Toolbar Gradient

[Dave P]

Just trying out v13 from v12, but just wondering what's going on with the title bar? I've got a gradient fill, which makes the top row almost unusable, and I can't see a way to turn that off. v12 doesn't do that.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you edit the Params.ini file in the PL/SQL Developer installation directory and add the following line?

NoAero=1

Restart PL/SQL Developer and check if this helps.

 

[Dave P]

That doesn't make any difference I'm afraid.

 

[Marco Kalter]

That's odd. Can you go to Help > Support Info and send me the text from the "Info" tab page?

 

[Dave P]

PL/SQL Developer
Version 13.0.1.1893 (32 bit)
399.116695 - 1 user license
Service Contract: 01/04/2019
Windows 10 (64-bit) Build 17763

Physical memory : 16,692,432 kB (2,540,352 available)
Paging file : 20,329,168 kB (4,253,152 available)
Virtual memory : 2,097,024 kB (1,661,588 available)

Parameters
C:\Program Files (x86)\PLSQL Developer 13\plsqldev.exe

Preferences
Session mode: Multi
OCI Library:
Use OCI7: False
Allow Multiple Connections: True

Preference Files
C:\Users\davep\AppData\Roaming\PLSQL Developer 13\Preferences\default\Default.ini
C:\Users\davep\AppData\Roaming\PLSQL Developer 13\Preferences\davep\default.ini

License File
C:\ProgramData\PLSQL Developer\aalf.dat

Debug file
C:\Users\davep\AppData\Roaming\PLSQL Developer 13\PlSqlDev.elf

Plug-Ins
*Active Query Builder (C:\Program Files (x86)\PLSQL Developer 13\PlugIns\ActiveQueryBuilder.dll)
*PL/SQL Documentation (plsqldoc) (C:\Program Files (x86)\PLSQL Developer 13\PlugIns\plsqldoc.dll)
(* is Active)

Aliases
XDS1

Homes
OraClient12Home2_32bit (C:\app\client\davep\product\12.2.0\client_1)

DLLs
C:\app\client\davep\product\12.2.0\client_1\bin\oci.dll

TNS File
C:\app\client\davep\product\12.2.0\client_1\Network\Admin\tnsnames.ora

Using
Home: OraClient12Home2_32bit
DLL: C:\app\client\davep\product\12.2.0\client_1\bin\oci.dll
OCI: version 12.1 (12.2.0.1.0)
Oracle Database 12c Standard Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0

Character Sets
Character size: 4 byte(s)
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NCharSetID: 2000
Unicode Support: True
NLS_LANG: ENGLISH_UNITED KINGDOM.WE8MSWIN1252
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET: AL16UTF16
NLS_CHARACTERSET: AL32UTF8

Process
Working Set = 126,824,448
Memory = 25,041,080
GDI Objects = 1403
User Objects = 368
Handles = 652

Monitors
PixelsPerInch = 96

Id = 0
PPI = 96
Primary = True
Handle = 147659837
Left = 0
Top = 0
Width = 1920
Height = 1080

Id = 1
PPI = 96
Primary = False
Handle = 291574223
Left = 1920
Top = 0
Width = 1920
Height = 1080

MainFormOnTaskbar = True

 

[Marco Kalter]

On Windows 10 there should never be any gradient. Can you send me a screenshot of PL/SQL Developer 13 and also Wordpad on your system?

 

[Rodrigo Trigo]

Marco, when the option of Windows 10:

Settings/Personalization/Background/More options/Show accent color on the following surfaces => Title bars

Is checked, Windows colorizes te Title bars of many windows, and also the gradient appears on Developer's title bar.

The problem is that this gradient applies the darker color on top (then fades to white) and so all the quick icons one has placed there become very hard to see.

Quick workaround go to Windows settings and disable Title bar color.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Thanks. This does indeed reproduce the issue. When an accent color is enabled for the Windows title bars, this does not really allow us to place the Quick Access Toolbar on the title bar. As a workaround you can click on the Quick Access Toolbar and enable the "Show Quick Access Toolbar below the Ribbon". This solves the button visibility issue at the cost of some screen real estate.

We'll try to detect the accent color and use this Quick Access Toolbar position by default in a future patch release.

 

[Dave P]

Is it a control change with the ribbon that's causing the problem then, with v12 being unaffected by that windows setting? The gradient is pretty off putting on a big monitor, so I'll probably revert to the old school toolbars when I have to move to 13 proper.

 

[Marco Kalter]

I see that version 12.0 ignores your Windows accent color, which doesn't seem quite right either. We'll see what options we can add for a future release.

 

[Dave P]

Did anyone ever have a look at this? It's a distraction to the point where I'm personally still using v12 over v13. Just downloaded the beta of 14 & see that the gradient fill is still present.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you send a screenshot of version 14.0 to support@allroundautomations.com?

 

[Dave P]

Hi Marco,

The screen shot has been emailed over.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Thanks. We'll investigate and will get back to you.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you right-click on the Windows Desktop, select "Personalize", go to the "Colors" section of the personalization screen, and scroll to the bottom section named "Show accent color on the following surfaces". If the "Title bars and window borders" option is checked, can you disable it, restart PL/SQL Developer, and check if that helps?

 

[Dave P]

Hi Marco,

That fixes the toolbar in PL/SQL Developer (makes it appear as it does in v12 anyway), but it removes the colours from all other application title bars & borders, which isn't a workable solution.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Thanks for confirming. We have fixed this for Version 14.0 Beta 3.

A workaround with accent colors is to right-click on the Quick Access Toolbar and select "Show below the ribbon". This will cost you some screen real estate though.

 

[Dave P]

Brilliant, thanks Marco.