From 2a9d9cab9fcbc17a58bd39ab8878b4c9e44a2411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Sobhy <175150-ahmedsobhy@users.noreply.code.videolan.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 16:07:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update menubar highlight colors to improve visibility in
 light mode

---
 modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.cpp | 4 ++--
 modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.hpp | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.cpp b/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.cpp
index 247f25f708..19a593f567 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.cpp
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ void SystemPalette::makeLightPalette()
     {
         C::ColorSet CS = C::MenuBar;
         setColor(CS, C::Bg, C::Primary, C::Normal, setColorAlpha(lightGrey300, 0.0));
-        setColor(CS, C::Bg, C::Primary, C::Focused, lightGrey300);
-        setColor(CS, C::Bg, C::Primary, C::Hovered, lightGrey300);
+        setColor(CS, C::Bg, C::Primary, C::Focused, lightGrey700);
+        setColor(CS, C::Bg, C::Primary, C::Hovered, lightGrey700);
         setColor(CS, C::Fg, C::Primary, C::Normal, Qt::black);
         setColor(CS, C::Fg, C::Primary, C::Disabled, setColorAlpha(Qt::black, 0.2));
     }
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.hpp b/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.hpp
index 6d5ec9d4c2..ab922e1fc8 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.hpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/style/systempalette.hpp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public:
     COLOR_DEFINITION(lightGrey400, "#EDEDED");
     COLOR_DEFINITION(lightGrey500, "#E9E9E9");
     COLOR_DEFINITION(lightGrey600, "#E5E5E5");
+    COLOR_DEFINITION(lightGrey700, "#E0E0E0");
 
     COLOR_DEFINITION(red500, "#FF0000");