linuxmint / linuxmint/mint-themes

Impossible to distinguish between titlebar and rest of window

Open
#436 6 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
CSS
Stars
265
Forks
137
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

With the change to combined themes for window titles/borders and rest of the window, it is no longer possible to distinguish between the titlebar and rest of window, e.g. menu items.

The "high forehead" look of when there is no separation between the two might look nice...
(personally i find it really ugly on light themes, but that's besides the point)
But being unable to distinguish these areas is really unhelpful. They respond very differently to double, middle and tight clicks, so why they should look the same is really puzzling.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by inspecting the Mint-X and Mint-Y theme definitions and reproduce the visual contrast between the titlebar and the rest of the window. Identify how the combined title and window styling is applied, then verify that the two areas are visibly distinguishable while retaining the existing theme appearance.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
css
Domain
design
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.