It has been pointed out to me that in OF 1.7.4 it is now possible to adjust the background color of the filter bar.

I have drafted an Applescript, which can be adjusted to suit your taste, and which shows how the filter bar color can be set.

(The script closes OF, if it is running, and the new colors appear when OF is restarted).

Mine currently looks something like this:



which I find less distracting than the loud contrasts in:



though I would still like:

• the button labels to be grayed except when displaying a non-default value
• the ribbon labels to be made optional

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