GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 552416
Application icons in window list become faded and hard to distinguish
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:22:54 UTC
Either stop fading the application icons when windows are minimized, or fade them to a lesser extent, so that the icons are more easily distinguishable. Other information:
This bug was originally reported by me on Launchpad. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/269934
Yup, this sucks.
This is driving me nuts too. I have a slightly defective color vision and the fading makes it hard for me to easily spot minimized windows. I fixed it on my Ubuntu by patching libwnck: diff -ur libwnck-2.28.0/libwnck/tasklist.c libwnck-2.28.0-2/libwnck/tasklist.c --- libwnck-2.28.0/libwnck/tasklist.c 2009-09-08 03:28:12.000000000 +0200 +++ libwnck-2.28.0-2/libwnck/tasklist.c 2009-10-21 17:46:41.000000000 +0200 @@ -3234,7 +3234,7 @@ if (orig == pixbuf) pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_copy (orig); - wnck_dimm_icon (pixbuf); + //wnck_dimm_icon (pixbuf); } if (orig == pixbuf) This is of course only a temporary fix, as the next update from Ubuntu is going to undo this. I'd really appreciate a configuration option for this, even if it's only accessible via gconf.
Created attachment 146041 [details] [review] comment-out-fading.patch Patch from above, adding as patch attachment so this bug gets has-patch status.
Comment on attachment 146041 [details] [review] comment-out-fading.patch But this patch is not the right solution; instead of removing this, it should be tweaked.
Well, I'd love to fix this properly so it would get accepted as a patch, but I have no experience with GTK/Gnome coding and only a bit of experience with C. I guess I should use gconf to add an option for this... is there a tutorial somewhere on how I can add gconf support to libwnck?
Martin, libwnck shouldn't use gconf (or gsettings) directly. Instead you should add a property on libwnck and add a gconf setting for gnome-panel (it already stores some settings in gconf/gsettings)
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