Checklist Colors and Images

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For reference, see Look and Feel Basics - Visual Design - Colors and Look and Feel Basics - Visual Design - Icons


For reviewers: Please report bugs to bugs.kde.org for the given application. In the title, please use the prefix "HIG <nr of rule>:", e.g. "HIG CL1/1.1:" when a an application does not make use of a paged configuration dialog.

Please also link the bugs you reported on this wiki page (http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Checklist+Colors+and+Icons).

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Checklist

TODO: Testing instructions

1. Colors

  • CL3/1.1 No hard-coded text colors may be used
  • CL3/1.2 No hard-coded background colors may be used
  • CL3/1.3 Text color roles may not be used as background colors
  • CL3/1.4 Application-specific color settings still need to work with light-on-dark color schemes
  • CL3/1.5 If "Strict mode" is set in kcontrol, then only KDE system colors may be used (by default)
  • CL3/1.6 If an application provides settings for user-defined colors, it should still default to KDE system colors
  • CL3/1.7 If an application offers its own color scheme, it should default to a scheme that uses global KDE colors.
  • CL3/1.8 All information shown via color must have a text equivalent

2. Images

  • CL3/2.1 The background image needs to contrast well with the standard KDE color settings
  • CL3/2.2 If "Strict mode" is set in kcontrol, then no background images should be shown (by default)
  • CL3/2.4 All information shown via images must have a text equivalent
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