Make the ribbon menu match the visual style

[VitalSkib]

Hey.
I wonder if you have plans to also make the msstyleEditor interface dark (as an option)?
My eyes are not so good lately.. 🫣
tia

[nptr]

msstyleEditor is supposed to be rendered according to whatever the active visual style says. It doesn't work properly however because the (3rd party) ribbon control ignores visual styles and i didn't get around to fix it yet.

[VitalSkib]

Oh..
Yep, I have a dark (Night) custom theme in Windows and it looks like this for me (image below).
Maybe you can make this ribbon collapsible at least, as in most applications with a ribbon?

[nptr]

No collapsible ribbon, but i have a test build ready for you that should make the ribbon and dock panels work better with non-light visual styles: msstyleEditor_test.zip

Let me know how it works for you, and if, which UI elements need improvement.

[VitalSkib]

No collapsible ribbon, but i have a test build ready for you that should make the ribbon and dock panels work better with non-light visual styles: msstyleEditor_test.zip

Let me know how it works for you, and if, which UI elements need improvement.

Oh, it's so cool, now it's completely dark! 😎👍
Thanks a lot!
As for "which UI elements need improvement", I would change the icons to more modern ones and maybe a custom color choice for the background of the Image View panel,, but this is not a problem at all..
Thanks again!

[VitalSkib]

Oh, by the way, any way to save the settings on exit?
For example, I set the black background color for the Image View panel, and I would like to see this background color at the next launch.
Instead of changing it every time..
Is it possible?

[nptr]

Good to hear, thank for testing. I hope to get the changes in the next release. I am not fully pleased yet with the ribbon tabs. Its hard to see the active one. Would you mind posting a screenshot of the "Show controls" dialog, so I can see how a regular tab control would look like with your visual style?

About persisting the settings: Maybe in the future. There are not a lot of options so I chose to delay that task until there is a stronger need. With new features it often is a time and motivation thing.

[VitalSkib]

Would you mind posting a screenshot of the "Show controls" dialog..

Yes, I attached it..

About persisting the settings: Maybe in the future.

Sure, take your time, no problems with this..

[nptr]

Version 2.0.0.5 contains the fix to this issue.
Its similar to your test version, but with improved ribbon tab borders. The dockpanel background handling is also
a bit different. That was necessary to get a reasonable look on non-black & non-white visual styles.

I hope this still look well on your system.

[VitalSkib]

Yes, it looks a little better.
Thank you very much for the response.