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Title: [solved] Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: BrandyWine on August 22, 2025, 04:04:10 AM
Is there a "suggestions" or "request for enhancements" forum?

Anyways, don't put white text on light colored backgrounds. ;)

(https://i.postimg.cc/bvSk3j88/Screenshot-2025-08-21-185218.png)
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: Fabian Wenk on August 22, 2025, 05:42:31 PM
I have never seen it like this, but I am using the cicada theme since a long time to have a dark mode. Is this with the new OPNsense own dark mode? I have only enabled it for a short time to see how it looks and switched back to cicada as I did like that better. But of course this is my personal opinion.

Maybe creating an issue at https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues is the best way forward.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: BrandyWine on August 23, 2025, 06:11:39 AM
I dont have any theme plugins enabled. It's the opnsense-dark from System:Settings:General
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: Fabian Wenk on August 24, 2025, 04:28:23 PM
So then please create a bug report.

If you also want to play with other themes, you first need to install them through System / Firmware / Plugins. You may have to enable the "Show community plugins" on top right. To show only themes, filter for "theme". The one I am using is called "os-theme-cicada".

After installing it needs to be set it in Systems / Settings / General.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: Wolfspyre on August 25, 2025, 03:10:50 AM
This is ESPECIALLY bad on the live view pane... the text for matches is completely illegible y'all... this is true across opnsense-dark vicuna-dark, and cicada-dark...

Not sure how yall validated these style changes but I'd like to encourage some more thorough assessment of visibility when selecting this stuff? :)
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: BrandyWine on August 25, 2025, 05:46:08 AM
Yes, bad color scheme, but I not bashing the community version, just hoping the next iteration puts black text on light colored backgrounds.
Cheers.

I fixed it.
/usr/local/opnsense/www/themes/
cp -r opnsense-dark mytheme

/usr/local/opnsense/www/themes/mytheme/build/css

edit bootstrap-dialog.css (change fff to 000)
.bootstrap-dialog .bootstrap-dialog-title {
  color: #000;

Then go into System:Settings:General and choose your new theme "mytheme"

Easy reading
(https://i.postimg.cc/RFfkX4c5/2.png)


Using inspector to find where stuff is and edit live
(https://i.postimg.cc/nL684C9G/1.png)


(https://i.postimg.cc/DZVDWHRC/3.png)
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: devilkin on August 25, 2025, 07:59:07 AM
Great, but please also file an issue. Perhaps even with a PR for better colors?
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: BrandyWine on August 25, 2025, 08:43:55 AM
Quote from: devilkin on August 25, 2025, 07:59:07 AMGreat, but please also file an issue. Perhaps even with a PR for better colors?
What issue? OPNsense functions just fine with bad colors. ;)
It's free software, I can fix what I need fixing.
If OPNsense changes the colors, then great.

I am working on adding the Logout link to the header so I don't have to dive into Lobby to do it. EDIT: Logout issue fixed, see my other thread.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on August 25, 2025, 11:36:25 AM
Please create an issue here or it will not be picked up and fixed:

https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: devilkin on August 25, 2025, 01:25:45 PM
Quote from: BrandyWine on August 25, 2025, 08:43:55 AMWhat issue? OPNsense functions just fine with bad colors. ;)

Because others might also benefit. Opensource isn't just about taking, it's also about contributing back.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: franco on August 25, 2025, 02:03:33 PM
Quote from: devilkin on August 25, 2025, 01:25:45 PMBecause others might also benefit. Opensource isn't just about taking, it's also about contributing back.

I concur. And as a rule of thumb: more talking equals less progress.


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: BrandyWine on August 25, 2025, 07:10:08 PM
There's a huge list of functional bugs on github. Colors issue won't even be relevant there.
If someone has github acct and wants to list this colors issue, please do. I don't find the effort as being fruitful.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: sopex8260 on August 25, 2025, 10:20:41 PM
Quote from: BrandyWine on August 25, 2025, 07:10:08 PMThere's a huge list of functional bugs on github. Colors issue won't even be relevant there.
If someone has github acct and wants to list this colors issue, please do. I don't find the effort as being fruitful.

Imagine having 2 of the 5 main developers of the project tell you to open a ticket and doubting that they will care about it.

Also, the actual functionality bugs are very few at this moment.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: BrandyWine on August 26, 2025, 03:32:38 AM
Quote from: sopex8260 on August 25, 2025, 10:20:41 PM
Quote from: BrandyWine on August 25, 2025, 07:10:08 PMThere's a huge list of functional bugs on github. Colors issue won't even be relevant there.
If someone has github acct and wants to list this colors issue, please do. I don't find the effort as being fruitful.

Imagine having 2 of the 5 main developers of the project tell you to open a ticket and doubting that they will care about it.

Also, the actual functionality bugs are very few at this moment.
I get it. But I myself would rather those dev folks be hard at work fixing functional issues.

If we were all at the big table talking about what issues need fixing and the priority they get assigned, in my world a color issue goe to the bottom of the list.

So in context, I would prefer not to create an issue there on git, let the dev folks work on real issues, and I am sure the community would prefer the same.

My ask about RFE's is also something different than filing a bug report, hence why I was asking if there was a place just for RFE's.

It's all good, I fixed what I wanted to fix, and shared for others if they want to do the same.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: Fabian Wenk on August 26, 2025, 09:44:09 PM
I have now created the issue 9142 (https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/9142) for this.
Title: Re: Colors... Nooooo.
Post by: BrandyWine on August 27, 2025, 07:13:04 AM
Quote from: Fabian Wenk on August 26, 2025, 09:44:09 PMI have now created the issue 9142 (https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/9142) for this.
Neat. Let's see where it goes.
Looks like a little effort just to create the issue.
Kudos for doing it.
Cheers.