GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 140312
The <normal color="#000000"> attribute doesn't work with "userlist"
Last modified: 2005-04-16 00:21:52 UTC
Here is a code snippet that doesn't work properly: ========================== <item type="list" id="userlist"> <normal color="#000000" alpha="0.5"/> <pos x="50%" y="35%" height="15%" width="35%" /> </item> =========================== According to the documentation at http://www.5z.com/jirka/gdm-documentation/x1178.html ; the color of the element should change to whatever I specify in the <normal> tag. However, it stays white even after changing the 'color' attribute or trying to use 'alpha' to get around it. This might be related to bug #122518 http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122518 I know that userlist is a fairly new feature, so if there is a new way to specify the colour, please let me know. Thanks,
Has this changed in later releases?
Nope, the background of the userlist stays white even after you specify another color (or try to use any "alpha"/translucency attribute). I tested it on gdm 2.6.0.0 (distributed with SUSE 9.2) and the problem is still there. Hope that helps, let me know if you need any additional information. -- Harsh
*** Bug 122518 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I've added a new node to the configuration file called "color" which can be used with type listitem. It allows you to define iconcolor and labelcolor so that the icons and labels can have different background colors (useful for transparent images). It made sense to define a new node since the color attributes of this widget are different than the ones for other widgets (active, prelight, etc.). Fixed in CVS head.