Ubuntu
gnome-panel package

clock doesn't deal well with transparent panel

Bug #10820 reported by Shaya Potter
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Panel
Expired
Medium
gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

if you make the panel transparent, the clock becomes not viewable (if the
background is dark). though if one mouses over it it goes opaque. this is a
general problem w/ applet text.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160944: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160944

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I'll talk with an upstream about this but probably a WONTFIX. You have several
options here:
- don't set the panel to 100% transparent
- don't put the clock in a dark area
- choose a background adapted to your panel config

Not sure of what could be done on the panel side ...

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Shaya Potter (spotter) wrote :

being able to modify the font color?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

hum, perhaps an option to change the font color for the whole panel could work yes.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

That's a general panel issue. I've opened a bug upstream about it:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160944

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

*** Bug 23905 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Lukas Sabota (punkrockguy318) wrote :

Perhaps the same sort of text that is used for icons on the desktop used for the clock and text in gnome-panel?

Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-panel:
assignee: seb128 → desktop-bugs
importance: Medium → Low
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Chris Rose (chris-vault5) wrote :

There is a work around in the upstream bug report. You can put the following into your gtkrc to change the text colour on the clock:

style "panel-clock"
{
  fg[NORMAL] = "#FFFFFF"
}

Related is bug 88263.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Changed in gnome-panel:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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Leon Vitanos (leon-mellori) wrote :

It also affects me... The same thing on 3 different computers with Ubuntu 10.10... And it is very ugly :/

The weird is that the clock applet and the indicator applet are from default at the panel... And they do not become transparent..

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Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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