TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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Tooltips are drawn with the same text and background colors in normal and dark mode.
Expected in dark mode: Bright text and dark background like (dark)Explorer tooltips in W10-1903.

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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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Hmm, actually I like the contrast of the tooltips - with black background they can be hardly distinguished from the panel background. They do have quite a different color also in normal mode.
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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Problem is that human image processing needs some time to switch between positive and negative text representation.
Additional: tooltips can take up a large area, show and hide quickly, acting like a flash light.

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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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Hmm, maybe a different color then? I can make it configurable, but what should be the default?
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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2ghisler(Author)
Maybe cursor color?
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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Maybe DarkHighlight=4210752 (R=64,G=64,B=64)

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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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I can confirm the tooltips are dark with white font now in TC 9.50 beta 5 with dark mode active.

To distinguish their text from other text in Total Commander, I changed their font in a currently possible quite limited way using wincmd.ini parameters:

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[<my resolution section>]
FontNameTip=ItalicT
FontWeightTip=700
FontSizeTip=7
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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Similarly, while discussing the TC Dark mode context, F1 Help appears in the standard black-on-white bright colouring, offering a visual shock.

Holger refers to human image processing; there is also the phenomenon of 'retinal bleaching': the reason why we have high and low headlight beams in our cars, and, in some places, bans on upwards-facing decorative lights on footpaths/pavements/sidewalks and gardens, for instance (and, indeed, dark modes). Bright sudden light creates, to varying degrees, a form of temporary, and perhaps prolonged, blindness or a visual shock.
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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Unfortunately you cannot tell Help to use dark mode. I would have to include two help files per language, one bright an one dark. :(
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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History.txt wrote:12.11.19 Fixed: Dark mode: Tooltips in main window and dialogs like multi-rename were not dark (32/64)
Fix confirmed using TC9.50B5 (W10-1903)

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Btw, the tooltip colors will be configurable in the next beta, both for normal and dark mode! I just ran out of time when adding the above...
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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ghisler(Author) wrote: 2019-11-15, 14:59 UTC Unfortunately you cannot tell Help to use dark mode. I would have to include two help files per language, one bright an one dark. :(
Ah ha. Great. Looking forward to it. :D
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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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ghisler(Author) wrote: 2019-11-18, 11:30 UTC Btw, the tooltip colors will be configurable in the next beta, both for normal and dark mode! I just ran out of time when adding the above...
Many thanks for this.
Also this:
History.txt wrote:19.11.19 Added: Configuration - Options - Color: Show preview (example output) also for Lister, Compare by contents, title bars, hint windows, and dark mode (32/64)
is a very nice and useful addition.
Much appreciated. :-)

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Re: TC9.50B3: Tooltips in dark mode

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HolgerK wrote: 2019-11-20, 21:20 UTC Also this:
History.txt wrote:19.11.19 Added: Configuration - Options - Color: Show preview (example output) also for Lister, Compare by contents, title bars, hint windows, and dark mode (32/64)
is a very nice and useful addition.
Much appreciated. :-)
It was suggested in other topic: https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=54792&p=363261#p363261
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