is it really not possible to set a white background?

[Loutham]

I just purchased the premium version and I need to understand something: is it really not possible to set a white background? Dark backgrounds with light text make me feel nauseous.

[JoeViking245]

55 minutes ago, Loutham said:

I just purchased the premium version and I need to understand something: is it really not possible to set a white background? Dark backgrounds with light text make me feel nauseous.

Assuming LaunchBox (vs. Big Box), look under Tools < Options < Visuals. 

Under there you can go into Dialog Theme and set those to Light or Dark theme or adjust manually.

For the main window colors, go into Main Window Theme < Colors.  There are preset color themes or you can adjust manually.  Themes other than the Default LaunchBox theme may not change.

[Loutham]

In Main Window Theme I set light background and dark background to white color but nothing has changed, the backgrounds are always dark and the fonts are always light while I want the opposite

Edited Wednesday at 04:10 PM by Loutham

[JoeViking245]

1 hour ago, Loutham said:

In Main Window Theme I set light background and dark background to white color but nothing has changed, the backgrounds are always dark and the fonts are always light while I want the opposite

Ahhh, apologies.  Looks like the Default theme has hard coded some of the colors.  The color adjustments appear to primarily affect highlighted items.

A quick look in the Downloads section, I didn't notice any 'light' colored LaunchBox themes available.

One option is to create a custom theme (or modify an existing one) and set the colors to your liking.

The Omni theme, in it's main folder has a ThemeValues.xaml file where you can set the color of various items.  (A far cry easier than navigating the Views of a theme.)  Those colors need to be in hex color format.  i.e. #3c8d0d or #980002.  I haven't tested to see what exactly they affect to verify if they change what your wanting.

[JoeViking245]

1 hour ago, Loutham said:

I don’t understand why it has never been considered to give users the option to run the application on a simple white background,

In general, LaunchBox is community driven feature based application.  So my guess is that nobody's asked for a light theme.  (By "white background", I presume that's what you mean.)  At the top of this page under Help & Support, you can select Request a Feature.

 

By using a few of the countless integrated small features, the "Old Default" theme and an image (a .png file that is white in color) as the background image, this is close to what I think you were asking for.

As you can see, the background is white, but the sidebars are medium-gray. I believe those are hard-coded as previously mentioned and can most likely be changed by modifying [a copy of] the theme.  Note: The white font you see in the left sidebar CAN be changed in the Colors section. However the right side-bar appears to be hard coded.  Correction, restarting LB applies the font color to ALL fonts.

The popup windows can be made light by selecting Use Default Light Theme Colors. You can reduce the light-ish gray background [here] even more by adjusting the Contrast.

 

If you can provide more details on exactly what you're after (maybe add a screenshot highlighting the areas and the colors you're looking for), I'm sure someone can help you along coming up with a solution to "the issue".

Edited Thursday at 02:44 PM by JoeViking245
added correction