> > > I like the idea that the colors and them be a "live preview" it will just be some time before that is implemented it sounds complicated. but till then I think that the Apply button will work nicely.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:45 PM, RGB ES <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/7/15 Christopher Lee <[email protected]>: > > Ricardo, > > > >> Already possible: Tools → Options → LibreOffice → Appearance → change > >> "Application background" from "Default" to your preferred colour. If > >> you need a different colour define a new one under Tool → Options → > >> LibreOffice → Colors: your new colour will be available when you > >> change the background. > > It may already be possible, it's fairly deep in the menu trees for > someone trying to do something simple. It's also not equipped with a live > preview or any semblance of an attempt at matching color schemes, and the > color picker is kind of dated/ugly (choose from a dropdown list? A color? > Out of some forty or fifty sets? Not a good idea!). I think Alex is just > suggesting that 1) We could change the default, which is sensible, and 2) At > least make it more apparent. > > The whole LibO's colour management needs a rewrite, I think that > everyone agrees with that. IMHO, without a proper way to select AND > define colours, the "already possible" solution is the only possible > answer... we can talk for hours on end about how > difficult/deep/whatever the options are, but I think we need to > discuss first of all about the colour palette: only then we will be > able to discuss how to use those colours. > For a "live preview" I think it is enough (1) to extend the "Apply" > button we see on style management since 3.4 to the Option dialogue. > > (1) In the mathematical sense of the word: I have no idea how > difficult it is to add the Apply button there, but I'm sure it is > enough to solve the problem, so it is a "Sufficient condition"... :) > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
