On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 09:47:27 -0400
Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I mentioned the only annoying thing I wasn't able to fix
in fedora 35 was the selected colors of folders and messages
in claws-mail. Black letters with dark blue background, almost
impossible to read.
I used gimp to pick the color from a screen shot and determined
that the dark blue was #3584e4, so I (eventually) searched for
that string in /usr/lib64/libgtk-3.so.0.2404.26 and got a gazillion
hits (it seems to be a very popular blue), but one of them
was this string:
.gtkstyle-fallback:selected { color: #ffffff; background-color:
#3584e4; }
So I stuck that same string in my ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css file
and changed #3584e4 to #bddafc
And now, to my amazement, I have a nice light powder blue selection
instead of a text obscuring dark blue.
Victory at last! (And I won't go blind trying to read my mail).
Thanks for posting this. I run a dark theme, and everything shows up
with nice colors in claws-mail on a dark background. But, this is a
great pointer to where to fix things if that goes haywire. Saved for
future reference.