- some changes to the dark mode stylesheet to make it look better

- darkened the text color for the dark theme in order to make it easier on the eyes
- in Distance Plugin, when using the big cursor, the cursor colors are fixed to work for the dark mode too

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM Evo beta
 
 =================================================
 
+4.05.2020
+
+- some changes to the dark mode stylesheet to make it look better
+- darkened the text color for the dark theme in order to make it easier on the eyes
+- in Distance Plugin, when using the big cursor, the cursor colors are fixed to work for the dark mode too
+
 2.05.2022
 
 - in Excellon Editor, Copy sub-tool, added UI and ability to copy as array

appGUI/GUIElements.py

@@ -5819,7 +5819,9 @@ class FCMessageBox(QtWidgets.QMessageBox):
         super(FCMessageBox, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.offset = None
         self.moving = None
+
         self.setWindowFlags(self.windowFlags() | Qt.WindowType.FramelessWindowHint | Qt.WindowType.WindowSystemMenuHint)
+        # self.setAttribute(Qt.WidgetAttribute.WA_TranslucentBackground)
 
         #   "background-color: palette(base); "
         self.setStyleSheet(

appGUI/themes/dark_style_sheet.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ QToolBar * {
 }
 QWidget {
     background-color: rgba(32.000, 33.000, 36.000, 1.000);
-    color: rgba(228.000, 231.000, 235.000, 1.000);
+    color: rgba(170.000, 170.000, 170.000, 1.000);
     selection-background-color: rgba(138.000, 180.000, 247.000, 1.000);
     selection-color: rgba(32.000, 33.000, 36.000, 1.000);
 }
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ QGroupBox::title {
 QMenuBar {
     background-color: rgba(32.000, 33.000, 36.000, 1.000);
     padding: 2px;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(63.000, 64.000, 66.000, 1.000);
 }
 QMenuBar::item {
     background: transparent;
@@ -171,10 +170,10 @@ QMenuBar::item:pressed {
 }
 QToolBar {
     background-color: rgba(41.000, 42.000, 45.000, 1.000);
-    padding: 0px;
+    padding: 1x;
     font-weight: bold;
     spacing: 1px;
-    margin: 0px;
+    margin: 1px;
 }
 QToolBar::handle:horizontal {
     width: 10px;
@@ -549,11 +548,7 @@ QDockWidget::float-button:hover {
     background-color: rgba(30.000, 43.000, 60.000, 1.000);
     border-radius: 2px
 }
-QFrame {
-    border: 1px solid rgba(63.000, 64.000, 66.000, 1.000);
-    padding: 1px;
-    border-radius: 4px;
-}
+
 QLCDNumber {
     color: rgba(228.000, 231.000, 235.000, 1.000);
     min-width: 2em;
@@ -585,7 +580,6 @@ QSplitter {
     border: none;
 }
 QSplitter::handle {
-    background-color: rgba(63.000, 64.000, 66.000, 1.000);
     margin: 1px 3px;
 }
 QSplitter::handle:hover {

appPlugins/ToolDistance.py

@@ -217,10 +217,17 @@ class Distance(AppTool):
         if self.ui.big_cursor_cb.get_value():
             self.app.on_cursor_type(val="big", control_cursor=True)
             self.cursor_color_memory = self.app.plotcanvas.cursor_color
+
+            if self.app.options["global_theme"] in ['defaul', 'light']:
                 if self.app.use_3d_engine is True:
                     self.app.plotcanvas.cursor_color = '#000000FF'
                 else:
                     self.app.plotcanvas.cursor_color = '#000000'
+            else:
+                if self.app.use_3d_engine is True:
+                    self.app.plotcanvas.cursor_color = '#AAAAAAFF'
+                else:
+                    self.app.plotcanvas.cursor_color = '#AAAAAA'
             self.app.app_cursor.enabled = True
 
         self.app.call_source = 'measurement'

defaults.py

@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ class AppDefaults:
         # Project Items colors
         "global_proj_item_color_light": '#000000FF',
         "global_proj_item_dis_color_light": '#b7b7cbFF',
-        "global_proj_item_color_dark": '#F2F2F2FF',
-        "global_proj_item_dis_color_dark": '#a6a6a6ff',
+        "global_proj_item_color_dark": '#AAAAAAFF',
+        "global_proj_item_dis_color_dark": '#697177FF',
 
         "global_project_autohide": True,