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    Personwithhat
    last edited by Jun 18, 2019, 6:01 PM

    How did you do that? Do I need to re-install Notepad++ or something?

    Version 7.7 right?

    Barely looks usable but at least it won’t flash white :)

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      Ekopalypse @Personwithhat
      last edited by Jun 18, 2019, 6:21 PM

      @Personwithhat

      check the link I provided - ease access it the key and with a little patience and testing
      you can make it even prettier.

      So, testing from my side is done, as this win10 in virtual box is so damn slow …

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        Personwithhat
        last edited by Jun 18, 2019, 6:41 PM

        Oh, you mean high-contrast mode, not dark theme.

        Yea not enabling that, huge diff between dark and high-contrast.

        Sigh, back to hacking Notepad++, or at least attempting to >.<
        All this window management is confusing.

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          Kevin Mc
          last edited by Jul 11, 2019, 5:17 PM

          Notepad should follow Windows 10 prescribed colours first, then apply custom settings (Style configurator).
          Current version 7.7.1 does not follow high-contrast settings for background foreground, but does follow high-contrast settings for frame, tab colours, menu …

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            andrecool-68 @Kevin Mc
            last edited by Jul 11, 2019, 5:42 PM

            @Kevin-Mc Notepad ++ does not owe anything to anyone!

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              Personwithhat
              last edited by Feb 3, 2020, 6:40 PM

              Any changes to Notepad++ scene? Would be nice to have this implemented. It’s very annoying dealing with a mostly dark editor only to have the menu’s and such be blindingly white.

              Already have enough issues with everything flashing white on Windows when un-minimizing >.>

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                dail @Personwithhat
                last edited by Feb 3, 2020, 11:12 PM

                @Personwithhat You are welcome to submit the needed code changes implementing this feature.

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                  wadawadata
                  last edited by May 20, 2020, 10:40 AM

                  Do we have a schedule on making the UI dark?
                  Chrome already has it, even Windows native explorer has it too (which is surprising). Not a priority but it would be nice to know that if it is in the plan of future implementation.

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                    Petr Laškevič @wadawadata
                    last edited by Jul 26, 2020, 7:36 PM

                    Every other text editor has dark mode for the whole program. I don’t think this is too hard to implement, but again I don’t have experience in C++

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                      killovv
                      last edited by Jul 28, 2020, 1:55 AM

                      This chameleon only lacks a dark theme disguise

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                        Svend Hansen
                        last edited by Aug 4, 2020, 5:19 AM

                        It’s funny, I was sure this was working, but now it’s not anymore, as you can see in the screen shot. Both Windows Explorer and Firefox with nice dark windows… it’s possible that it was never working, and I only just misremember, because Notepad++ forgot my theme and went back to full white (after Windows crashed)… is it working for anyone else? (and not with high contrast mode on; I tried that and while Notepad++ is dark in that mode, everything looks pretty aweful :P)

                        Screenshot 2020-08-04 07.12.39.png

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                          Ekopalypse @Svend Hansen
                          last edited by Aug 5, 2020, 8:07 PM

                          @Svend-Hansen

                          No, afaik it didn’t work with dark mode - you could simulate it by
                          changing the contrast mode for desktop applications like described in the link I gave.

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                            Collin Walsh
                            last edited by Collin Walsh Sep 12, 2020, 8:07 PM Sep 12, 2020, 8:06 PM

                            I found a solution on SuperUser, I personally haven’t tried it. But considering that it’s the answer (the check mark) and it’s the most up voted…it worked. I will attach a link here. It looks a little lengthy. But I think you can do this with any program that isn’t following the rules of dark mode.

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                              Alan Kilborn @Collin Walsh
                              last edited by Sep 12, 2020, 8:37 PM

                              @Collin-Walsh said in Make Notepad++ dark (not editor theme, but editor itself):

                              I personally haven’t tried it.

                              it worked

                              But I think…

                              Why don’t you try it, see if it works, then you don’t have to think … you’ll know. And then you can post something meaningful here when you report back on how things went.

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                                NovaZek @andrecool-68
                                last edited by Nov 22, 2020, 12:14 PM

                                @andrecool-68 said in Make Notepad++ dark (not editor theme, but editor itself):

                                @Kevin-Mc Notepad ++ does not owe anything to anyone!

                                This is the reason why we can’t have nice things around this world.

                                OT: Searching for the values 250, 250, 250 (UI- and Element-Bar) and 240, 240, 240 (Tab-Bar) resulted somehow into nothing at all. Anyone else having more luck finding the respective values inside the current source code?

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                                  crogonint
                                  last edited by Dec 10, 2020, 6:54 AM

                                  Holy Jebuz. Windoze is not the head cheese of the computing universe. In fact code wise… it’s pretty much a giant pile of you know what coming out of the other end. Win7 needs a solution. Linux needs a solution.

                                  Oh yeah, you guys don’t publish for Linux… WELL I’M USING IT ON LINUX, SO :P

                                  My Windoze video driver bit the green weenie, so I’m in Linux now. I’ve got N++ running off of PortableApps in a Wine bottle. I’ve got pretty much everything back to working the way I need it… except dark mode.

                                  Seriously, if it’s THAT freaking hard, then just publish a Dark Mode (only) version.

                                  P.S. Would be nice if you put out a Linux Package. :)

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                                    crogonint @crogonint
                                    last edited by Dec 10, 2020, 7:10 AM

                                    You know what? The more I think about this, I think the easiest solution would be to move the colors out in to some sort of CSS sheet for the GUI, Then anybody could change it at will.

                                    Particularly… since people like me are depending on a portable version built for an unsupported suite, bolted in to an entire unsupported OS… The only way on God’s green earth I’m going to get a theme change option is if it gets pushed through the standard channels.

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                                      crogonint @Collin Walsh
                                      last edited by Dec 10, 2020, 7:12 AM

                                      @Collin-Walsh That magnifier solution works pretty slick, without doing the stupid high contrast theme.

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                                        Ahmed Syed
                                        last edited by May 25, 2021, 8:36 PM

                                        This may or may not be helpful, but if you’re like me and found this thread via a google search, it most proabably is. If you find that you don’t really need the ribons at the top of notepad++, you can use post-it mode by pessing (F12). Post-it mode basically minimizes the ribbons and only displays the text of your current tab. It also turns the notepad++ window into a sticky note that doesn’t leave your screen even when you switch windows. If you don’t appreciate this particular feature of post-it mode, a workaround for this is to make a second desktop solely for the use of notepad++.

                                        For those who don’t know how, to create a second desktop you can use the shortcut (CTRL + Windows + D), to close a desktop you can use the shortcut (CTRL + Windows + F4), to switch between desktops you can either swipe left or right on your trackpad with four fingers or use the shortcut (CTRL + Windows + Left/Right Arrow Key), to view/close/switch between multiple desktops at once you can use the shortcut (Windows + Tab).

                                        If you combine Post-It mode with a dark theme, you’ve basically got the dark mode you’re looking for.

                                        PeterJonesP Greg TurnerG 2 Replies Last reply May 25, 2021, 8:42 PM Reply Quote 1
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                                          PeterJones @Ahmed Syed
                                          last edited by PeterJones May 25, 2021, 8:43 PM May 25, 2021, 8:42 PM

                                          Or use Notepad++ v8.0, which has Dark Theme available. v8.0 is in Release Candidate mode as of May 18, 2021, but it (or a minor revision) should be going to full release in the near future; until then, you can download from the announcement I just linked.

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