On 6/3/25 11:10 PM, David C Rankin via tde-users wrote:
Total guess, but I think menu background is controlled in kickerrc with, e.g. "TintColor=24,25,29" (which should be the same as the panel background color). I use a small gradient image for the panel, so the menu then gets a color of its own.
It could also be in kdeglobals (tdeglobals). If I recall correctly (and I may not), the foreground text color is just that selected in general desktop appearance.
It has been so long since I picked through every setting tweaking a dark theme, it's more of a fuzzy recollection now than a firm memory :)
I've attached the image file I use for the kicker background - for what it's worth. (yep, still dated the original create date 4 Mar 2011)
Thanks for trying. :)
The panel tint color is in the Appearance -> Advanced dialog and is related to the transparency settings.
Background images may be used in the panel.
None of these settings are related to the menu color. The best I can tell, the menu color is controlled in Appearance & Themes -> Colors -> Widget Color -> Window Background. The caveat is this option seems to be a sledge hammer all-or-nothing kitchen sink approach.
Obtaining a dark panel is straight forward using different methods but not the menu color. I don't want any dark themes because that affects the window background color in everything. I only want a dark panel and dark menu like I configured in KDE. Possibly the configuration in the newer KDE and older TDE are similar but the different dialog layouts are confusing me. Possibly what I want is not configurable in TDE.