Main menu
You are here
Hard To See Clock
10 August, 2024 - 15:33 — Radio_Al
Hi from coastal Virginia USA.
I've got some old-ass eyes that need all the help they can get. To that end, the green tint assigned to the Current Time and Current Tempo displays is hard for me to read.
How deep into the settings do I have to go to alter the color of that specific display without having to grind my way through different Themes, or totally botch things up?
Qtractor ver 0.9.25, Linux Mint 21.3
Thanks.
Forums:
re. Hard To See Clock
yes, there is or have been some (default) widget styles that ignore the black background of the time (and tempo) display in main toolbar (as seen in official screenshots).
always try "Fusion" which is my own favorite, ever since the Qt5 early days (see Options... > Display > Custom > Style theme, anything but "(default)" or anything resembling or vaguely similar to "Gtk+": avoid these ones like the plague!
hth. regards
re. Hard To See Clock
Hi, Radio_Al.
Qtractor supports QSS stylesheets starting with version 0.9.39.
These allow you to customize the visual appearance to a great extent.
For cases like yours they are very useful.
I recommend you upgrade to the current version.
Here you can download a version for Ubuntu that should be compatible.
(This is the development version, but it works fine.)
https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:rncbc/packages/qtractor/reposit...
Here is an QSS example that allows you to increase the font size and make it light grey with a black background:
#timeToolbar > QAbstractSpinBox {
color: gray;
font-family: monospace;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 22px;
min-height: 30px;
min-width:200px;
background: black;
}
There are a few QSS themes available.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/visualthemes-qtractor/
The Greyscale theme, authored by our forum colleague @windowsrefund, is very readable. It does not have the marker buttons, but this is not a problem, because you can modify the data with the mouse and keyboard.
Hey G3N-es,
Hey G3N-es,
I just took a fresh look at your templates. I love what you did on Tecnico for the R, M, and S buttons. I'm going to have to grab the latest and use that as inspiration! Nice job.
Add new comment