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[PATCH] gitk: support config the color of linkfgcolor via Gitk Preferences

From
GGGary Wang via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 26, 2026, 12:33 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.2217.git.git.1772109195114.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Wang Zichong <wangzichong@deepin.org>

As a dark-theme user, I use the Preferences dialog to set colors for gitk, the only color I cannot change via that dialog is the link foreground color, which will lead me to use the default link color on a dark background that make it not really readable.

This patch makes the link foreground color also configurable in the Gitk Preferences dialog's Color tab, so user won't need to dig into the code/manual to know if the link color is configurable and can simply set the color there.

CC: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Wang Zichong <wangzichong@deepin.org>
---
    gitk: support config the color of linkfgcolor via Gitk Preferences
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2217%2FBLumia%2Fgitk-linkfgcolor-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2217/BLumia/gitk-linkfgcolor-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2217
 gitk-git/gitk | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk b/gitk-git/gitk
index cbaaee994e..b60f140636 100755
--- a/gitk-git/gitk
+++ b/gitk-git/gitk
@@ -11796,7 +11796,7 @@ proc prefspage_general {notebook} {
 
 proc prefspage_colors {notebook} {
     global bgcolor fgcolor ctext diffcolors selectbgcolor markbgcolor
-    global diffbgcolors
+    global diffbgcolors linkfgcolor
     global themeloader
 
     set page [create_prefs_page $notebook.colors]
@@ -11873,6 +11873,11 @@ proc prefspage_colors {notebook} {
         -command [list choosecolor selectbgcolor {} $page [mc "background"]]
     grid x $page.selbgbut $page.selbgsep -sticky w
 
+    label $page.linkfg -padx 40 -relief sunk -background $linkfgcolor
+    ttk::button $page.linkfgbut -text [mc "Link color"] \
+        -command [list choosecolor linkfgcolor {} $page [mc "link color"]]
+    grid x $page.linkfgbut $page.linkfg -sticky w
+
     grid columnconfigure $page 2 -weight 1
 
     return $page
@@ -11880,7 +11885,7 @@ proc prefspage_colors {notebook} {
 
 proc prefspage_set_colorswatches {page} {
     global bgcolor fgcolor ctext diffcolors selectbgcolor markbgcolor
-    global diffbgcolors
+    global diffbgcolors linkfgcolor
 
     $page.bg configure -background $bgcolor
     $page.fg configure -background $fgcolor
@@ -11891,6 +11896,7 @@ proc prefspage_set_colorswatches {page} {
     $page.hunksep configure -background [lindex $diffcolors 2]
     $page.markbgsep configure -background $markbgcolor
     $page.selbgsep configure -background $selectbgcolor
+    $page.linkfg configure -background $linkfgcolor
 }
 
 proc prefspage_fonts {notebook} {

base-commit: 7b2bccb0d58d4f24705bf985de1f4612e4cf06e5
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  1. gitk: support config the color of linkfgcolor via Gitk PreferencesGary Wang via GitGitGadget, Feb 26, 2026
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2026
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 27, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2026
  5. Wang ZichongFeb 28, 2026
  6. Johannes SixtFeb 28, 2026
  7. Wang ZichongFeb 28, 2026
  8. gitk: support link color in the Preferences dialogGary Wang via GitGitGadget, Feb 28, 2026
  9. gitk: support link color in the Preferences dialogGary Wang via GitGitGadget, Feb 28, 2026
  10. Johannes SixtMar 1, 2026

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