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Ubuntu - Default theme has visual glitch #1900

Closed TheJaredWilcurt closed 7 years ago

TheJaredWilcurt commented 7 years ago

Summary

Followed instructions to update Sublime to latest version on Ubuntu 16. Ran it and it has graphical issues with the default theme. Switching to the other theme works fine, but switching back is still glitched.

Actual behavior

Visual bug

Steps to reproduce

Follow the download/install steps from the site. Open it.

Environment

keith-hall commented 7 years ago

the advice on the forum should help, you can also install https://packagecontrol.io/packages/OverrideAudit to help track it down - I'd be surprised if you see this in a clean state

rotsee commented 7 years ago

Same on Ubuntu 17.04. Additional packages does not seem matter, but reverting to clean state (deleting ~/.config/sublime-text-3) solves the issue.

TheJaredWilcurt commented 7 years ago

Cool, I just wanted to report the bug, I'm going to be using the Classic theme anyways (Theme - Retina). I wish it was built in as one of the defaults though so you don't have to google it. The GUI is a big part of why people choose to use one software over another. It seems like a poor decision not to give people easy access to the classic UI.

wbond commented 7 years ago

The classic UI was feeling dated, especially on Windows 10, macOS and recent Linux releases. On Windows 7, or OS X 10.7 it worked just fine, but there were a lot of details that were subpar.

The new default:

  1. Doesn't overuse gradients
  2. Has everything, including icons, snapped to pixel boundaries so it looks crisp on regular and high dpi setups
  3. Utilizes sidebar icons that don't all look exactly the same
  4. Is created from vector sources so we can maintain it moving forward
  5. Doesn't have super-dark scrolls bars when using a light color scheme
  6. The scroll bars are matched to the sidebar background color
  7. Increases the font size in the quick panel
  8. Maintains the essence of the previous Sublime Text design

If you look and compare, you'll find that the new design is a refresh (not a redesign) of the old design. It still looks and feels like Sublime Text. Comments suggesting it looks like Atom or VS Code don't stand up to scrutiny. Just look at screen shots next to each other. Sublime Text 3.0 looks far more like Sublime Text 2.0 than any of the recent imitators. The only thing it has in common is that we reduced how many gradients we are using, which is the general trend in UI design over the past 5 years.

TheJaredWilcurt commented 7 years ago

Most of the new designs look good, the one thing I can't give up though is the way the tabs looked in the previous version. I've never been able to find a theme in Brackets/Atom/VSCode that has the same look of tabs as what Sublime used to. That's why I'm using the classic UI. I don't care about the gradients, icons, or colors. I just want tabs that look like tabs and not like... I don't know. The square ones (VSCode/Atom) are not readable as tabs. The weird hard slants are just not easy on the eyes. If there was an option in the new UI to switch between the classic design for the tabs, the new hard slanted ones, or pure squares, I think it would be nice. Give people the options in the new UI. After being spoiled by Sublime I don't ever want to use a text editor that doesn't have nice, easily readable tabs for open files, even if that editor is Sublime.

I would prefer the new designs + the smooth shaped tabs we used to have. But I will live in the classic theme for the rest of my life if need be, if that's the only option.