[solved] Virtual Box VM list - text contrast

[axrusar]

Guys.. do you have this issue on your VB GUI? I have a hard time reading the text on the VMs list if i am using my small 14 inch laptop monitor.
Anyway to fix it? i have tried switching to alternate theme options on my mint 20.3 Cinnamon setup without luck. And i do not see any theming options within VB.
Virtual Box 6.1.38

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-48-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5917 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 
  direct render: Yes 

[RIH]

I think that it might be picking up themes from Mint..
Here is mine..

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[Cosmo.]

Open Users & Groups and create a new account for testing. Reboot and log into the new account. How does it appear there?

[axrusar]

Yes i see.. I am using a dark theme. I tried switching to several other dark ones and i have the same issue.
If i switch to a light theme and launch VB, then i switch back to a dark theme, VB actually shows me dark text as it should, but once i close and re-open the program, the text is back to that unreadable light gray as my first screenshot. My other programs do not have this issue, so i guess is a bug in VB when using dark themes.
If anyone knows any .conf file i can tweak for VB please let me know. thank you

[axrusar]

Open Users & Groups and create a new account for testing. Reboot and log into the new account. How does it appear there?

Just tested on a VM with Vanessa and new fresh VB install. Then switched the "control" part of Mint themes to a dark one.. same problem

I see VB uses QT.. i remember tweaking some things in a QT panel when i had my nVidia chip giving me hell on my previous laptop. I do not see that panel on the mint settings now.. where was it?

[Cosmo.]

Using dark themes in VB is a known issue, which will not get solved in the VB 6.1 branch: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18258 ... num_hist=7

Perhaps this helps: viewtopic.php?t=283835

[axrusar]

Using dark themes in VB is a known issue, which will not get solved in the VB 6.1 branch: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18258 ... num_hist=7

Perhaps this helps: viewtopic.php?t=283835

My hat off to you!!!
Thank you!!!!!

VirtualBox 6.0 doesn't like dark themes, so text is light grey on white, making it unreadable. To fix this without butchering our other Qt5 applications theme, create a file in /usr/local/bin/ call it "VirtualBox" without quotations, and put this inside:

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QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=fusion /usr/bin/VirtualBox

Then just:

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sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/VirtualBox

All done!