Re: widget-inactive face unusable

[Juri Linkov]

> I found the face widget-inactive unusable, at least on w32. Can anyone 
> see the difference between active and inactive buttons in Custom?
>
> It is currently defined as
>
> (defface widget-inactive '((((class grayscale color)
>                 (background dark))
>                (:foreground "light gray"))
>               (((class grayscale color)
>                 (background light))
>                (:foreground "dim gray"))
>               (t
>                (:slant italic)))
>  "Face used for inactive widgets."
>  :group 'widget-faces)
> ;; backward-compatibility alias
> (put 'widget-inactive-face 'face-alias 'widget-inactive)
>
> I get the "dim gray" foreground. I do not know what "dim" stands for but 
> removing it gives me a more useful color. The widget label is now really 
> gray. (However it might even be too hard to read.)
>
> How does it look on other platforms? Can we change it to something useful?

There is a special face for this purpose.  Could you try to use it with

(defface widget-inactive
  '((t (:inherit shadow)))
  "Face used for inactive widgets."
  :group 'widget-faces)

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Juri Linkov
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