Full dark theme

[eromoe]

Previous issue https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/issues/466 add Dark Mode which only make main window dark. But that looks incongruous with other parts, especially left sidebar looks too shinning in dark mode.

Hope can embed a full dark theme .

[oblitum]

Does this make sense? I think it would require a lot of UI rewriting to achieve or design a stylesheet? Maybe it's just better left as it is currently, at user option to match widgets with the system or specific style:

[trollixx]

@oblitum I guess this is more of an issue for Windows users, who do not have all the flexibility Linux DEs provide.

Styling Qt apps works on Windows as well, but most people are just not aware of it. So, I think the first step would be providing some docs on how to change Zeal's appearance with third party themes for Qt.

[trollixx]

I haven't tried QDarkStyleSheet yet, but it looks promising.

[oblitum]

Agreed!

[nzig]

For those still looking for a solution: Installing Kvantum worked for me. Note that after installing you need to follow the instructions on setting it as the default.

[ezxpro]

For those still looking for a solution: Installing Kvantum worked for me. Note that after installing you need to followe the instructions on setting it as the default.

For those on Windows, no solution, apparently.

I don't understand why make a darkmode that only applies to a certain part of the window, but anyways.

[oblitum]

I don't understand why make a darkmode that only applies to a certain part of the window, but anyways.

@ezxpro because people with decent OS can then couple it to their dark desktop environment.

Zeal can only do its best to provide flexibility where it can (Qt styling), not where it cannot (Window decorations), that's generally responsibility of the OS.

[ashb]

QT tacking bug here https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-72028?focusedCommentId=677819&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-677819:

Note for those wanting to enable the experimental dark mode support (much improved in upcoming 6.4) for your application from code: you can call

qputenev("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "windows:darkmode=1/2");

in your main function before instantiating Q(Gui)Application.

• darkmode=1 means: dark window frame if the palette is explicitly made dark (background color darker than foreground color) and the system runs in dark mode.
• darkmode=2 means: the palette is dark, based on system colors; the Window Vista style is still ignoring that, using the UXTheme provided control primitives (and there is no native API to get dark versions of those, to my knowledge). Fusion style looks quite good though

[K8-and-a-half-1000]

@ezxpro because people with decent OS can then couple it to their dark desktop environment.

If that's the case, Zeal should not support Windows at all, so a different project can fill in the gap. Only half-supporting a platform ensures no-one will use it on that platform, an no alternatives get build over time.

[trollixx]

Looks like with Qt 6.5 we can get a dark mode support with Fusion theme. It doesn't look native but not too bad overall. To be honest, Qt never got Windows Vista style to look native either. I think falling back to the Fusion theme is a good compromise.

[trollixx]

Sneak peek below. Also includes native Chromium dark mode.

The Fusion style looks quite good in the light mode too:

I am kind of inclined to make Fusion the default style on Windows.

[ruslaniv]

Sneak peek below. Also includes native Chromium dark mode.

Ok, great, but how can I use it on Windows?! I'm still getting this horrendous glaring white sidebar on the left and on the top even when setting the mode to Dark in version 0.6.1

[trollixx]

@ruslaniv this change is available in the main branch. You can try CI builds until new version is released. Binary artifacts are attached to each build.