Installer doesn't conform to a dark theme

Bug #1343651 reported by Sigmund Vestergaard
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One Hundred Papercuts
Confirmed
High
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
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Bug Description

When running the installer from a live session of Ubuntu GNOME I experience the issue shown in the attached screenshot when using a dark theme.

On the panels that show users whether they

1) have enough disk space available,
2) are plugged into a power source (when on a laptop),
3) are connected to the internet,

the background colour seems to be hard coded to white. This doesn't work when the theme is dark, because the text on the panels turns light also in line with the dark theme, rendering it undreadable.

The possible solutions could be

1) hard code the text colour to remain black instead of following the theme, or
2) code the background colour to follow the theme.

Below you'll see information about the Ubuntu release and the version of ubiquity:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch)
Release: 14.10

$ apt-cache policy ubiquity
ubiquity:
  Installed: 2.18.10
  Candidate: 2.18.10
  Version table:
 *** 2.18.10 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubiquity 2.18.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-4.9-generic 3.16.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340build1
Date: Thu Jul 17 22:17:53 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140717)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sigmund Vestergaard (sigmundv) wrote :
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1343651

tags: added: iso-testing
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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote : Re: [Bug 1343651] [NEW] Installer doesn't conform to a dark theme

On 17 July 2014 23:47, Sigmund Vestergaard <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> When running the installer from a live session of Ubuntu GNOME I
> experience the issue shown in the attached screenshot when using a dark
> theme.
>

I thought default theme of Ubuntu GNOME works fine. What is "a dark
theme"? How do I set it and/or which packages does it come from?

--
Regards,

Dimitri.

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Sigmund Vestergaard (sigmundv) wrote :

Default theme is Ubuntu GNOME works fine. A dark theme is one that makes window borders and menus dark. In Ubuntu GNOME you can make the default Adwaita theme dark in the Tweak Tool under Appearance, where you switch Global Dark Theme to ON (this is the first option under the Appearance tab, and by default it is switched OFF).

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
importance: Medium → High
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
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Wes (wesinator) wrote :

This is also a problem in KDE Plasma 5 when Breeze Dark Theme is active. See https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364789

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