Bug 562237 - Windows high-contrast theme is outdated
Summary: Windows high-contrast theme is outdated
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.15   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 10
: P3 normal (vote)
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Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2020-04-16 16:03 EDT by Rolf Theunissen CLA
Modified: 2020-04-17 10:28 EDT (History)
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Description Rolf Theunissen CLA 2020-04-16 16:03:28 EDT 
The windows high-contrast theme is based on the win7 classic theme with minor changes. As a result, the look of the theme is very outdated. For instance it used the old style tabs.

Currently the high-contrast Eclipse theme is enforce when the Windows high-contrast mode is enabled. The user cannot change to another theme nor disable theming, see Bug 561217.

Note that Windows provides multiple high-contrast themes, for instance a black and a white theme.
Comment 1 Lars Vogel CLA 2020-04-17 10:19:30 EDT 
Can we delete the outdated theme?
Comment 2 Rolf Theunissen CLA 2020-04-17 10:28:56 EDT 
Without theming, I think that there are some usability issues. For instance, active tabs cannot be distinguish from non-active. Not sure if SWT should be updated to support the high-contrast case by default.

I don't know either, if one of the default themes works well with the high-contrast mode. That should be validated.
Also note that supporting selection of themes in high contrast mode is a request for a long time now, see Bug 226139 (though implementations have changed).