Scribus 1.6.1 Dark Mode in Windows

[kn0]

Hello!

I have installed Scribus 1.6.1 on Windows 11, but I cannot find a way to activate dark mode in Scribus. The various themes don't result in dark mode. Also setting the global theme setting in Windows to dark doesn't help.

Thanks!

[AdmFubar]

Did you have scribus running when making the change? if have you restarted scribus after the change? not familiar with windows version of dark mode activation but the restart of scribus might be needed.

[kn0]

Yes, I restarted Scribus every time when making changes in the Windows 11 theme settings and the Scribus internal preferences. I always restarted into a light theme.

[kn0]

I also tried now with Scribus 1.6.2.svn and I get the same behavior.

[AdmFubar]

make sure scribus isnt running, navigate to the config file, and rename it.
Start scribus and see if this clears up the issue.

[kn0]

1. Made sure Scribus was not running.
2. Switched Windows 11 to dark mode
3. Deleted the entire C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Scribus folder (assuming the config files are stored there)
4. Opened Scribus, C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Scribus is recreated

However, still no dark user interface in Scribus. Is there something that can be triggered through command line maybe?

[AdmFubar]

1. Made sure Scribus was not running.
2. Switched Windows 11 to dark mode
3. Deleted the entire C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Scribus folder (assuming the config files are stored there)
4. Opened Scribus, C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Scribus is recreated

However, still no dark user interface in Scribus. Is there something that can be triggered through command line maybe

not sure what to try now, Having used win11 ever. Hopefully a 1in11 user can chime in and help out.
Other than making sure that you have a dark theme selected in scribus. I'm not sure where else  to look.

I hope there wasn't anything important in your config file!

[kn0]

Thanks for all your input so far and no worries about the config files, I am still starting out with Scribus and experimenting.

When you say "making sure that you have a dark theme selected in scribus" , which themes are you referring to?

In the Scribus preferences I have the following choices under the Theme drop down list (see attached picture):
1. blank field
2. windowsvista
3. Windows
4. Fusion

None of these refer to anything being dark. Do I need to get additional themes somewhere?

[AdmFubar]

Those exactly. Have you tried switching to any of them?

[kn0]

Those exactly. Have you tried switching to any of them?

Tried all of them, with restarts in between, and in all kinds of combinations of Windows 11 theme settings set to light and/or dark.

Does this look different in Linux or OS X, with specific mention of a dark theme?

[MrB]

Make sure you select the dark mode icon set too.

[kn0]

Make sure you select the dark mode icon set too.

I now tried all the following permutations with a restart in between each of them and all resulted in Scribus being displayed in a light theme:

Windows 11 Pro OS build 22631.3374
Scribus 1.6.1

Windows Color    Scribus Theme    Icon Set
Light                     blank                    1.5.1
Light                     windowsvista         1.5.1
Light                     Windows               1.5.1
Light                     Fusion                   1.5.1
Light                     blank                    1.5.0
Light                     windowsvista         1.5.0
Light                     Windows               1.5.0
Light                     Fusion                   1.5.0
Light                     blank                    1.5.1 Dark
Light                     windowsvista         1.5.1 Dark
Light                     Windows               1.5.1 Dark
Light                     Fusion                   1.5.1 Dark
Dark                     blank                    1.5.1
Dark                     windowsvista         1.5.1
Dark                     Windows               1.5.1
Dark                     Fusion                   1.5.1
Dark                     blank                    1.5.0
Dark                     windowsvista         1.5.0
Dark                     Windows               1.5.0
Dark                     Fusion                   1.5.0
Dark                     blank                    1.5.1 Dark
Dark                     windowsvista         1.5.1 Dark
Dark                     Windows               1.5.1 Dark
Dark                     Fusion                   1.5.1 Dark

[a.l.e]

let's try to sum it up:

• i have a light mode "vanilla" linux (no desktop environment), and i could not get scribus to use a dark mode.
• we have several people complaining that on their dark mode MacOs they don't see the icons (and the reply is: pick the dark icons). so i have to assume that it just works for them.
• we have lot of people complaining that on windows they don't manage to get scribus to use the dark mode.

my question: are there people around that are actually using scribus 1.6 with dark mode on windows or linux?

can they tell the community, if they had to do anything special to get scribus to match the (dark) system theme?

(btw, as far as i understood, the development branch 1.7.0 should automatically detect the dark theme... but that's for the "distant" future...)


Here a summary of the (still partial) result of the survey:

• It works correctly on Linux with KDE and the Kvantum theme installed.

I'll update this list with the feedback of the users.

[AdmFubar]

Works for me. But mind you i am also running kvantum as well, YMMV.

[Nermander]

But you have a theme called HighContrastInverse, which the screenshot in this post
https://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,5067.msg23219.html#msg23219
shows is not available for kn0.