Theme Editor Background Descriptions

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It would be a lot better if each background had a description. It's hard to see 
what is what when there is more than one of a certain type of background.

For Example:

image: leaves.jpg
Solid: Red (#FA0800)
Gradient: Red (#FF0000) to Blue (#0000FF) at 75° 

You might be able to get color names from 
http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/#0000FF , but I don't know half the 
names, and they would be difficult to translate I would think. Maybe just hex 
would be fine, or 6 standard colors (red, green, blue, yellow, purple, orange, 
black, white, grey).

It's just a convenience thing that would be nice. If we can't get it done by 
0.8, no big deal.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bradleelandis on 17 Jun 2011 at 8:08

• Blocked on: #143

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Original comment by bradleelandis on 17 Jun 2011 at 8:08

• Changed title: Theme Editor Background Descriptions
• Changed state: Accepted

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I tried to guess the colors, but either there are so many colors that I want 
nobody to translate them, or, if I use only the most basic ones, the guessing 
is mostly wrong or doesn't fit.
So either, I just put the hex code or I allow the user to give names to 
backgrounds. What's better?

Original comment by s.mehrbrodt on 5 Jul 2011 at 8:47

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I would at least do hex. I don't think users should have to manage this.

Another idea might be to make the background of the hex color to be that color 
(if it's possible to set that text instead of the whole cell).

Original comment by bradleelandis on 7 Jul 2011 at 3:20

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Done in 980a4f787f0b.
I've put the color of the background in another cellrenderer. It's a 
CellRendererText, so there's no preview for pictures and the color is a always 
a solid color, even if it's a gradient originally.

Hope this is ok at least for this release?

Original comment by s.mehrbrodt on 12 Oct 2011 at 12:50

• Changed state: Fixed