Questions tagged [dark-mode]
Dark Mode is a pathway to many UI elements that some would consider unnatural. Dark Mode is currently only supported on Stack Overflow (English as well as the other languages) and questions about it are better asked on the site's own meta. Questions about the possibility, feasibility, or schedule of rolling out Dark Mode elsewhere on the network are acceptable here on Meta Stack Exchange.
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Is the forced dark mode flag in Chromium-based browsers supported?
Chromium-based browsers support a feature flag about:flags/#enable-force-dark to force a dark theme on sites. Over the years this feature has existed, we've gotten many bug reports of things not ...
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dark-mode Code of Conduct page footer is light on sites with dark-mode support
Sites with dark mode usually have a black footer with light text, but in the Code of Conduct pages, the footer is light background color with light text.
Sample screenshot from Stack Overflow Code of ...
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Community user's mini icon has bright background instead of transparent in dark mode
Community user has a user icon with transparency. Despite that, its mini icon (in the list of questions) still has a bright color as a background even in site's dark mode:
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Dark mode is out of beta and 2020-2022 had hats for trying it out, but it still isn't expanded to other sites. Why? [duplicate]
The blog post announcing dark mode now reports that dark mode is:
officially out of beta!
Along the way, we got a lot of pretty hats referencing the feature:
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2020
2cool4skool
Glare ...
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I earned 2cool4skool on a site I have not visited
On stackoverflow.com, I went into dark-mode in chase of the 2cool4skool hat. I didn't get it there, but I did on pt.stackoverflow.
com, which I have not visited prior to getting this hat.
Seems to be ...
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Please test design / colour changes in dark mode and site themes
It's become painfully obvious that design changes, especially around colours, are never tested in Dark Mode, at least not for https://stackoverflow.com.
These changes affect other themed sites as well,...
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Text box in https://support.stackenterprise.co is not dark mode friendly
I was using dark mode in Stack Overflow Support portal and noticed this:
I expected to see a dark text box like Stack Overflow:
Can the text box in https://support.stackenterprise.co be made dark ...
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When will Blender Stack Exchange get dark mode? [duplicate]
In 2020, Stack Overflow finally got its dark mode release.
When will it be available on Blender Stack Exchange?
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The Overflow's content is difficult to read in dark mode
The most recent "The Overflow" edition is very difficult to read in dark mode. Here's a screenshot to showcase what I mean:
The new format looks great, it's just that the content isn't ...
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Could we remove the fade-in effect when opening a link to an answer or comment?
It looks especially ugly when dark mode is on (I tried on both Chrome and Firefox on Microsoft Windows), the bright flash hurts the eyes, and the length of the fade-in effect prevents me from reading ...
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Text in table in blog post Stack Overflow Badge Feedback is hard to read in dark mode
I was reading the blog article Stack Overflow Badge Feedback.
The text in the second column of the table is tough to read in dark mode because of the grey background colour.
Please fix the background ...
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The dark theme is not supported in communities aside from Stack Overflow [duplicate]
Is it possible to enable dark mode in the other communities aside from Stack Overflow? I find it weird when I switch to another community.
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No distinguishable border for badges in high contrast mode on dark scheme
I'm not sure that it was intentional, but in high contrast mode (still in beta for SO sites) on dark scheme badges don't have distinguishable borders:
Compare with light mode:
I.e. in dark theme ...
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Advertisements dark mode
The blocks with advertisements on the right side should have dark colors in dark mode, the advertisement is a spotlight with a white background.
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WordPress site icon is not visible in the Hide Communities page, on all sites with Dark Mode enabled
In the SO (main and localized) Hide Communities page, the WordPress Development logo is virtually invisible:
I would suggest making the icon white, like it is in the upper-left on the actual site, or ...
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