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Title: Dark Mode in Scribus 1.7 [Linux Mint 22.2]
Post by: RadHappyBloke on October 12, 2025, 04:51:25 PM
Hello, I'm new to Scribus in general and the forums in particular. Apologies in advance if this isn't the correct thread to post my question - happy to take instruction.

I've spent some time researching, and I've still not found a way to use dark mode in 1.7.

Here is my system information:

I've tried to adjust my qt5 and qt6 settings as I've seen suggested online elsewhere, but with no success. I've read that AppImages are self-contained so they can't know the system theme, and therefore can't adjust to my system dark mode, though I'm unsure if this is accurate.

Would someone with more knowledge be able to point me in the right direction?

I'm unsure how to move forward, and would very much appreciate any guidance you could offer.

Thank you for your time.

Title: Re: Dark Mode in Scribus 1.7 [Linux Mint 22.2]
Post by: AdmFubar on October 12, 2025, 05:47:40 PM
Flatpack seems to recognize dark mode, I use that in opensuse. you may wish to switch to flatpack if you can in mint. 
Title: Re: Dark Mode in Scribus 1.7 [Linux Mint 22.2]
Post by: a.l.e on October 12, 2025, 08:16:33 PM
Dark Mode is still a bit of a work in progress.

The 1.7.0 Appiamge has some of it in it, but there is more that got into Scribus since then.

I think Scribus should start in dark mode when your system is in dark mode.
Have you tried it?

On Gitlab, we have a community built Appimage with the latest code:

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/Scribus-nightly-x86_64.AppImage?job=appimage%3Alinux

which has an explicit switch between light and dark mode, but it's disable, since the Appimage still uses a version of Qt older than 6.8 (and with older versions of Qt it will not work.)

I will check, if I can get a newer Qt version into the image we use for creating the Appimage.
Title: Re: Dark Mode in Scribus 1.7 [Linux Mint 22.2]
Post by: RadHappyBloke on October 14, 2025, 12:05:27 AM
Quote from: a.l.e on October 12, 2025, 08:16:33 PMDark Mode is still a bit of a work in progress.

The 1.7.0 Appiamge has some of it in it, but there is more that got into Scribus since then.

I think Scribus should start in dark mode when your system is in dark mode.
Have you tried it?

On Gitlab, we have a community built Appimage with the latest code:

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/Scribus-nightly-x86_64.AppImage?job=appimage%3Alinux

which has an explicit switch between light and dark mode, but it's disable, since the Appimage still uses a version of Qt older than 6.8 (and with older versions of Qt it will not work.)

I will check, if I can get a newer Qt version into the image we use for creating the Appimage.

Thanks for this context. It helps to understand some of the issues I'm facing. Much appreciated.

My system is in dark mode, but Scribus doesn't seem to recognize this unfortunately. If I understand correctly, a subsequent release of the AppImage should correct this dark mode issue?

I'm also curious as to what the community version offers, and the reason for its being built. I'm not intending to be rude, just a general question coming from an uninformed place. Would love to understand more.

Thank you for your time.
Title: Re: Dark Mode in Scribus 1.7 [Linux Mint 22.2]
Post by: RadHappyBloke on October 14, 2025, 12:09:15 AM
Quote from: AdmFubar on October 12, 2025, 05:47:40 PMFlatpack seems to recognize dark mode, I use that in opensuse. you may wish to switch to flatpack if you can in mint.

Thank you for this suggestion. I may try to switch over to the Flatpak for the time being.

I'd used this before but it seems to be 1.6.1 and the UI polish in 1.7 is really helpful on my monitor, which is 4K.

Appreciate the tip, regardless. Thank you.