change changed status's color to blue

sohstationviewer/view/db_config/db_config_dialog.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from sohstationviewer.view.db_config.value_color_helper.value_color_edit \
     import ValueColorEdit
 from sohstationviewer.view.util.one_instance_at_a_time import \
     OneWindowAtATimeDialog
+from sohstationviewer.view.util.color import COLOR
 
 
 class DeleteRowButton(QtWidgets.QPushButton):
@@ -77,14 +78,16 @@ def set_widget_color(widget, changed=False, read_only=False):
         palette.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole.Base,
                          QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
     if changed:
-        # red text
+        # blue text
         palette.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole.Text,
-                         QtGui.QColor(255, 0, 0))
+                         QtGui.QColor(COLOR['changedStatus']))
         # The selected text in a QComboBox on Linux has ButtonText as its color
         # role (probably because the QComboBox on Linux looks like one button,
         # while the one on Mac looks like a TextEdit combined with a button).
         palette.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole.ButtonText,
-                         QtGui.QColor(255, 0, 0))
+                         QtGui.QColor(COLOR['changedStatus']))
+        palette.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole.Base,
+                         QtGui.QColor(COLOR['changedStatusBackground']))
     else:
         try:
             if widget.isReadOnly():
@@ -96,6 +99,8 @@ def set_widget_color(widget, changed=False, read_only=False):
                 # black text
                 palette.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole.Text,
                                  QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))
+                palette.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole.Base,
+                                 QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
         except AttributeError:
             palette.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.ColorRole.Text,
                              QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))

sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/value_color_edit.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from sohstationviewer.view.db_config.value_color_helper.functions import \
 from sohstationviewer.view.db_config.param_helper import \
     validate_value_color_str
 from sohstationviewer.view.util.plot_type_info import plot_types
+from sohstationviewer.view.util.color import COLOR
 
 
 plot_types_with_value_colors = [
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class ValueColorEdit(QTextEdit):
         Set border color for the widget.
         :param color: color to set to border
         """
-        self.setStyleSheet("QTextEdit {border: 2px solid %s;}" % color)
+        self.setStyleSheet("QTextEdit {border: 4px solid %s;}" % color)
 
     def set_background_color(self, background: str):
         """
@@ -162,12 +163,12 @@ class ValueColorEdit(QTextEdit):
     def set_border_color_according_to_value_color_status(self):
         """
         Set border color according to current value color string.
-          + Red for changed
+          + Blue for changed
           + Same color as background (no border) for other case.
         """
         if self.value_color_str != self.org_value_color_str:
             # Show that value_color_str has been changed
-            self.set_border_color('red')
+            self.set_border_color(COLOR['changedStatus'])
         else:
             # Reset border the same color as background
             self.set_border_color(self.background)
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ class ValueColorEdit(QTextEdit):
             'upDownDots': UpDownDialog,
         }
         # set border color blue showing that the widget is being edited
-        self.set_border_color('blue')
+        self.set_border_color(COLOR['changedStatus'])
         edit_dialog = plot_type_dialog_map[self.plot_type](
             self, self.value_color_str
         )

sohstationviewer/view/util/color.py

+# colors that are good for both light and dark mode
+COLOR = {
+    'changedStatus': '#268BD2',             # blue
+    'changedStatusBackground': "#e0ecff",   # light blue
+}
+
 # Just using RGB for everything since some things don't handle color names
 # correctly, like PIL on macOS doesn't handle "green" very well.
 # b = dark blue, was the U value for years, but it can be hard to see, so U