Windows 10: High Contrast Theme Problem

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Edwin!
Make a nice theme for those with visual impairments PLEASE!
Help out an old timer.

Contrast is a big issue, need more, fonts vs background for instance so they pop out.
Dark colors blend too much with black, nothing suble then.
So for instance grey font colors to me is like black on black.

Anyways what ya think!

 

I will try that!
Cool thanks!

 

I dont have that menu in setting with themes?
I do have a colors menu, is it in there?

 

If you have not already, you can download, unblock and run @Brink's reg files to add "Personalization Classic" to your right click context menu for desktop.
Then, navigate to Color and Appearance, in that additional menu while in High Contrast Mode, then you will be able to adjust colors

'Personalize (classic)' context menu - Add in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Yes I did have that, but changing theses colors had no effect on applications.
iTunes for instance is still the same. However on the plus side I did make my
text a brighter white against the black background and it looks nicer now to me.
Thank you!

 

There was a group of updates a while back for Office 07 that cream pied my ability to use High Contrast themes. Even after removing that group of 33 updates and Office it still has not repaired.

 

Ya it's just not right to have to spend so much time trying to get this right.
I thought it was just me, but I'm hearing a lot of people even with great vision
are having display issues.

The people here in the forum have been very helpful and its appreciated.

 

There are issues with HC. Problem is that different programs behave differently on the colors; instead of keeping system colors where they should, all gets mixed up.

Then of course you need to begin tweaking a HC theme to best suit your needs.

Are you using HC black or white based theme?

 

Yes I've customized a black one best I can using the shortcut classic menu I downloaded here.

 

If you like you can attach it in a zip. Than way I can test it in Edge and iTunes.

 

I've attached the theme, thank you.
I've since switched to FireFox and it seems to look much better for me.

 

Thanks for the zip.
I'll check it out!

 

I've checked the theme.
For Windows 10 standards: it's OK, theme's fine, for system programs then, what 'external' programs make of the theme that's a diferent story.

iTunes is not ready for High Contrast (HC) from the looks of it, or the other way around. *Think

It uses (hard-coded?) fixed white backgrounds even on themes with no white at all; not even text.
Best I could make of it using one of my top-hc-themes: some text is seen, the rest enjoys the whiteness...



*Doh

HC in browsers: Not all webites can be correctly converted to system colors, in this case HC, so there are glitches to expect.
Use browsers that can override HC colors in that case, meaning no HC unfortunately.
Firefox does a good job so I see.
Check for browser specific extensions for high contrast: not all colors of the theme should be respected but just provide good readability from multiple modes, for instance Chrome doesn't use high contrast color but has an extension allowing the user to test different color contrast combinations, keeping the website 'compatible' looks.
High Contrast - Chrome Web Store

For Firefox you'll have to play with the built in menu that Cliff posted. I couldn't find any other extensions for this case.
And Edge: no extensions on this one yet. HC or not.

 

I also suggest Chrome for the reason it does not use HC colors. Keep shortcuts on the desktop to desired themes to make fast switch. *Smile