Text contrast inconsistencies in Preferences search

...separated out from #3793 (closed)

The Problem:

quoted directly or edited for context from the linked above issue

@greytomorrow wrote...

Schermata_2020-10-07_alle_15.17.58
Preferences dialog, using its new search function

Bonus "papercut" points: Is that some programmer's idea of a joke? Tell me that the search term results are legible, black on blue background. Maybe I should be glad that they're not as bad as this or this.

Extra Bonus Inconsistency points for white-on-blue on the left (legible) and black-on-blue to the right.

Further Comments:

@adam.belis wrote...

Highlit should be a separate issue. We have to fight themes (every theme look different) and Gtk on this issue we worked hard on getting work for a month. also, I am not sold on the idea than inverting would be more readable.

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What should have happened?

So glad you asked...

@adam.belis, you contradict yourself with...

I am not sold on the idea than inverting would be more readable.

If that is so then...

  • Why is one side different from the other?
  • Which side of the Snapping preferences, IYO, is correct? Pick one. In case you're having trouble deciding, look over to your right and tell me what color are the words "Dialog", "Snapping" and "preferences" on the labels (please refer to #3793 (closed))?
  • Why are the checkmarks white-on-blue?

Sliders clap (so they have a visual indication for that) and easier to use than spin boxes.

What does that even mean? It's so tiring continually interpreting what you write, Adam Belis. Sliders clap? Audiences clap. Clapboards clap. Booties clap. Al Capone died from the clap.

As shown in the first screenshot, I searched for the term "snap" and Inkscape's search (while its heart is in the right place) highlights entire sections with illegible black-on-blue text. Was a simple underline under the requested search term even considered? I now see that there is an underline...too bad the highlight renders it virtually invisible and therefore useless. Or maybe just limiting the (illegible) highlight to only the search term? It's such a "hand-grenade" implementation. Everything that could have been done wrong visually has been.

One last question: do think this looks OK to you too? What about this? Do you think the term "Themeing" is acceptable? I'm just wondering what kind of overall attention to detail one can expect (although I can probably guess the answer).

Version Info:

- Inkscape Version: 1.1-dev (b39e6d56, 2020-09-19)/1.1-dev (d65cf83da2, 2020-10-01), snap package 
- Operating System: macOS 10.13.6 (17G12034)/Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS