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Libreoffice dark themes4/5/2024 ![]() Dismissing it by talking vaguely about “design flaws” doesn’t change that, for some users, it really is an accessibility issue. Ignoring half a color scheme isn’t the fault of the color scheme.įor me, incidentally, I’m recently developing vision problems which make it uncomfortable to look at large bright areas onscreen for long periods of time. LO’s behavior seems similar: ignoring the system palette’s foreground color for icons, using a dark color, while accepting a dark background color from the system. This has improved on the web (it seems more common now for websites to either go with system settings or to fully specify their own color scheme – either of which is justifiable). for websites to override either the background or the foreground color, but not both. What I’ve seen is: some years ago, it was common e.g. Ubuntu 22.04 (Ubuntu Studio), uname -a reports Linux dlm-21cx 5.15.0-57-lowlatency #63-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 29 10:18: x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux.ĭark OS themes have some faulty fundamental design flaw which break many application behaviour. Here, you’re talking about UI.įair enough. Select the dark theme you want, then click on OK and you’ll get a new icon set in LibreOffice that works much better for dark themes: These icons are much more visible to my aging eyes.Įt voila! I can now see the icons in the LibreOffice toolbars.To draw attention of developers, your question must mention at least LO version and OS name. Two are specifically for dark themes, Breeze (SVG + dark) and Breeze (dark). If you click on the drop down arrow, you’ll see six or so options. Right at the top of this window you can see “Icon style.” That’s the setting you want to change. ![]() ![]() You want the third option down under “LibreOffice”, “View”: It’s just a matter of knowing where to look. There are several icon sets for dark themes that come pre-packaged with the standard version of LibreOffice that ships with Kubuntu and is in the repositories. All you need to do is switch the icon set in LibreOffice. The solution is quite simple, though finding it is always hard for me to remember (thus this tutorial). Perhaps it’s just my aging eyes, but those icons are very difficult for me to see. Here is how the default Breeze icons look in LibreOffice when I switch the theme: The default icon set, Breeze, in LibreOffice when the Kubuntu Global Theme is switched to Breeze Dark. The problem comes when I switch the theme to Breeze Dark. With the default Breeze theme, the icons are very visible and work great: These are the default icons in LibreOffice 6.4.4.2 in Kubuntu 20.04 with the default Breeze theme. The problem is with the icon set in LibreOffice. There is no ‘dark mode’ officially in LibreOffice per se. ![]() You can see the differences in the screenshots below: This is the Breeze theme that is the default in Kubuntu 20.04 This is the Breeze Dark theme that I typically use in Kubuntu. One of the first things I do when I install Kubuntu is switch my desktop environment from the default theme (System Settings -> Global Theme), Breeze, which is a lighter theme, to Breeze Dark. The default LibreOffice look/theme, a.k.a breeze theme, is quite dull and colourless. For the most part, this isn’t a problem, but it does cause an issue with some applications, including LibreOffice (6.4.4.2). I prefer darker themes for my desktop environment (Kubuntu 20.04) and browser (Brave). ![]()
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