On/Off function Ikon

Software darktable
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I am using the extended ‘user.css’ but find that the On/Off function Ikons look too similar on my system. I have looked through the extension script but do not see where the colors for these ikons are located.
What I would really like is a color change rather than the too subtle gray tones.
Could I please get guidance …

Manjaro/Arch/XFCE

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Hi David, I use windows and I too find the on/off icon too subtle. I would like something more obvious by default. I appreciate keeping grey may be preferable but it can be difficult to see on some screens.

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@define-color button_fg alpha(@fg_color, .35);

Putting this in preferences makes the inactive ones a bit darker so that its fairly easy to see the difference…

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‘Radio’ buttons are commonly light in tone when not used and darker (filled) when active. The dt use of buttons appears to be contrary to that.
Dark/OFF and LIght/ON is difficult to understand.

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depends on your expectations :wink: Then on/off indicator is like a power on indicator via led: what do you expect if the led is lit?

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… commonly used to select one of several, mutually exclusive options. They have nothing to do with darktable’s on/off buttons.

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Just to complete the picture: check boxes also are light when not selected and dark when ticked/filled on a bright background.
But:

  • darktable doesn’t have a bright background,
  • and as @MStraeten said, the concept is “on/off switch”, not “select this item”.

Note that in e.g. darktable’s configuration dialog, ticked check boxes are brighter, not darker. So the bright=on choice for the module switches is consistent within the interface…

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It might (or might not?) need a little more room but what about a pseudo slide switch? Click it, it slides over. Click it again, it slides back.

I’ve seen many UIs that use them – often with a color change – in place of a conventional “push button” graphic.

… or maybe a rotating symbol? Point is, something that’s not entirely dependent on color / tone to differentiate off and on.

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