Scratch's high contrast editor update is out now!

WojtekGame

can't test it with github.dev

cookieclickerer33

WojtekGame wrote:
can't test it with github.dev

I don’t think it’s in a useable state currently

MagicCrayon9342

Honestly they should remove light mode

cookieclickerer33

MagicCrayon9342 wrote:
Honestly they should remove light mode

People have gotten too used to light mode for them to remove it now

CST1229

The theme picker is in development.

(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)

Last edited by CST1229 (March 10, 2023 17:11:05)

lolecksdeehaha

CST1229 wrote:
The theme picker is in development.

(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)

I feel like they should put it on a different menu because it looks a bit out of place…
Gotta admit though, that's a great way to preview the theme.

TheGlassPenguin

CST1229 wrote:
The theme picker is in development.

(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)

i would imagine they would've made it behave more like turbowarp's dark/light mode switcher, but, that'll work after some tweaking with a userstyle

cookieclickerer33

lolecksdeehaha wrote:
CST1229 wrote:
The theme picker is in development.

(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)
I feel like they should put it on a different menu because it looks a bit out of place…
Gotta admit though, that's a great way to preview the theme.

Is that image official?

ajskateboarder

cookieclickerer33 wrote:
lolecksdeehaha wrote:
CST1229 wrote:
The theme picker is in development.
https://assets.scratch.mit.edu/get_image/.%2E/49d251b496af2921ecf44fac7daf4e1c.png
(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)
I feel like they should put it on a different menu because it looks a bit out of place…
Gotta admit though, that's a great way to preview the theme.
Is that image official?

Not yet. The linked pull request is in draft stage, so we'll have to wait a bit for an ST dev to accept the changes ;)

cookieclickerer33

ajskateboarder wrote:
cookieclickerer33 wrote:
lolecksdeehaha wrote:
CST1229 wrote:
The theme picker is in development.
https://assets.scratch.mit.edu/get_image/.%2E/49d251b496af2921ecf44fac7daf4e1c.png
(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)
I feel like they should put it on a different menu because it looks a bit out of place…
Gotta admit though, that's a great way to preview the theme.
Is that image official?
Not yet. The linked pull request is in draft stage, so we'll have to wait a bit for an ST dev to accept the changes ;)

It looks pretty cool too, maybe just possibly we could hold shift when opening the menu to acess the April fools themes?
I actually really like the 90s theme, it just appeals to me for some reason

I still feel it’s a little unfair to the other 2 expansions in lab that have been there for longer and are still not at all being mentioned

Last edited by cookieclickerer33 (March 10, 2023 17:38:11)

WojtekAdvanced

cookieclickerer33 wrote:
ajskateboarder wrote:
cookieclickerer33 wrote:
lolecksdeehaha wrote:
CST1229 wrote:
The theme picker is in development.
https://assets.scratch.mit.edu/get_image/.%2E/49d251b496af2921ecf44fac7daf4e1c.png
(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)
I feel like they should put it on a different menu because it looks a bit out of place…
Gotta admit though, that's a great way to preview the theme.
Is that image official?
Not yet. The linked pull request is in draft stage, so we'll have to wait a bit for an ST dev to accept the changes ;)
It looks pretty cool too, maybe just possibly we could hold shift when opening the menu to acess the April fools themes?
I actually really like the 90s theme, it just appeals to me for some reason

I still feel it’s a little unfair to the other 2 expansions in lab that have been there for longer and are still not at all being mentioned

yeah they should be in the editor already, unless they are waiting for 1 milion testers o_o

Maximouse

CST1229 wrote:
The theme picker is in development.

(I assume dark mode is not there because they're planning on adding it later…)

The change to the menu bar color is very interesting – it makes sense that they want to improve text contrast, but I would expect a darker shade of blue instead.

Based on the code comments in the PR, it does seem like there will be a dark mode option later:

// Dark mode is not yet supported
// const prefersDarkQuery = '(prefers-color-scheme: dark)';
const prefersHighContrastQuery = '(prefers-contrast: more)';

// Dark mode isn't enabled yet
const isValidTheme = theme => [DEFAULT_THEME, HIGH_CONTRAST_THEME].includes(theme);

Last edited by Maximouse (March 11, 2023 17:08:13)

HurricaneMitch1998M

Well guess I'm gonna have to resume using extensions

CST1229

The ST seems to be planning on releasing high contrast block colors at the end of June, according to a Scratch translator (apparently the ST sends feature announcements to translators in advance): [src]

I've also added this info to the OP, along with some other updates.

Last edited by CST1229 (May 9, 2023 14:15:33)

NFlex23

Personally, I like the new block colors a whole lot more than the old ones since they are much easier to see and read. I'm glad that the ST has been taking accessibility seriously lately.

rdococ

The Scratch Team are a funny bunch. They make the text nearly impossible to read and brighten the block colours for Scratch 3, then give you an option to amp up the colour contrast!

Literally just increase the text size a bit and darken the colours a bit and everyone would be happy; no need to make the blocks look like chalk candy for accessibility points.

-gr

Nice!! Bump

mybearworld

cookieclickerer33

mybearworld wrote:

Is this official?
Idk how to acess it

Last edited by cookieclickerer33 (May 23, 2023 13:28:23)

ajskateboarder

cookieclickerer33 wrote:
mybearworld wrote:
Is this official?
Idk how to acess it

It's currently not available online. You'll have to clone/download this branch and run it locally.

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