Grey on dark grey is still not "high contrast". A better solution is more likely to teach the devs what high contrast is.
The Chrome DevTools has a pretty useful feature to test color contrast … https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/accessibility/contrast/#fix-low-contrast Its color picker for text (sometimes) shows whether a color choice meets the AA or AAA thresholds for accessibility guidelines. For an accessibility feature, AA should be met, at the very least. I don't have the exact values so I've only estimated them, but the background color seems like something close to #333 and the foreground color something like #222. I've made a mockup to illustrate the bad readability / visibility with these values: https://codepen.io/woodrowshigeru/pen/NWZMZzL Codepen fails to support the color picker contrast part of the DevTools for some reason ("No contrast information available"). But I get it to work when opening an empty page in the browser with `about:blank` and applying styles directly there. Still, the codepen shows you what I did: * I first created "v1" which seems to be the "grey on dark grey". * Then I chose another foreground color until I surpassed the AA threshold for "v2". * And then I did the same for "v3" / AAA. This is how nicely visible it could be. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2030963 Title: Window/app switcher highlights hard to see Status in GNOME Shell: Fix Released Status in Yaru Theme: New Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in yaru-theme package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In 22.04's default theme, it's almost impossible for me to make out which app or window is the currently selected one in the window switcher (alt-tab) or the application switcher (super-tab). The "highlighted" item is just a slightly different shade of grey. I mean, I can make it out if I squint at it, but ... that just isn't a *highlight*. This is a use where Ubuntu Orange shines, too. :-( "Ok, boomer, you're blind. I can see that just fine". Fair enough. Are you under thirty and (thus still) have 20:20 vision, by any chance? The point is, it isn't good UI design either way. What's worse, the high contrast accessibility setting doesn't touch any of it, and that is definitely a bug. ============================== EDIT: Rearranged the submission so that the bit this bug is meant to be primarily about is on top. The below bits are preserved so that the discussion still makes sense. Similarly, the active workspace in the workspace overview (?) does get an orange frame, but it's very thin, much too thin to see unless you look closely. Again, that's not a highlight. A highlight is supposed to pop out. In comparison, the highlighting for the current tab in Terminal is ok- ish. I'd *prefer* for the entire tab to become orange, or to become a lighter colour in addition to the orange bar, but it's usable. (I could go on. For example, windows' title bars are now white vs the iconic Ubuntu Brown, which makes it hard to tell where the title bar is vs the window contents. Many applications also have buttons in the title bar now. It's no longer possible to just grab a window and move it on auto-pilot ... If the title bar can't be a different colour any more, at least separate it with a thick line or something. In any case, 22.04 is a massive regression in terms of visual UI design vs 18.04. Form should follow function, not the other way around.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gnome-shell 42.9-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-1009.9~22.04.1-lowlatency 6.2.13 Uname: Linux 6.2.0-1009-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 10 12:58:31 2023 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-08-02 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.9-0ubuntu4 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/2030963/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
