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Get current color theme (Dark Gray or Light)

Aurel B

Hi All,

Since latest release, Virtuoso starts in dark theme by default.
(I get that it's nice to introduce the new features, but I find it a bit intrusive for some users.)

However, some of my interfaces had hardcoded colors which are really hard to look at in the new dark theme.

What is the proper way to determine the current color theme ("Dark Gray" or Light)?

Or (even better) is there a way to determine current theme colors (title, body, primary, secondary, accent, etc.)?

I read about "~/.cadence/ui/theme.json" but I don't have this file.

Thanks,

Aurel

  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Aurel,

    There's a CCR (3259072) for two new SKILL functions (the existing functions are private) to determine the current theme (color scheme) or to determine whether in dark mode. These have only relatively recently been checked in, and I don't see it integrated in the upcoming ISR4 branch, so it may be later than that. I'm trying to find out.

    Anyway, much of the time the color challenges I've seen have been if you use icons - if so, you can put a variant icon in a subdirectory "dark" under where your icons are loaded from and it will then switch to the same-named file under the dark directory when in dark mode.

    If it's for other manipulation of the UI (e.g. HTML fields that use colors), you'll probably need the new API when it arrives.

    Regards,

    Andrew

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Also, the theme.json file you mentioned won't exist unless you've set the preference in Options->User Preferences (i.e. if it's still at the dark mode default).

    Andrew

  • Aurel B
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    That's unfortunate.

    But knowing there is a private function, I was able to find it, thanks! Wink

    I'll use that until a public one is released.

    Have a nice day,

    Aurel

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