Yaru: Switches stick out visually in both regular and dark theme variant (background)

Created on 27 Aug 2018  Â·  5Comments  Â·  Source: ubuntu/yaru

I think the background of switches really makes them stick out in both theme variants as either to dark or bright compared to other elements. My proposed solution would be to try to use the background of toggled buttons which should work for both light and dark.

Current state:
switch sticks out switch sticks out_dark

Rough Mockup (Tweaks >> Keyboard & Mouse – see Pointer location for current):
switch toggled button background mockup

(I remember this was discussed before but probably even with the old button style. I didn't have much time to follow your discussions for weeks though and hope to not have missed anything…)

Design Discussion

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I don't know. The insensitive border part is discussed in the other issue and I think that's valid.

I must say that I would prefer the current gray for switched-off switches : /
I don't think that a transparent background is a good idea. I fear that they get lost and look somehow unuseable.

I am -1 for this and would like to keep them as they are

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I don't know. The insensitive border part is discussed in the other issue and I think that's valid.

I must say that I would prefer the current gray for switched-off switches : /
I don't think that a transparent background is a good idea. I fear that they get lost and look somehow unuseable.

I am -1 for this and would like to keep them as they are

I don't think that a transparent background is a good idea. I fear that they get lost and look somehow unuseable.

My proposal was to use the (background) color of toggled buttons which is a bit darker than (window) bg color. 😉

+1 for keeping the current

IMO the two first switches looks unclickable (insensitive) rather than just disabled.

The current color may "stick out" but it makes it obvious that this element is clickable.

There will be some tweaking in switches do to #746, so I am closing this

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