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peter.48

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From: France, sud-ouest

Registered: 2017-01-31

Posts: 151

Workspace switcher highlighting

Since I have moved to XFCE 4.16, in my workspace switcher, I don't have the highlighting of workspace where I am. And this regardless of the theme I use.
Is there any way to restore this function?

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: Workspace switcher highlighting

There is information located here in the xfce4-panel docs: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/theming.

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peter.48

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From: France, sud-ouest

Registered: 2017-01-31

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Re: Workspace switcher highlighting

This was my first contact with "css"!!!
Thank you for the indication.
This works, but only halfway - if I set "blue" as color, it shows it fine, but if I set "lightblue", it highlights in gray :-(

ToZ

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Re: Workspace switcher highlighting

That is strange. Are you using the following from that page?

 wnck-pager:selected {
    background-color: lightblue; }
  wnck-pager:hover {
    background-color: gray; }

Can you screenshot it?

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zub

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Registered: 2023-01-18

Posts: 35

Re: Workspace switcher highlighting

In doing my own theming, I have noticed that whatever color you choose to highlight the active desktop, it shows the basic background color (of the non-active workspaces) through it. I guess it is so that the preview of the windows on the workspace can be clearly seen. So is it maybe that `lightblue` is mixing with the existing (usually some kind of grey) to not be too visible?

Maybe try using hex codes instead of named colors to find a shade that works well with your existing theme. You can get a color picker tool via your package manager or use an online one like https://csscolor.ru/. Probably better to leave the top slider for opacity alone to create a 6 character code:

 wnck-pager:selected {
    background-color: #0ac6f0; }

But that is just a guess, if incorrect I agree about a screenshot.

peter.48

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From: France, sud-ouest

Registered: 2017-01-31

Posts: 151

Re: Workspace switcher highlighting

@ToZ
Yes, I did copy-paste, but only "selected" ("hover" doesn't interest me). I have also tried red and green, with "light" it showing gray.

@zub
Thanks, yes, color in hex code works without problems :-)