Created attachment 179039 [details] Dark gray 3 as default color The text boundaries in Writer when using the LibreOffice Dark Color Scheme are colored in Dark Gray 3. This makes them nearly indistinguishable from the page which uses Dark Gray 2. I would suggest changing the color of Text boundaries to White or another light color as exemplified in second attachment.
Created attachment 179040 [details] Proposed fix: change to white color Proposed fix.
This is a very welcome improvement in the contrast of the UI in tabbed mode, this will aid in usability. +1
White wouldn't be my first choice, it has too much contrast to the dark grey. But a somewhat brighter color is definitely better. Code pointer: In officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/UI.xcu find the section <node oor:name="${PRODUCTNAME} Dark" oor:op="replace"> and change the value for DocBoundaries. Make sure to pick a hex value from the standard color palette in order to show a name instead a number.
For sure, white was an example. But at least not Dark gray3 on Dark gray 2. :)
Also, similar issue in dark mode with: - active text in text boxes in Writer and Impress (dark instead of bright) - background color in slide show mode (white instead of black) (bug #148247)
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/136234
Roman Kuznetsov committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/a22652b76a5ed1fc130607e8999ed86681b4ed1f tdf#148138 change Text Boundaries color to Gray for Dark mode It will be available in 7.5.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Roman Kuznetsov committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-7-3": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/c65eaa70a8a192cc25059a78e408279b84780ce6 tdf#148138 change Text Boundaries color to Gray for Dark mode It will be available in 7.3.5. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Roman Kuznetsov committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-7-4": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/5d2afaa057bd038d0f2a3554e5f485421beb13ac tdf#148138 change Text Boundaries color to Gray for Dark mode It will be available in 7.4.0.0.beta2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
To see the new default, you need to clear this setting in you user profile.