[RFC] A Light Blue theme.

[Zhiyi Zhang]

Some gmail users report that they didn't receive this email. It's probably because some virus scanners mistakenly treat light.msstyles
in the zip as a virus or something. So I put the zip at https://zzhiyi.github.io/light.zip as well. Hopefully this email will get through.

 
On 6/8/21 11:35 PM, Zhiyi Zhang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been working on theming support for Wine for awhile now. Part of the work is to create a .msstyles file so
> that UI controls can look better instead of that Win95 look. Now I think it has reached a point where it's good
> enough for you to try it.
>
> The Light Blue theme contains two visual styles. One is Classic Blue and the other is Blue. Classic Blue is a visual
> style that changes only the system colors and doesn't contain any bitmaps for UI controls. So it still uses the
> unthemed rendering code path. Blue is a visual style that contains bitmaps for UI controls so it no longer has that
> Win95-ish look. To install the theme, download attached light.zip and install light.msstyles via winecfg. The
> patches are on top of Wine 6.10 aadcff4. More in development theme work is at https://github.com/zzhiyi/wine/commits/dev,
> For example, hooking nonclient scrollbar in user32 to uxtheme.
>
> Theming support for Wine still need more fixes. So even with this theme file, some controls may still render
> poorly/incorrectly. Below is a non-exhaustive list of the theming problems I know of. Some of them are HiDPI issues,
> some are because of themed rendering is not implemented. Let me know if you encounter any other issues or have
> suggestions, specifically, regarding the theme file light.msstyles.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Zhiyi
>
> Known theme issues:
> 1. Themed explorer support is not implemented, so startmenu, taskbar, titlbar are not themed.
> 2. Nonclient area theming support is not implemented.
> 3. Taskdialog theming support is not implemented
> 4. Unthemed system metrics are not restored after disabling theme, e.g., IconTitleFont after disabling theme
> 5. Comctl32 v6 should be loaded in some cases even if there is no comctl32 v6 manifest in applications.
> 6. Winecfg should close current theme before copying a new theme because the name may be the same.
> 7. When using comctl32 v5, scrollbars and dialogs should not be themed.
> 8. Trackbar has wrong background color when themed.
> 9. In Winecfg desktop integration tab, the postion of size updown buttons change after theme changes.
> 10. Spy++ toolbar icons has dots and black artifacts
> 11. Changing theme in winecfg doesn't affect windows in other processes in runtime
> 12. Application title bar is inactive on launch when not using window manager decoration
> 13. Combox button doesn't stay pressed after clicking and moving mouse the the dropdown menu
> 14. Select toolbar in controlspy, resize control spy to a larger size. scrollbar doesn't get repaint
> 15. Treeview in controlspy, expanded Planets still has old background
> 16. Trackbar adding style TBS_BOTH doesn't repaint on Wine, repaints on Windows
> 17. Stutter when moving the thumb of trackbar, even if no theme is active
> 18. EDIT_WM_Paint() should use themed paint.
> 19. Buttons and edits in dialogs  are not themed
> 20. Tooltip ballon shape is incorrect
> 21. Theme may not be updated on wineprefix upgrade.
>
> Known HiDPI issues:
> 1. Status Bar in control spy v6 when HiDPI is on, the purple triangle doesn't get enough space
> 2. Syslink no address is showed, DPI 192
> 3. Command links no text on HiDPI
> 4. In file selection dialog folder name size is not the same when showed in preview and in selected mode
>