Bug #71828 UI - non strict background and font color definitions

• Submitted: 25 Feb 2014 11:36
• Modified: 13 Mar 2014 2:44
• Reporter: Martin Adler
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Workbench
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 6.0.9
• OS: Windows
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: background, color, font, system default

[25 Feb 2014 11:36] Martin Adler

Description:
Some UI elements explicitly set a background color but no font color  and vice versa.
This leads to unreadable labels for input fields in the preferences and unreadable fieldset legends in wizzards when the windows color scheme is using a bright font color like white and a dark background color.

How to repeat:
Change your windows theme. Use white as font color for all ui Elements and also a dark background color for all ui elements.
In my case I am using the classic UI of win2008 not Aero.

Suggested fix:
Don't define any background and font colors if not necessary to respect the users system settings. This would increase the accessibility.

Maybe it would be best to rename the "system default" theme to "workbench default" and add a *REAL* "system default" theme.

[25 Feb 2014 12:07] MySQL Verification Team

Thank you for the bug report. Please provide a screenshot which illustrates the
issue?. Use the Files tab to attach the picture file. Thanks.

[25 Feb 2014 13:09] Martin Adler

invisible labels for input fields (table name, type, collation, etc.) in table editor

Attachment: mwb01.png (image/png, text), 80.09 KiB.

[25 Feb 2014 13:11] Martin Adler

labels for input fields are hard to read

Attachment: mwb_pref01.png (image/png, text), 25.64 KiB.

[25 Feb 2014 13:11] Martin Adler

also text within textarea is unreadable

Attachment: mwb_pref02.png (image/png, text), 26.74 KiB.

[25 Feb 2014 13:13] Martin Adler

fieldset legend for source, destination and send-to are unreadable

Attachment: mwb_wizz01.png (image/png, text), 50.97 KiB.

[25 Feb 2014 13:15] Martin Adler

every even row in the selection enforces a white background but font color is left to the system default

Attachment: mwb_wizz02.png (image/png, text), 21.74 KiB.

[25 Feb 2014 13:43] MySQL Verification Team

Thank you for the feedback.

[11 Mar 2014 18:34] Rafael Antonio Bedoy Torres

Posted by developer:
 
Fixed on 6.1.3.11725

[13 Mar 2014 2:44] Philip Olson

Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Workbench 6.1.3 release, and here's the changelog entry:

Some user interface (UI) elements explicitly set a background color but
not a font color, and vice-versa.

Thank you for the bug report.