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I've been making some changes to a duplicate of the default Dark theme provided by GIMP 2.9.7 via the 'gtkrc' file to suit my requirements.

Most of the UI seem fine now, but I can't find the right modifier to change the font color of the inactive options in the Menu bar (it doesn't go well with the dark theme).

However when I change the values of 'text[NORMAL]' of 'gimp-dark-list-header-style' in gtkrc from empty to any two digit hexadecimal value, the color of the menu font (active options included) and docked panels changes to white.

From the gtkrc file:

style "gimp-dark-list-header-style"

{
#Comment out the ythickness setting below for thicker column headers.
#ythickness = 0

GtkTreeView::odd_row_color = "#828282"
GtkTreeView::even_row_color = "#828282"

#
# set custom header text color here
#

#fg[NORMAL] = "#00F"
#fg[PRELIGHT] = "#00F"
#fg[SELECTED] = "#00F"
#fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#00F"
#fg[ACTIVE] = "#00F"

#
# set custom text color here
#

text[NORMAL] = "#"
#text[PRELIGHT] = "#FF0"
#text[SELECTED] = "#FF0"
#text[INSENSITIVE] = "#FF0"
#text[ACTIVE] = "#FF0"

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Any value above 2 digits reverts it to the default color.

How will I be able to solve this?

Thank you beforehand for any help. Smile

I had a dabble with my Gimp 2.9.7 and the Dark theme. I could change a few things but not 'inactive' colour, but then I am no expert.
Have you tried adding your 'bespoke colours as clr10/11/....in the global definitions beginning of the file.

Code:

style "gimp-dark-default-style"

{

#  font_name = "Sans 11"

  color["clr1"]  = "#EEEEEE"

  color["clr2"]  = "#FFFFFF"

  color["clr3"]  = "#C1C1C1"

  color["clr4"]  = "#383838"

  color["clr5"]  = "#555555"

  color["clr6"]  = "#828282"

  color["clr7"]  = "#3B3B3B"

  color["clr8"]  = "#383838"

  color["clr9"]  = "#4D4D4D"

  color["clr10"] = "#00FFFF"

  color["clr11"] = "#D4C7AA"

  fg[NORMAL] = @clr1

#### snipped a lot out #####

  base[INSENSITIVE] = @clr8

  text[NORMAL] = @clr10 # <<<<<<<<< blue

  text[PRELIGHT] = @clr11 #<<<<<<<< yellow/grey-ish

  text[ACTIVE] = @clr1

  text[SELECTED] = @clr1

  text[INSENSITIVE] = @clr9

gives this, maybe not the best colours but at least not invisible.

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When it comes to the subject 'inactive colors' I would not hold out much hope at the moment.

There is this: https://www.gimp.org/news/2016/07/13/gim...-released/

With the understatement of year.

quote: Note that we still consider this feature a work in progress, as dark themes still need some fine-tuning (especially regarding the color of inactive menu items).

As an afterthought, which version of linux and DE are you using. Might help someone give better information.

Sorry, the panels changing color was just a side effect of me trying to change the font color of inactive options. I had set the panel color to another dark theme, so the text is visible. I'll try changing the colors anyway as you mentioned however. Big Grin

I did read somewhere about the inactive options' colors being hard-coded into gimp or something and so couldn't be changed, but it did change when I modified that value. Tongue

So I thought it could be modified through gtkrc.

I use Ubuntu 17.04 with GNOME desktop.

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