Re: [INFO] Does Git GUI support Dark Mode on Windows 10 ?

[Sashank Bandi <bandi.rao999@gmail.com>]

> You are of course free to design your own theme, but I would suggest you
> try all these themes already available first and see if any of them fit
> your needs.
I have tried all of these themes. "default" seems like it will fit. I
have some color changes and a preview linked at the bottom. If you
agree with that, I will work on other pages/sections too.

> Anyway, I came up with a quick proof of concept for a theme selector. It
> has many limitations and is not fit to apply just yet, but it should
> help you get started.
>
> -- 8< --
> Subject: [PATCH] git-gui: Add a very crude theme selector
>
> Tk themeing is not very well documented and is not easy to get right.
> Ideally one would want to set the theme for a toolkit in one standard,
> but it is hard to find that standard config for Tk and even harder to
> get it to work consistently.
>
> Add a theme selection menu to make the lives of the user easier. Those
> who would wish to use the Tk provided theme should be able to do so.
>
> This is a very crude patch and it does not really ensure that. This is
> more of a proof of concept.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>
> ---
>  git-gui.sh     | 4 ++++
>  lib/option.tcl | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
> index 201524c..ff2ec1b 100755
> --- a/git-gui.sh
> +++ b/git-gui.sh
> @@ -862,6 +862,9 @@ proc apply_config {} {
>                         set NS ttk
>                         bind [winfo class .] <<ThemeChanged>> [list InitTheme]
>                         pave_toplevel .
> +                       if {[get_config gui.theme] != {}} {
> +                               ttk::style theme use [get_config gui.theme]
> +                       }
>                         color::sync_with_theme
>                 }
>         }
> @@ -895,6 +898,7 @@ set default_config(gui.fontdiff) [font configure font_diff]
>  # TODO: this option should be added to the git-config documentation
>  set default_config(gui.maxfilesdisplayed) 5000
>  set default_config(gui.usettk) 1
> +set default_config(gui.theme) "default"
>  set default_config(gui.warndetachedcommit) 1
>  set default_config(gui.tabsize) 8
>  set font_descs {
> diff --git a/lib/option.tcl b/lib/option.tcl
> index e43971b..acce160 100644
> --- a/lib/option.tcl
> +++ b/lib/option.tcl
> @@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ proc do_options {} {
>                 {c gui.encoding {mc "Default File Contents Encoding"}}
>                 {b gui.warndetachedcommit {mc "Warn before committing to a detached head"}}
>                 {s gui.stageuntracked {mc "Staging of untracked files"} {list "yes" "no" "ask"}}
> +               {s gui.theme {mc "GUI theme"} {ttk::style theme names}}
>                 {b gui.displayuntracked {mc "Show untracked files"}}
>                 {i-1..99 gui.tabsize {mc "Tab spacing"}}
>                 } {
> --
Thank you. This helps me find the location of the options. I will
further improve this.

Here is the preview I said: https://pasteboard.co/rwUBvWbX6m66.png .
The checkbox needs some tinkering.
Looking forward to any suggestions.