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    • PersonwithhatP
      Personwithhat
      last edited by

      Currently tinkering with Notepad++ vstudio/etc., wondering if there’s a better way. Seems silly that I can’t toggle N++ to some form of dark-theme.

      The white borders/etc. are really glaring, especially when nearly anything else is dark-themed.

      Ditto to CTRL-F pop ups, blindingly white.

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse @Personwithhat
        last edited by

        @Personwithhat

        are you using windows 10?
        If not, then no, you can’t easily change the window colors like with the editor.

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        • PersonwithhatP
          Personwithhat
          last edited by

          Using Windows 10.

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          • EkopalypseE
            Ekopalypse @Personwithhat
            last edited by Ekopalypse

            @Personwithhat

            Did you try the windows 10 dark mode?
            https://www.howtogeek.com/222614/how-to-enable-windows-10s-hidden-dark-theme/

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            • PersonwithhatP
              Personwithhat
              last edited by

              I’m already using it, it’s not changing anything for Notepad++

              Can’t post more frequently until I get more rep >.>

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              • EkopalypseE
                Ekopalypse @Personwithhat
                last edited by Ekopalypse

                @Personwithhat

                I don’t have Win 10 and haven’t see anyone posting that this doesn’t work.
                That’s a pity - thought it would do the job.

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                • PersonwithhatP
                  Personwithhat @Ekopalypse
                  last edited by

                  @Ekopalypse Damn, well I’m certain I have the dark theme enabled.

                  Affects google chrome/windows explorer/etc. but not latest Notepad++ release.

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                  • EkopalypseE
                    Ekopalypse @Personwithhat
                    last edited by

                    @Personwithhat

                    yes, sounds like you have it enabled.
                    Wondering if the windows xp compatibility mode is causing this.
                    I guess I will install the 3day activated windows 10 in virtual box and see if I can
                    find out what is causing it.

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                    • EkopalypseE
                      Ekopalypse @Personwithhat
                      last edited by

                      @Personwithhat

                      doesn’t look nice and has some glitches like one would need to create icons and tab
                      name seems to be black in black

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                      • PersonwithhatP
                        Personwithhat
                        last edited by

                        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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                        • EkopalypseE
                          Ekopalypse @Personwithhat
                          last edited by

                          @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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                          • PersonwithhatP
                            Personwithhat
                            last edited by

                            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 McK
                              Kevin Mc
                              last edited by

                              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-68A
                                andrecool-68 @Kevin Mc
                                last edited by

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

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                                • PersonwithhatP
                                  Personwithhat
                                  last edited by

                                  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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                                  • dailD
                                    dail @Personwithhat
                                    last edited by

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

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                                    • wadawadataW
                                      wadawadata
                                      last edited by

                                      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 LaškevičP
                                        Petr Laškevič @wadawadata
                                        last edited by

                                        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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                                        • killovvK
                                          killovv
                                          last edited by

                                          This chameleon only lacks a dark theme disguise

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                                          • Svend HansenS
                                            Svend Hansen
                                            last edited by

                                            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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