Changing Qcad theme

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Changing Qcad theme

Post by Lumaja » Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:54 pm

Qcad version: 3.24.3.0
OS: Ubuntu 16.04

Just started using Qcad and want to chang the theme from Light to Dark but can not find
the option on any of the Preferences can someone show me how to.
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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by andrew » Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:58 pm

Edit > Application Preferences > General > Theme

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by Lumaja » Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:40 pm

Getting blind
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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by jmc » Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:27 pm

QCAD version 3.25.2, windows10
Same question.
Only 2 choices in application preference/general/theme: default or black
But default is black ! How to get some other color (white, grey, etc...)
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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by CVH » Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:18 pm

Same answer:
There is the general theme and there is the dark theme.
One has to reload Qcad to see the changes.

Perhaps you are referring to the drawing background in those themes.

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by jmc » Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:09 pm

To change drawing background: application preference>view>colors
Thank's for your help

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by ouilogique » Sat Apr 02, 2022 12:37 pm

andrew wrote:
Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:58 pm
Edit > Application Preferences > General > Theme

I must be blind, I cannot find the option to change the theme under
Edit > Application Preferences > General > Theme
As you can see on the screenshot, there is no such entry in the menu and the “Filter” box returns nothing when searching for the keywords “Theme”, “Light” or “Dark”.
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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by andrew » Sat Apr 02, 2022 12:52 pm

You’re on macOS. Themes are not supported on this system.

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by John Hyslop » Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:17 pm

Hi Lumaja

If you are interested in playing around with theme colours, user Petevick made an application that can create custom themes, you'll find it here..

https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=8328&start=30

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by ouilogique » Sat Apr 09, 2022 8:45 am

andrew wrote:
Sat Apr 02, 2022 12:52 pm
You’re on macOS. Themes are not supported on this system.
It's good to know that themes are not supported by macOS.

But my real question is not about themes but about the toolbar color. During the installation of QCAD, I chose a setting that made my toolbar dark and now I can't go back to light colors.

Can you tell me where I can find the setting to change the toolbar to light colors?

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by andrew » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:25 pm

Please reset your QCAD configuration:
https://qcad.org/en/tutorial-resetting- ... figuration

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by ouilogique » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:58 am

Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately it didn't work, my toolbar is still dark.

Also, there is a bug in the dialog box when QCAD asks for the settings at the first start. The background is completely black and it makes the captions impossible to read.
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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by andrew » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:12 am

This looks like you might have installed a package that does not match your operating system. Please indicate what exact macOS version you are using and which QCAD package (file name) you have installed.

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

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Re: Changing Qcad theme

Post by andrew » Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:34 pm

I'm unable to reproduce this here on the same system (macOS 12.3.1, M1) with the same QCAD package. There must be some kind of setting or preference that is different on your installation but I couldn't figure out what it might be. What are your settings for light / dark mode in your macOS System Preferences > General?

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