Anno domini 22:04:14 Mon, 25 May 2020 -0400 (EDT) nemo scripsit: > greets! > > Nik had a color problem in konqueror, I have one in VLC. this is in a > variant of Trinity called q4os running Buster and VLC 3.0.10. > > if I open 'multiple files' menu and add video files, the line for the > first file is legible, the next line is black (not 'blank' but black) > and this alternates. > > in fact a similar phenomenon occurs if I go to Tools --> Preferences > --> Show Settings (All). > > here I get the alternating readable/black line but if I click on the > black line it's readable but as a white font against a blue > background. > > I am using the default skin; other skins don't help. no other > application I'm using shows these symptoms. > > there are probably questions to answer about the display manager and > so on but I can't anticipate them so I await them or advice. > > thank you! > Hi! VLC uses GTK, you can play around with the settings using lxappearance. But you might need to install gnome/gtk themes, too. Nik > f. > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...