EOG background color ... when in fullscreen mode

Hello,

I consider EOG such a great tool ... to the point that I am
still using it as my primary image viewer even though I migrated
to KDE some time ago.

I always wanted to be able to modify the background color ...
when in FULLSCREEN mode (BLACK by default on my laptop).

These days I have had some time for gathering information to
look for a way to carry it out ... and this is what I have found
...

- In 2009 something similar was requested ( Bug 569025 ;
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569025 ) :

At the end of the thread a responsible stated ... “I'd
prefer to have this defined in a theme, instead of enforcing this
to eog users or adding a preferences for that. You can probably
tweak this in gtkrc file. Closing as WONTFIX. Thanks for the
report anyway!”

The argument seems reasonable ... but ... I didn't lose my
faith.

I am using 'oxygen-gtk' style for gtk+ apps on KDE ... the
practical result of this setup is that widgets, COLORS,
typographies on gtk+ apps are virtually identical to qt native
ones.

Coming back to my original itch ( being able to modify
background color of EOG when in fullscreen mode) ... according to
the previous comment “I'd prefer to have this defined in a theme”
... all I had to do was to define at KDE theme level the
'background color on fullscreen mode' I wanted ... then
'oxygen-gtk' style would replicate the settings for my EOG install
in Kubuntu. But I bumped into an strange KDE bug ...

- In 2005 it was requested having the availability to set the
background color in fullscreen mode on KDE ( Bug 101634 ;
http://bugs.kde.org/101634 ) :

In May 2011 a responsible stated ... “Fullscreen mode is
designed to be more IMMERSIVE than browse or view mode. This

is the reason why the background is HARDCODED TO BLACK.”

The bug was closed as (RESOLVED ; WONT FIX)

Sincerely ... my personal opinion is that the 'IMMERSIVE'
argument is not a good one ... not at all.

Now I am STUCK ... at EOG they prefer the background color when
in fullscreen to be set at theme level ... and in KDE this level
is HARDCODED to black because Fullscreen mode is designed to be
more 'IMMERSIVE' .

I don't feel brave enough myself for negotiating about
'IMMERSIVE' issues and ... even though I understand EOG initial
position is reasonable ... I also consider that having the
availability of setting background color when in fullscreen would
also be a great feature ... that would make ALL EOG users
independent from the desktop environment ... which shouldn't be a
bad thing.

And my question ...

... is there any chance this additional feature could be
implemented so that EOG users outwards GNOME could face things in
an less difficult way ?

Or at least ...

... anybody knows a way / trick / workaround so that I can
customize the background color of EOG when in fullscreen mode ?
... maybe the 'gtkrc' way ?????

Thank you.

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