Binary package hint: gtk2-engines-highcontrast
I have found out that using black themes in general in ubuntu currently has many bugs. Let me post some here for example, I'll add to the list as I see some more:
* In Synaptic, the percentages in the progress bars are invisible after black background covers the percentage black text.
- I suggest that we make the progress bar text active instead when using high contrast mode, w/c changes color to the inverse of the color of it's background.
* Deluge and Tomboy won't change their text color from black after changing to a High Contrast theme if you don't log out.
* Nautilus text still uses black unless you change it in the gtkrc-2.0 file.
- Maybe an option to change the nautilus text color on the preferences window would make this job easier for novice users, and might also make the desktop icon text color easier to manipulate by users who use light wallpapers.
* In Firefox, the search box in website like art.gnome.org has black text on black background and the post title box in LiveJournal has white text on white background, along with DeviantArt and who knows how many other websites out there even when the Use System Colors box in Firefox Preferences->Content->Colors is unchecked.
- A good solution might be to force firefox to still use black text on white background on those controls or just make the Use System Colors checkbox effect work on all controls. That way, websites who think that controls normally have black text and freely change the background color to something light will still be visible.
Putting a trick like background color detection for an adaptive text color feature might work better but is much programming work.
We should fix them. I love black themes and I know there are many other people who do so too, by fixing these we enable good black themes to sprout out of ubuntu and in the whole linux world in general since these bugs stop people from using black themes considering they are buggy.
P.S. I can post screenshots upon request.
Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu do you use?