The new shadow in Writer is almost invisible on my Win7 system. I think that the default colors for shadow and background are too similar.
I see the same on xp, I have sent a mail to Sébastien Le Ray ( author of the patch ) to see if he might be interested to help with fixing this
Could you please give a screen shot for that? Did you see any difference when setting a custom color into appearance settings?
Created attachment 46480 [details] New shadow
(In reply to comment #2) > Could you please give a screen shot for that? Attached. > Did you see any difference when setting a custom color into appearance > settings? Default colors are different into appearance settings, but very similar on most displays.
Would black be a better default choice? (change it to black in appearance settings and tell me if it's better)
Black seems slightly better, but the general effect of this shadow IMHO is not very aesthetically pleasing. I have also noticed a probable refresh defect of the shadow when the top or bottom of the page is scrolled out of view, and back again.
(In reply to comment #6) > Black seems slightly better, but the general effect of this shadow IMHO is not > very aesthetically pleasing. That's the same shadow than the Draw one… > I have also noticed a probable refresh defect of the shadow when the top or > bottom of the page is scrolled out of view, and back again. This have been fixed some time ago in master
(In reply to comment #7) > That's the same shadow than the Draw one… But Draw has a white background :-) > > I have also noticed a probable refresh defect of the shadow when the top or > > bottom of the page is scrolled out of view, and back again. > > This have been fixed some time ago in master It was integrated into 3.4 Beta 5?
(In reply to comment #8) > (In reply to comment #7) > > > That's the same shadow than the Draw one… > > But Draw has a white background :-) > Nice shot :-) I don't think a white background would be suitable for writer… The shadow can be easily modified by someone from the design team (or anybody else), it's the file named page-shadow.png in write resources. > > > > I have also noticed a probable refresh defect of the shadow when the top or > > > bottom of the page is scrolled out of view, and back again. > > > > This have been fixed some time ago in master > > It was integrated into 3.4 Beta 5? I've absolutely no idea. I guess it should since I provided all patches at once…
> I've absolutely no idea. I guess it should since I provided all patches at > once… It's a little problem, but visible. See attached screenshots. Shadow1.png -> OK Shadow2.png -> After page scrolling
Created attachment 46629 [details] Shadow1 OK
Created attachment 46630 [details] Shadow2 Little visual problem
Created attachment 46768 [details] Screenshots comparing shadow in Presentation and Writer With "LibreOffice 3.4Beta5 – WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) German UI [DEV300m103 (Build:5)]" shadow visibility in WRITER still is much worse than in Presentation. I also see that "little visual problem".
@Sébastien: I assign to you due to facts. Please feel free to reassign if you do not want to be the assignee.
More visible in version 3.6 with the new default lighter background color. It can be closed?
OK, this has been "fixed" in 3.6 as a side effect of the UI polishing work. While the shadow's color hasn't been changed, the document background is lighter now, and the shadow is actually visible.
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