#80 — Contrast too low in some navigation menus...

State	In progress
Area	User interface
Issue type	Bug
Severity	Medium
Submitted by	Jonathan Gutow
Submitted on	Jan 11, 2010
Responsible	Brian Ledwell

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Last modified on Jul 26, 2010 by Jonathan Gutow

I've been getting comments on the uwosh_grants sites and my faculty web page that the contrast is too low between the text of sub-headings and the blue backed navigation menu. People are requesting that the text of sub-headings be white rather than grey. It seems to depend somewhat on the screens people are using. I believe this is defined in uwosh.themecollege.

Steps to reproduce:: Navigate to
https://www.uwosh.edu/[…]/proposers

to see the text.

Added by nathanadmin on Jul 15, 2010 01:50 PM

Issue state: unconfirmed → resolved

seems like it is now white.

Added by Jonathan Gutow on Jul 23, 2010 08:48 AM

Issue state: resolved → open

At least on Faculty Micro-Sites this is not fixed. The sub-items in the navigation menu are still grey. Please fix.

Added by T. Kim Nguyen on Jul 23, 2010 08:50 AM

Can you provide an example URL where this is happening, and which browser & version you are using?

Added by Jonathan Gutow on Jul 23, 2010 08:53 AM

It appears to be a problem for all browsers. How bad depends on the exact color qualities of the screen used. The URL above is no longer good as I removed most of the navigation menu. Try the following example:
http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow/research

Added by Brian Ledwell on Jul 26, 2010 10:30 AM

Issue state: open → in-progress

Responsible manager: (UNASSIGNED) → ledwell

Ok I edited the color on the FacStaff site so that there is more contrast making the text easier to read. Please let me know if this works better for you. This is what I added to plonecustom.css

ul li.navTreeCurrentNode li div a span{
color:#afafaf;
}

Added by Jonathan Gutow on Jul 26, 2010 01:11 PM

Looks fine on my screen. It is a little lighter. Hopefully, this will work for others. None of the people who had complained to me are available to check with. When I see them I will ask and get back if it is not enough of a change. Don't close the ticket just yet.

Added by Jonathan Gutow on Jul 26, 2010 02:15 PM

Ok, caught one of the people who had had problems. They say the lighter color is now legible. Now this needs to be passed upstream so that the default format on the whole uwosh site uses this color and not the darker one.

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