Re: Selecting colors for selected text

[Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>]

> Subject: Re: Selecting colors for selected text
> 
> Hello Alex-
> 
> Alex Larsson wrote:
> >
> > In the latest gtk+ tree we've made some changes in the way selected text
> > is shown. If the widget with the selection has the focus the selection
> > will show with one color (fb/bg[SELECTED]), and if it is unfocused it
> > will use another color (fb/bg[ACTIVE]).

I think this points to a need for a separate color that is neither 
SELECTED nor ACTIVE.  [SELECTED-INACTIVE] ?

For some themes fg/bg[ACTIVE] may produce odd results if it is used
for selected text.

-Bill

> > I picked two new colors for this, both are black text on light blueish
> > background. I sort of like the unfocused color, but we really need someone
> > with a bit more graphics talent to pick the colors.
> >
> The part of graphics talent that's needed may be no more than common
> sense.
> The human eye is drawn to:
>    the irregular shape versus the regular,
>    the brighter hue versus the paler,
>    the greater contrast versus the weaker
> Discard shape which is not controllable.
> Use the brighter hue and the greater contrast to reinforce the focussed
> item
> rather than compete against it.  (At all costs don't use hue and
> contrast
> to draw attention to items that don't have focus).
> Choose your colors on this basis and you'll do as well as graphics
> experts.
> 
> Art