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Thank you very much

Okay, I see the problem. So I created a pull request with the bug fix and some small improvements. My problem is that I'm not very familiar with GitHub. I think I made another mistake with GitHub and therefore have to ask Franco or someone else for help once again. And all of this just for a small bug fix. That's the main reason why I wanted to wait until several things came together. I don't want to cause anyone unnecessary work and time.

Hi Franco,

Thank you for your message. I'd be happy to create a pull request on GitHub. But I don't think it's worth it for a single color that users can change themselves, is it? I'm continuing to work on making my skin even more flexible. As soon as I've finished a few more options, I'll create a new pull request. Is that okay?

For everyone using my new theme flexcolor (if there is one). I have to admit there's a bug in the black color scheme.

When you set a filter in the firewall's live view, the filter is displayed in white text on a white background, as seen in the attached image black_wrong.

Thanks to the system's ability to flexibly change the skin's colors, you can easily fix this bug by yourself.

To do so, open the following file with a text editor:

/usr/local/opnsense/www/themes/flexcolor/build/color_schemes/black/default_scheme.css

Change the following line:

Line 21: --badgeback: #E6E6E6; /* badge background & progress-bar & blockquote*/
to, for example, --badgeback: #2651A6; /* badge background & progress-bar & blockquote*/

This will turn it a shade of blue, as seen in the image black_right. You can also choose any other suitable color that you like and that provides a good contrast to black and white.

Then log into the OPNsense shell and enter "service flexcolor restart". The new color will then be saved, but only until the file is overwritten in an update or after a reinstallation. I will permanently fix this bug in the next skin release.

When I see your screenshot, I think it is the way I said.
That is not an option in the theme that you can choose. The OPNsense-dark screen uses these stripped color scheme and since you have a dark background and then a light background as a stripe it looks like a zebra.
You can change this by changing the theme to one without those alternative colors.
If you want to give my skin a try here is how you can install it:
Open System --> Firmware --> Plugins in the Opnsense-Webgui.
Be sure that you check: "Show community plugins" on the right side of the list.
Scroll down the list till you find the plugins starting with os-theme...
The theme that I've created is called os-theme-flexcolor but you can try others of course if you don't like my work.
You have to install the theme with the plus button on the right side.
After that go to: System --> Settings --> General.
There you can choose the theme flexcolor or another one.
After clicking the save button at the end of the page you have applied the theme and all colors will be changed and
the zebra effect will be gone.

Ich verstehe es jetzt nicht ganz.
Habe eine etwa ein Monat alte Sicherung eingespielt. Damit lief es. Ich habe dann diese Sicherung mit der aktuellen Sicherung verglichen, die ich erstellt habe, als es nicht mehr funktioniert hat. Einen großen Unterschied, der irgendwie sinnig zu diesem Problem geführt haben könnte, habe ich nicht gefunden.
Dann habe ich die letzte Sicherung wieder eingespielt und siehe da, es geht ebenfalls.
Also warum das jetzt nicht funktioniert hat und jetzt wieder geht, keine Ahnung. Aber es läuft und das ist die Hauptsache.
Vielen Dank für die Hilfestellung.

Hi OPNenthu,

what do you mean with the zebra coloring text.
Could it belong  to the theme you are using?
When I use my theme flexcolor black I don't have the zebra coloring (see attached image).
For the other schemes light and darklight you have this alternating color stripes, but you can change this by yourself by changing the "tablestripeback" to the same color as for "tableback" in the default_scheme.css of the flexcolor skin and restart the flexcolor service.
If you don't like flexcolor I believe there are more skins without an alternating stripe color as well.

