Trouble distinguishing Bar Commands in dark mode

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Posted 6 months ago by Syed Muhammad Maaz
Version: 24.1.2
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Hello,

We’ve been using Actipro WinForms for a long time, and as part of revamping our product to WPF, we’ve transitioned to Actipro WPF. Our goal is to replicate the UI and functionality we had in WinForms, though we're open to adapting any improvements offered by the WPF version.

However, we’re encountering an issue with the bar commands UI, particularly with enabling/disabling commands, checkable options, and icons. It’s not very intuitive.

For reference:

  • In WinForms, checkboxes indicated whether a command was visible on the toolbar.
  • In WPF, the icons are enclosed in boxes. If the border of a box is visible, the command is checked. This works well in light mode but becomes hard to differentiate in dark mode.

Is there a workaround or a better solution to improve checkbox visibility in dark mode?

P.S. I don't see any option to add images, that would've been helpful to understand

Thank you,
Maaz

[Modified 6 months ago]

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Answer - Posted 6 months ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hello,

Thank you for writing. It sounds like you are on v24.1.2? In v24.1.3 we improved the rendering of checked menu items in dark themes:

Improved menu item check border contrast in dark themes.

If you are on an older version, please try upgrading to that.


Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.5) was released 1 month ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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