Move all color-related options into Preferences -> Color scheme

[spyder-bot]

From techtonik@gmail.com on 2011-11-01T02:17:32Z

Spyder Version: 2.1.0
Python Version: 2.7.2
Qt Version: 4.7.4, PySide 1.0.7 on Linux

What steps will reproduce the problem?

To change backround color for Spyder and all its plugins, you need to click through all preference pages to find out which scheme is active.

It will be much more ituitive if all scheme selection and scheme color options were concentrated on the same page. This will require some 'extension point' mechanizm which allows plugins to plug into scheme selection page. Any ideas how to implement this?

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/issues/detail?id=820

[spyder-bot]

From ccordoba12 on 2014-08-23T13:23:14Z

Status: Accepted
Labels: Cat-Settings MS-v2.4

[goanpeca]

I am doing the redesign of the Syntax Highlighters/Color Scheme preferences of spyder.

This is an initial idea (location of buttons is subject to opinions so please jump in)

Clicking on create new Scheme, or Edit Selected would open something like:

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I think the combo box should be the global color scheme selector, and every other widget should use that setting.

[goanpeca]

The color dialog could also have a "preview editor" to the right, so changes could be rendered in realtime

Also, from here it would be straightforward to export/import color schemes in other formats

[ccordoba12]

@goanpeca, awesome! This is really nice :-)

My suggestions:

1. Could it be possible to put all the buttons to the left and the preview to the right? I mean, something like:

   Color scheme               Preview
   Edit selected
   Reset
   Delete
   Create new scheme
   

2. The Delete button should be disabled when the selected scheme is not a custom one.

3. As you said, later we can add buttons for Import/Export and maybe also change to use a more widely used format for schemes.

[goanpeca]

@ccordoba12

[ccordoba12]

Nice!!

More suggestions:

1. Change Color scheme on the dropdown menu to Scheme:. That would make the buttons below not so wide, and so nicer to look at. Also, Preview would be a bit wider.

2. Could add some space between Delete and Create new scheme? Even better would be to show Create new scheme at the bottom of the layout.

   I'm saying this because Create new scheme is a different operation from the others, so we should show it visually separated from them.