noctalia-shell color selection

[aksiksi]

The current colors here don't always work as expected.

For example, I have the theme ayu-dark from here, but some UI elements are indistinguishable due to the color selection.

Here are my configured colors in Noctalia. As you can see from the workspace buttons at the top (1 Main, 2 Games), there is seemingly no difference between primary and secondary - because the expectation is that one of them is "selected".

This is the case with multiple dark themes I've tried.

Is there a way to override the color selection in this case? Or perhaps we need to fix the selection logic generally?

[trueNAHO]

The current colors here don't always work as expected.

For example, I have the theme ayu-dark from here, but some UI elements are indistinguishable due to the color selection.

Here are my configured colors in Noctalia. As you can see from the workspace buttons at the top (1 Main, 2 Games), there is seemingly no difference between primary and secondary - because the expectation is that one of them is "selected".

This is the case with multiple dark themes I've tried.

[...] perhaps we need to fix the selection logic generally?

Yes, improving the /modules/noctalia-shell/hm.nix theme might be the best solution. Feel free to submit a PR.

Is there a way to override the color selection in this case?

Either override already declared options with something like

programs.noctalia-shell.colors.mOnPrimary = lib.mkForce base01;

or disable the entire group and implement it yourself:

stylix.targets.noctalia-shell.colors.enable = false;
programs.noctalia-shell.colors = /* declare all colors */;

IMHO, the better option is to fix the /modules/noctalia-shell/hm.nix theme.

[aksiksi]

Thanks. I've filed #2189.