Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups

[mickey4mice]

Hello,

Given all the UI across multiple platforms are moving toward flatness, I'd like to see Label & Dupe Group coloring in XYplorer going flat as well. The gradient implementation looks rather out-of-place in Windows 8 where almost every UI element is fully flat.

Would really like to see the change in new beta asap. Thanks!

[eil]

side note: such thing should be active only for "proper" system versions - for me on win7 flatness is needed like third leg.

[Nighted]

+1 for this. Not because I'm a fan of Windows 8 themes, but because the gradient makes some color combinations of labels hard to see.

[admin]

The 3D effect here is needed to separate the groups. For a flat approach we would need either separating lines or differing colors. Or?

[mickey4mice]

The 3D effect here is needed to separate the groups. For a flat approach we would need either separating lines or differing colors. Or?

Line or maybe strips across the color, as long as they are flat.

I'm more desperate for the labels to go flat though, 3D not only looks dated, it severely limits the color option, I'm running out of easily distinguishable colors already.

[admin]

I'm on Windows 8.1 myself and I love flat, but I don't seem to have a lot of problems with the current look of the labels. Just to make sure we talk about the same thing, do you have a screenshot showing "gradient makes some color combinations of labels hard to see"?

PS: Made some experiments, and yes, looks good! I will add flatness to Dupes and Grid, and optional (with OS-dependent defaults) flatness to labels and unfocused selections.

[mickey4mice]

I'm on Windows 8.1 myself and I love flat, but I don't seem to have a lot of problems with the current look of the labels. Just to make sure we talk about the same thing, do you have a screenshot showing "gradient makes some color combinations of labels hard to see"?

PS: Made some experiments, and yes, looks good! I will add flatness to Dupes and Grid, and optional (with OS-dependent defaults) flatness to labels and unfocused selections.

Just installed the latest beta, BIG THANK YOU for the flat option, now I don't have any trouble recognizing 3 different shades of blues