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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0010272ardourbugspublic2026-04-08 06:02
ReporterGhostsonAcid Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformmacOSOSMojaveOS Version10.14.6
Product Version9.2 
Summary0010272: As of late, all Summary Views (-in projects 'small and large'-) are visually 'broken'/colored...
DescriptionSee the gif files attached.

This *might* be related to commit(s):
https://github.com/Ardour/ardour/commit/3f325242b76d9c0a0885f0ebe3923abb417824e8
-or:
https://github.com/Ardour/ardour/commit/6a6a4e45e1897ca42970df379af986ba812f2d60
???

I have no idea... o___o

Thanks!
-J
Additional InformationI've only been working on macOS.
So I'm not sure if this is present on GNU/Linux.
Tagssummary, Summary View

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GhostsonAcid

2026-04-07 09:41

reporter   ~0030180

GhostsonAcid

2026-04-07 09:43

reporter   ~0030181

And here's a relatively 'small' project:

x42

2026-04-07 13:26

administrator   ~0030185

tl;dr: Remove your custom theme file for Ardour 9.2

The summary is now themable, but your custom color file for Ardour 9.2 does not specify the colors.
In this case Ardour picks random colors every time, which makes it very obvious that devs forgot to add a color to the theme. We call it harlequin debugging.

New users for upcoming 9.3 will not see this, because theme files are versioned.

This only affects users who run 9.2.X and have a customized their color theme.

x42

2026-04-07 13:27

administrator   ~0030186

PS. on macOS the file would be ~/Library/Preferences/Ardour9/*.colors

jean-emmanuel

2026-04-08 06:02

reporter   ~0030187

Resetting the theme in Preferences > Colors also fixes it.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-04-07 09:40 GhostsonAcid New Issue
2026-04-07 09:40 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: summary
2026-04-07 09:40 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: Summary View
2026-04-07 09:41 GhostsonAcid Note Added: 0030180
2026-04-07 09:41 GhostsonAcid File Added: Ardour 9,2,326 - Summary View Graphic Error, Example 1.gif
2026-04-07 09:43 GhostsonAcid Note Added: 0030181
2026-04-07 09:43 GhostsonAcid File Added: Ardour 9,2,326 - Summary View Graphic Error, Example 2.gif
2026-04-07 13:26 x42 Note Added: 0030185
2026-04-07 13:27 x42 Note Added: 0030186
2026-04-08 06:02 jean-emmanuel Note Added: 0030187