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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 26, 2026, 15:25 UTC
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"Gary Wang via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> 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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Message 2 of 10 in “gitk: support config the color of linkfgcolor via Gitk Preferences”
  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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