I can't believe that this bug started in Oneiric(maybe even before that) and it's still not fixed after Raring (as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/913933 ). Ubuntu Software Center is a core feature of Ubuntu distribution and yet such a bug which affects its usability is left unnoticed! Why can't it just follow the system theme instead of using hardcoded colors. Some Dark Theme developers have found workarounds involving replacing the softwarecenter.css with custom versions. One such fix by Delorean Dark theme developer is attached here. It is optimised for Dark Themes and works fine with light ones too. I don't know if it works perfectly with light themes,but it does try to use current theme colors instead of hardcoded ones,atleast in some places.
** Attachment added: "Delorean Dark's Software Center fix for Dark Themes" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/899878/+attachment/3892155/+files/softwarecenter.css -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899878 Title: Software center have hardcoded colors and shows white font on white bg Status in Ubuntu Software Center: Confirmed Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When using dark theme ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: software-center 5.0.2ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Dec 4 15:28:41 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (48 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center/+bug/899878/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
