reboot icon not visible on dark panel

qx4vv9a · 2019-08-15 10:19:18

- without hovering, reboot icon next to shutdown icon is hardly visible
- hovering with mouse / cursor not visible in this image
- hovering with mouse / cursor not visible in this image

i exchanged the reboot icon but it is still not visible like the shutdown icon.
colored icons are not applied, the color remains grey. i think it's called action-button.
how to improve the default brightness of this icon?

thanks,
Tim

ToZ · 2019-08-15 10:51:38

For the most part, this will depend on your icon theme.
Which appearance theme and which icon theme are you currently using?

qx4vv9a · 2019-08-15 11:03:03

i'm using gnome icon theme, no difference with adwaita icon theme. general theme in appearance menu is adwaita. vanilla xfce i would
say, exept a dark panel instead of the default light grey panel i had after the latest update. btw pulseaudio icon behaves same as my
reboot icon, therefore i'm using volumeicon.

Last edited by qx4vv9a (2019-08-15 15:03:48)

qx4vv9a · 2019-08-15 15:06:25

this is how it should look like

exchanged with launcher and rebootscript.

pulseaudio icon white

gtk.css:

/* pulseaudio plugin color */
#pulseaudio-14* {
    color: #ffffff;
}

pulseaudio-14 refers to settings > settings-editor > xfce4-panel > plugin-XX ... pulseaudio

arch is do-it-yourself - xfce too?

Last edited by qx4vv9a (2019-08-15 18:50:52)

ToZ · 2019-08-15 18:06:35

Those icons are not from the gnome or adwaita icon themes. What content do you have in your ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini files?

Can you also post back:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -lv

One more thing to try - install the "elementary-icon-theme" and see if that makes a difference.

qx4vv9a · 2019-08-15 18:32:24

the icons above are from Qogir or Yosa icon theme, but they were never installed. after gnome icon theme was removed
i kept it by marking it as explicitly installed.
i managed to exchange several icons, never edited any configs but gtk.css and the old gtkrc-2.0

there is no ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini - file
can't remember if there ever was one. on my second arch engine there is none too (fresh install last week).

xfconf-query -c xsettings -lv

/Gdk/WindowScalingFactor        1
/Gtk/ButtonImages               true
/Gtk/CanChangeAccels            false
/Gtk/ColorPalette               black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90
/Gtk/CursorThemeName            Adwaita
/Gtk/CursorThemeSize            0
/Gtk/DecorationLayout           menu:minimize,maximize,close
/Gtk/FontName                   Liberation Sans Bold 15
/Gtk/IconSizes                  
/Gtk/KeyThemeName               
/Gtk/MenuBarAccel               F10
/Gtk/MenuImages                 true
/Gtk/MonospaceFontName          Liberation Sans Bold 14
/Gtk/ToolbarIconSize            3
/Gtk/ToolbarStyle               icons
/Net/CursorBlink                true
/Net/CursorBlinkTime            1200
/Net/DndDragThreshold           10
/Net/DoubleClickDistance        6
/Net/DoubleClickTime            410
/Net/EnableEventSounds          false
/Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds  false
/Net/IconThemeName              gnome
/Net/SoundThemeName             default
/Net/ThemeName                  Adwaita
/Xfce/LastCustomDPI             90
/Xft/Antialias                  1
/Xft/DPI                        90
/Xft/HintStyle                  hintfull
/Xft/Hinting                    1
/Xft/RGBA                       none

meanwhile i exchanged the action-button with launchers to reboot and shutdown.

reinstall xfce?

Last edited by qx4vv9a (2019-08-15 18:55:44)

ToZ · 2019-08-15 20:31:47

Can you post back image with gnome icon theme?

Also, what are the contents of ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css? You mention above that you use it.

reinstall xfce?

I don't think that's necessary. Try creating a second user account on your computer, log in with that account and don't change any settings. Does it look better under this account?

qx4vv9a · 2019-08-16 12:05:21

unfortunatly there is nobody who can confirm what i see on my desktop!
i'm running two arch engines with the same troubles.

my gtk.css:

/* icon text not truncated */
XfdesktopIconView.view {
   -XfdesktopIconView-ellipsize-icon-labels: 0;
}
/* datetime font color */
#datetime-8* {
   color: #E4E4E4;
}
/* tooltips off */
tooltip { opacity: 0; }

/* window button width */
.tasklist { -XfceTasklist-max-button-length: 150; }

/* window button font color */
/* NORMAL */
.tasklist button {
    color: #ffffff;
}
/* PRELIGHT */
.tasklist button:hover {
    color: #000000;
}
/* ACTIVE - only while being clicked */
.tasklist button:active {
    color: #000000;
}
/* SELECTED */
.tasklist button:checked {
    color: #000000;
}
/* panel font weight */
.xfce4-panel {
	font-weight: bold;
}
/* pulseaudio plugin color */
#pulseaudio-14* {
	color: #E4E4E4;
}

i guess you are not using arch and don't know how vanilla xfce looks like on arch.
there are two icons that don't suit Adwaita default icon theme. awful!

this are the default icons with Gnome icon theme (there is a slight difference in brightness to Adwaita icon theme but same behavior)

pulseaudio icon since ever --- new reboot icon since 4.14 --- shutdown icon since ever
default panel color:
dark panel:

exchanging the reboot icon is not difficult but no success in exchanging pulseaudio icon images. volumeicon package is an alternative.
it doesn't matter which graphic file (*.png or *.svg) you use instead of the original -
it's more a question how these icons are displayed on screen. they work as they should but are invisible on a dark panel.

adding another user / log in as root: Gnome icon theme

elementary-icon-theme:
default panel color:
dark panel:

another 'bug' or not, don't know:
appearance menu: bold font selected but not applied.

settings menu: note, the text is truncated and not bold. no changes when resizing this window.

thanks,
Tim

ToZ · 2019-08-16 12:51:12

I do run Arch Linux. The default, bare bones Xfce install does look like your last set of images (not the original set). The reason why the Adwaita icon theme looks poor is because it is missing some of the required icons. With this last Xfce update, some of the icon names have changed and the icon themes will need to be updated to include these new icons. (here are the icon names being used by the actions plugin).

The Adwaita icon theme does not include dark icons so changing the colour of the panel to a dark colour will not create light icons. You will need to use a dark icon theme.

If you are looking for the "most complete" look, try installing "xfce-theme-greybird-git" and "elementary-xfce-icons-git" packages from the AUR. These are maintained by Xfce developers and should have the latest tweaks and icons available. At least while the other themes catch up.

The issue with the bold font not taking affect and the cutting off of the text are bugs that should be reported at the bug tracker.

qx4vv9a · 2019-08-16 14:07:35

thank you, i think i'll continue with the workarounds.
maybe you could fill a ticket in the bugtracker.
i prefer not to submit system details ...
Tim

ToZ · 2019-08-16 14:57:32

Old ticket about bold font issue that is marked invalid. It seems to affect all DEs so probably a GTK3 issue.

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reboot icon not visible on dark panel

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