From ec0cdb8bdcf90a6e5a94aced5c30872177aaf3ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:11:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] tweak background color settings

---
 tools/lammps-gui/codeeditor.cpp | 3 +++
 tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/codeeditor.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/codeeditor.cpp
index fd86b5199e..f5ecdd0b0f 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/codeeditor.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/codeeditor.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ CodeEditor::CodeEditor(QWidget *parent) :
         help_index.close();
     }
 
+    setBackgroundRole(QPalette::Light);
     lineNumberArea = new LineNumberArea(this);
+    lineNumberArea->setBackgroundRole(QPalette::Dark);
+    lineNumberArea->setAutoFillBackground(true);
     connect(this, &CodeEditor::blockCountChanged, this, &CodeEditor::updateLineNumberAreaWidth);
     connect(this, &CodeEditor::updateRequest, this, &CodeEditor::updateLineNumberArea);
     updateLineNumberAreaWidth(0);
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
index 8162507d02..d4705645d2 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ LammpsGui::LammpsGui(QWidget *parent, const char *filename) :
     // use $HOME if we get dropped to "/" like on macOS
     if (current_dir == "/") current_dir = QDir::homePath();
     inspectList.clear();
+    setAutoFillBackground(true);
 
     // restore and initialize settings
     QSettings settings;