Hi,
nee ich habe es mit mehreren Browsern versucht. Chrome, Firefox und Edge. Wie gesagt vor kurzem haben alle funktioniert. Und wie gesagt, ich kann auch ausschließen, dass es an meinem Skin flexcolor liegt. Mit dem ging es noch vor kurzem und ich habe es auch mit dem original OPNsense Skin versucht. Das Problem bleibt.
Ich vermute auch eher, dass ich etwas verstellt habe.
Müsste jetzt im Notfall wieder zu einer älteren Sicherung zurück und versuchen, ob es damit wieder geht. Ich denke, seit der Sicherung habe ich aber noch anderes geändert, was ich nicht mehr zusammen bekomme.
Da haben wir wieder das übliche User-Problem, dass man immer genau die Sicherung
vergessen hat, die man hinterher benötigt.😄
Da fällt mir ein, ich könnte natürlich eine aktuelle Sicherung machen und diese mit einer älteren vergleichen.

Hi,
ich benötige einmal kurz Hilfe.
Leider werden mir keine Einträge unter den Ligs für die Firewall angezeigt.
Wenn ich Liveview Aufrufe, dann wird mir nur  der Waiting+cursor angezeigt. Und auch bei Overview ist alles leer.
Zuletzt als ich flexcolor fertig gestellt habe, hatte ich diese Seiten immer geprüft, um zu schauen, dass mein theme sie richtig darstellt. Da war alles okay. Seitdem habe ich allerdings einiges in den Einstellungen verändert eben um zu schauen, ob der Skin funktioniert. Und ich habe das Update auf 25.7.8 durchgeführt. Jetzt eriß ich nicht was die Ursache für das Problem ist. Ich habe neu gestartet, habe neben meinem Theme auch den Original Skin getestet, aber das Problem bleibt. Jemand eine Idee wo ich etwas abgeschaltet haben könnte?

Hi,

today flexcolor was released.
Franco helped me a lot and find a solution to fix a problem with the browser cache. The theme will change the color now immediatley after editing the /etc/rc.conf to the desired color-scheme and running the command "service flexcolor start" as it is described in the file info.
I want to say that even though the way flexcolor works changed a little bit, you still have the option to change every color of any scheme by changing the values in the default_scheme.css in the different subfolders of the color_schemes folder. And of course you can design your own color scheme starting from any of the three schemes. That's why I provided three different schemes, a light a dark (black) and a mixed dark-light theme along with flexcolor. This makes it easier to find the right starting template for your own personalized theme. But keep in mind that you have to backup your designed default_css for using it after a reinstallation or an upgrade.

I've fixed all the problems you have mentioned. Hope it is okay now.

Oh, that would be great Franco. Thank you very much.

I believe that the team is currently quite busy dealing with security issues, etc. Therefore, I understand that something relatively unimportant, like a new theme, simply cannot be reviewed at the moment. Unfortunately, I have to say that I occasionally still find small errors in the skin, but it is simply impossible to test everything alone. The skin seems quite error-free to me at the moment, but there may still be something that can be improved. It is difficult to test at least 3 completly different color-schemes. Maybe someone would like to test it and give me feedback. The proper feedback will certainly come once the plugin has been released. Below is the packed skin. Please put the folder 'flexcolor' with all its subfolders into the directory /usr/local/opnsense/www/themes/ on the OPNsense. How to switch between color schemes, I believe I have already described. Directory /usr/local/opnsense/www/themes.
(I have removed the download link because flexcolor is now going to be released soon)
Hope you'll enjoy it.

Hi,
the skin is now ready for release. I've uploaded the final version as a pull request to GitHub. What do I need to do now to get the skin included in the next release? I'll finish the controller for changing color schemes sometime later.

The skin is one thing. My big challenge is still to come. Currently, you have to manually copy and replace the color scheme files. I'd like to develop a plugin that does this from within the Opnsense GUI. It's actually quite simple: you'd just have to display the subdirectories in a specific folder named after the theme name in a listbox, and then copy the default-scheme.css contained in each of these subfolders into the theme's build/css/ folder. The whole thing could be enhanced with a screenshot of the skin. The crowning glory, of course, would be a color picker. Surely simple for a professional programmer, but for me, who's never worked with PHP, etc., it's a mystery. But let's see what I can come up with. Maybe a pro will enjoy the idea and offer a little support for a beginner. ;-)