64
Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3930)
TC 11.00 x64 and x86, Everything 1.5.0.1366a x64, QAP 11.6.3.1 x64
Windows 10 Pro x64
Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3930)
TC 11.00 x64 and x86, Everything 1.5.0.1366a x64, QAP 11.6.3.1 x64
Re: Add a WinCmdTheme.ini File to Contain All Settings for Dark Mode into Total Commander 11.00
In part, this issue can be solved using RedirectSection.
Personally, I do not need these games with a variety of themes. This is more the creators of the builds need. I have just the opposite task: how to prevent the replacement of colors in file panels when changing the mode.
Personally, I do not need these games with a variety of themes. This is more the creators of the builds need. I have just the opposite task: how to prevent the replacement of colors in file panels when changing the mode.
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