1817870 - Unread messages no longer standing out enough in message list with TB's Dark theme, as read messages are now brighter than before

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Theme, defect)

Description

[Nicolas Mandil (:NicolasWeb)]

Attachment: TB Message list unread message bold font not enought different compared to read message.jpg

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set the dark theme
2. Open a folder with an unread message

Actual results:

Hard to differentiate the unread and read message in message list. It's not enough obvious

Expected results:

It should be more obvious, from the first and rapid sight.

Regression : It was the case in TB 102 and TB110b4

In the screenshot, compare how it is easy to identify read status of bug 1811366 in the list

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Thanks Nicolas, well-formed bug report as usual :-)

Confirming for 112.0a1 (2023-02-22) (64-bit), Win10, TB Dark theme.

Richard, can we tone down the text color of read messages in the list to be more greyish as before? In supernova, read messages seem to be bright white just like unread messages, which makes them harder to distinguish as bold print is now the only distinction.

Comment 2

[Richard Marti (:Paenglab)]

Alex, actually we use --color-ink-10 for the tree with dark theme. How about using --color-gray-20 instead?

Comment 3

[Alessandro Castellani [:aleca]]

That should work.
Make sure to get at least a AA score in the contrast checker. https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

Comment 4

[Richard Marti (:Paenglab)]

Attachment: Bug 1817870 - Make the tree text color a bit darker with dark theme. r=aleca

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/65e6ff9d8293
Make the tree text color a bit darker with dark theme. r=aleca

Comment 6

[Richard Marti (:Paenglab)]

Comment on attachment 9319527 [details]
Bug 1817870 - Make the tree text color a bit darker with dark theme. r=aleca

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #): [Supernova]
User impact if declined: on dark themes not good visibility of unread messages
Testing completed (on c-c, etc.): on c-c
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): low

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Comment on attachment 9319527 [details]
Bug 1817870 - Make the tree text color a bit darker with dark theme. r=aleca

[Triage Comment]
Approved for beta

Comment 8

[Daniel Darnell [:dandarnell]]

Thunderbird 111.0b1:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-beta/rev/095432ba9575