Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Using Perforce P4V with Windows "High Contrast Black" Theme

I use the Windows "High Contrast Black" theme to make all the backgrounds black with white text - it's much easier on my eyes. With the "High Contrast Black" theme Perforce's P4V GUI interface, like many Windows programs, shows white text on a white background, which is not all that helpful.



I contacted Perforce about the issue and got a very fast response with a work around. If you add a blank file named "p4vstyle.qss" to the directory "c:\program files\perforce\P4VResources", P4V will use the local Windows theme on next startup.



Now my retinas are happy with the cool soothing black background. Thanks Perforce.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:30 PM

    confirmed working on linux too. thx for the effort ;)

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  2. Brett Dixon10:29 AM

    This is awesome, you can actually overhaul the whole ui and provide your own styles. Were/are you able to find out more about the source qrc file layout so you can add/edit image resources?

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