Forwarded from: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/workrave/+bug/36418

Workrave has a problem with the hight contrast inverse themes: the text in the applet and in the progressbar in the break windows is dark on dark, almost invisble in those themes.



Use the Control Centre "Themes" applet to change the theme to "High contrast inverse", logout, login again (workrave seems to have some problems picking up theme changes).
 Then right-click the workrave applet, select "Rest break" -> http://www.gnome.org/~chpe/images/workrave-a11y-bug.png

To see the other problem, right-click and choose Preferences, Interface, Applet, Placement: Place all timers in one spot.
Now the applet cycles between the timers, and some timers have dark-on-dark text (and others dark on light which also goes against the theme). -> http://www.gnome.org/~chpe/images/workrave-a11y-bug-2.png

Text is now displayed in two colors. Black on the orange/green/blue part of bar, theme text color on background.