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dskut

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From: Moscow

Registered: 2013-01-12

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Dark GTK2 theme (Xfce-dusk) - problems with web controls

Hi guys, my first post here.
I recently installed XFCE on my desktop and I really enjoy it for its flexibility, convenience and simplicity.
On my desktop I use Debian-testing and XFCE-4.8.
I prefer darker environment, so I chose a pre-installed Xfce-dusk theme, and it is really awesome and beautiful.
But unfortunately, it causes real pain to surf the net in Iceweasel (v.10.0.12), because of issues like black text on black input, light text on white textarea, dark buttons and other controls.

I've googled for some fixes, but none of them work:

1) start Icewasel with another GTK2 theme:
   

GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Xfce/gtk-2.0/gtkrc iceweasel

- doesn't work, nothing is changed

2) modify userContent.css:
I've copy-pasted from some forum this userContent.css, but still some of controls - radiobuttons, checkboxes, arrows in drop-down boxes, scrollbars - still look blackened

/* Smooth Scrolling Workaround: Disable Fixed Background Images on Pages */
body {
  background-attachment: scroll !important;
}

input {
  border: 2px inset white;
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
}

textarea {
  border: 2px inset white;
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
}

select {
  border: 2px inset white;
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
}

input[type="radio"], input[type="checkbox"] {
  border: 2px inset white ! important;
  background-color: white ! important;
  color: ThreeDFace ! important;
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
}

*|*::-moz-radio {
  background-color: white;
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
}

button, input[type="reset"], input[type="button"], input[type="submit"] {
  border: 2px outset white;
  background-color: #eeeeee;
  color: black;
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
}

body {
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  display: block;
  margin: 8px;
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
}

For example, currently some pages look like this:

There exist some workarounds yet:
a) run from another user - but this will cause numerous issues with read-writer permissions when saving files
b) switch to chromium - there some of this won't reproduce, though, for example, a scrollbar is still black. But I'm so much used to Firefox and Vimperator, use it an all devices and would better remain with it.

I would be happy to hear some tips from you, guys, because dark themes really look brilliant, and I'w willing to leave it.

UPD: updated to Xfce-4.10, the problem remains

UPD2: updated to iceweasel-18.0 from experimental branch, the same

Last edited by dskut (2013-01-12 19:41:40)