[Feature Request]: 'DarkMode' for KryptonRichTextBox/KryptonTextBox

[Wagnerp]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Something like this:

(The page background/forecolour)

[Smurf-IV]

This will ned to be extended to any edit entry,
ComboBox, NumericUpDowner, WebBrowser / etc.

It should be in the Theme, and I do not understand why the dark themes enforce the white background.
The sparkle Blue I think is the only one that attempts to make them darker (And does a good job)

So the Dark themes, should have the Dark Backgrounds

So I think this should be a Bug against the Dark themes !

[Wagnerp]

This will ned to be extended to any edit entry,
ComboBox, NumericUpDowner, WebBrowser / etc.

It should be in the Theme, and I do not understand why the dark themes enforce the white background.
The sparkle Blue I think is the only one that attempts to make them darker (And does a good job)

So the Dark themes, should have the Dark Backgrounds

So I think this should be a Bug against the Dark themes !

I agree, ATM I've made it optional

[Smurf-IV]

Lets fix the themes and not introduce Yet Another Optional thing that will become mute when the proper fix is done.

[Wagnerp]

One theme that might be good to do in the future is the 'Cobalt' theme

[Smurf-IV]

Add that to the "Visual Studio Themes" request that already exists
(Ant Idea what font to use for that?)

[Wagnerp]

Add that to the "Visual Studio Themes" request that already exists
(Ant Idea what font to use for that?)

I use Cascadia Code https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code

[Smurf-IV]

Yes, but that is not going to be applicable to a theme :-(

[Wagnerp]

@Smurf-IV Are the back colours controlled by InputControlBackNormal?

[Wagnerp]

Ok, I think I can implement it on a theme level, but what should the blue themes be?

[Smurf-IV]

Ok, I think I can implement it on a theme level, but what should the blue themes be?

Leave them as they are, or just use a vary pale "cream?" hint over the white.
This -I think- is normal for Blue themes to have white edit areas.

Or,
Have new Blue themes called 2021 which have a better tint for the edit areas, (More Studio blue theme style - which has a definite colour difference from white

[Smurf-IV]

@Smurf-IV Are the back colours controlled by InputControlBackNormal?

Looks like it, Not sure if these are applied to RTF and Browser tho, and I also do not know which is used by default:

[Wagnerp]

Ok, I think I can implement it on a theme level, but what should the blue themes be?

Leave them as they are, or just use a vary pale "cream?" hint over the white.
This -I think- is normal for Blue themes to have white edit areas.

Or,
Have new Blue themes called 2021 which have a better tint for the edit areas, (More Studio blue theme style - which has a definite colour difference from white

Ok, checked in some 'black' theme changes, would you mind taking them for a test drive?

[Smurf-IV]

Ok, checked in some 'black' theme changes, would you mind taking them for a test drive?

That'll have to wait, I'm pulling the Palette code apart, and also fixing more Warnings and messages.

I'll do the test after I create a PR for the changes mentioned.. So add more changes to the other themes if you like.

[Wagnerp]

Useful for the VS themes https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/ux-guidelines/color-value-reference-for-visual-studio?view=vs-2019

[Wagnerp]

I know that this might be a long shot, but do we know where we can find the radio button icons for MS Office?

[Smurf-IV]

That'll be version dependent, and they may be hidden in a resource MEF style dll
Could be C++ for the older versions, so probably be able to get them via a dll load into visual Studio.

BUT, They might draw them manually..

[Wagnerp]

That'll be version dependent, and they may be hidden in a resource MEF style dll
Could be C++ for the older versions, so probably be able to get them via a dll load into visual Studio.

BUT, They might draw them manually..

I wonder how Phil extracted these

As it could open up adding support for the other colours

[Smurf-IV]

Is this done with the Canary Dark / Light themes ?
Or is it that the Boxes do not use the colours anyway ?

[Wagnerp]

Is this done with the Canary Dark / Light themes ?
Or is it that the Boxes do not use the colours anyway ?

No, it appears that the images are one kind

[Smurf-IV]

What is set in the Sparkle themes to make them go darker then ?

[Wagnerp]

What is set in the Sparkle themes to make them go darker then ?

These:

[Smurf-IV]

And it is mentioned as fixed in Canary:

[Smurf-IV]

What is set in the Sparkle themes to make them go darker then ?

These:

They are radio buttons, not the ####TextBox mentioned in the Title.
Should really create a new Issue for those.

[Wagnerp]

Pinning, due to useful resources