Geary sidebar looks broken

[kk-mofux]

Prerequisites

• [X] I performed a cursory search of the issue tracker to avoid opening a duplicate issue.

Checklist to make sure the issue is not on your end

• [X] I have made sure that I do not have multiple versions of the theme installed. Only one version should be installed in either ~/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes or ~/.themes
• [X] The file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css does not exist. (If it does, backup and remove it.)
• [X] I have logged out and in again.
• [ ] Dark theme only. I have enabled adw-gtk3-dark in gnome-tweaks AND set the appearance to dark in gnome-control-center
• [X] The flatpak theme is installed org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3 and org.gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3-dark
• [X] The app I'm having an issue with is an actual GTK3 app and is not coded using another toolkit like GTK2, GTK4, QT, etc.
• [ ] I have created a new user profile without any modifications except adw-gtk3.

Description

The Sidebar in Geary is very dark now compared to older versions. Also there is a status area at the bottom of it not matching the background of the sidebar which makes it look broken.

OS and version [e.g Fedora 37]

Arch Linux

Adw-gtk3 version. Also specify your installation source. [e.g tar.xz, AUR, git main branch]

4.9-1

GNOME version

44.4

Application name and version (If the issue is with an app.)

Geary 44.1

[lassekongo83]

Sidebars are now using the same colors as libadwaita 1.4. You can change it if you want. Open ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and add @define-color sidebar_bg_color @window_bg_color; and relog/killall geary. As for the bottom area, that may be because of Geary not expanding the sidebar all the way. But it is hard to know as I don't know how to use Geary without an email account.

[julianfairfax]

As for the bottom area, that may be because of Geary not expanding the sidebar all the way. But it is hard to know as I don't know how to use Geary without an email account.

I tried to open the GTK inspector in Geary, but neither Control + Shift + I nor Control + Shift + D work. It must be possible though, and then the issue can be figured out.

[lassekongo83]

Did you set the key bind? gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.Debug enable-inspector-keybinding true

Otherwise launch the app with GTK_DEBUG=interactive geary

[julianfairfax]

Alright, after doing that it worked.

I'm not sure if this helps, but this is the general structure we're dealing with.

Screencast from 2023-09-16 09-07-19.webm

[lassekongo83]

Does anything happen if you add .geary-folder + statusbar { background-color: pink; } to ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css? (Note that the app need to be completely restarted for the changes to take effect: killall geary)

[julianfairfax]

Yes, but it only affects the second element in the video, which is not the full statusbar. You will need to apply the changes to the folder-box element above it (I don't know its CSS class). The scrolled window (with the mailboxes) should retain its current colour as it on top of the folder-box.

[julianfairfax]

Version 5.0 (from Flathub) did not fix this for me. I logged out and logged back in. Still looks broken.

[julianfairfax]

@lassekongo83 the code you had me try was for .geary-folder + statusbar, whereas your code is for .geary-folder. Could this be the issue?

[lassekongo83]

Know of any free and quick test mail (without phone number check) I can use to access the full interface? It's kind of hard to test anything now.

[przmkg]

@lassekongo83 I can create a testing account on my domain where you'll be able to use imap & smtp. I'll send you a private message on Lemmy.

[lassekongo83]

@przmkg Thanks.

For this app it was possible to mimic the new libadwaita 1.4 style.

[kk-mofux]

@lassekongo83 Thanks for your continued efforts! Will test when it's available in a release.

[julianfairfax]

Any chance for a hotfix release? This was supposed to have already been fixed, and I don't really want to wait another month or two to get it :(

[kk-mofux]

Just got the update, it looks great!