Write. text selection have fg & bg black

[godiard]

Similar to #4055, but didn't found the solution yet.

When use abiword in gnome, the selection have a blue background and in sugar have a black background.

[godiard]

Tried different options:

• Set the color in the css, as:

  AbiWidget *:selected {
     background-color: @selection_grey;
  } 
  

• Override the color in the activity:

  diff --git a/AbiWordActivity.py b/AbiWordActivity.py
  index 2dff90b..f594709 100644
  --- a/AbiWordActivity.py
  +++ b/AbiWordActivity.py
  @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from gi.repository import GObject
   GObject.threads_init()
   
   from gi.repository import Gtk
  +from gi.repository import Gdk
   from gi.repository import Abi
   from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf
   import telepathy
  @@ -215,6 +216,15 @@ class AbiWordActivity(activity.Activity):
               self.abiword_canvas.set_font_name('Sans')
           self.abiword_canvas.moveto_bod()
   
  +        # set selection color
  +        selection_color = style.Color('#A6A6A6')
  +        rgba = Gdk.RGBA()
  +        rgba.red, rgba.green, rgba.blue, rgba.alpha = \
  +                                                selection_color.get_rgba()
  +        logging.error('set selection bacground %s', rgba)
  +        self.abiword_canvas.override_background_color(Gtk.StateFlags.SELECTED,
  +                rgba)
  +
       def get_preview(self):
           if not hasattr(self.abiword_canvas, 'render_page_to_image'):
               return activity.Activity.get_preview(self)
  

I think the code relevant in abiword is in wp/ap/gtk/ap_UnixFrameImpl.cpp method AP_UnixFrameImpl::getColorSelBackground

[garnacho]

Rendering in Abiword is delegated to an internal widget deriving from GtkDrawingArea, so the CSS rule that does black on black is likely aiming to theme those generically, a more specific rule can be set in the theme to specifically fix this for Abiword text view:

ApDocView:selected {

color: ...;
background-color: ...;

}

[manuq]

Thanks Carlos, pushed to artwork together with the Evince styling. ​http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/4055#comment:2

[greenfeld]

Selected text will always be shown with black text and highlighted in gray (regardless of original text color) in OLPC 13.1.0 os8.

[dnarvaez]

Milestone 0.98 deleted