#1145113 freecad: Black font on White spreadsheet background shows white (not visible)

Package:
freecad
Source:
freecad
Submitter:
T. J. Pinkert
Date:
2026-08-25 06:57:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1145113#5
Date:
2026-08-22 19:56:11 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Opening an new Spreadsheet and typing text in it (default font color Black
#000000), the text shows white on white and is not visible.
Upon darkening the color e.g. to #000001, the font shows.
This makes working with the Spreadsheet for parametric modeling extremely
annoying / cumbersome.

It is known upstream: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/issues/16950
It would be appreciated if stable/backports got patched / updated early when
the issue is fixed.

Best regards,


Tjeerd
#1145113#12
Date:
2026-08-23 09:00:19 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Tjeerd,

the upstream bug seems to indicate that Themes might play a role.
I can see the effect only (on GNOME) when switching to the FreeCAD Dark theme,
when using the FreeCAD Classic or FreeCAD Light theme everything seems
to be fine.
#1145113#17
Date:
2026-08-25 06:38:17 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Toby,

thanks for the hint (it might help others too).

I also saw that on upstream and I switched to the Light theme, since it
was present in the Classic theme on my system.

That is also interesting, with me it is present in a different theme
than with you, so it may have to do with other settings on the desktop
environment (color schemes?) maybe?

Best regards,

Tjeerd