[GNC] Colored account tabs in 4.8 don't show current selection

AC gnucash at acarver.net
Mon Dec 13 15:40:41 EST 2021


That was it.  I added padding-right: 5px; to the tabs and the blue bar 
is now visible.

I'm not sure how to change that bar's color since I'd like to do 
something that stands out mroe against the dark gray but at least it's 
there so I know what I've selected.

On 2021-12-13 10:57, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> Your CSS might be at play.
> 
> I'm using 4.8 and I have some tabs colored. They show the blue line just 
> like the non-colored tabs.
> 
> However, I have some padding/margin around these colors, so it looks 
> more like a high-lighter effect. (the base color of the tab is still 
> visible around the custom color) Perhaps your margin or padding needs to 
> be examined, particularly on the right. It might only take a few px to 
> expose the blue line.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> On 12/13/21 12:42 AM, AC wrote:
>> After having gotten the main registers to all use dark themes I tried 
>> using colored tabs for the first time.  That indeed has been helpful 
>> to make it easy to spot particular accounts from a big list of tabs 
>> (all bank accounts are one color, credit cards another, etc.)
>>
>> But one thing I noticed is that for tabs that do not use color, the 
>> currently selected account tab has a vertical blue bar to its right 
>> (assuming the tabs are aligned on the left side of the screen) and the 
>> shade of the tab changes slightly (i.e. dark gray tabs in the dark 
>> theme turn a slightly lighter shade of gray).
>>
>> However, when using color for the tabs, the blue bar does not appear 
>> when you select a colored tab.  The color completely overrides 
>> everything so you can't tell at a glance which of the tabs you've 
>> selected.
>>
>> I'll have to go back and drop color from the accounts for now because 
>> it'll be too easy to not notice which account I'm using and start 
>> entering things. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there 
>> potentially a workaround to bring the selector color back while still 
>> using colored account tabs?
> 
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