Bug 165108 - Application Theming - dark mode displays black text as black
Summary: Application Theming - dark mode displays black text as black
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
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Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: LibreOffice-Themes
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Reported: 2025-02-07 15:40 UTC by Bob Harvey
Modified: 2025-02-15 03:45 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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screen grab with dark scroll bars and other decorations (285.66 KB, image/jpeg)
2025-02-07 15:42 UTC, Bob Harvey
Details
Options dialogue (102.74 KB, image/jpeg)
2025-02-07 15:43 UTC, Bob Harvey
Details

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Description Bob Harvey 2025-02-07 15:40:52 UTC
Description:
I just updated to 25.2.0.3 from 24.8.

This now has an option to use the system theme, which in my case is dark mode.
I opened an existing calc spreadsheet, previously with white cells and black text, and it displayed as dark grey cells with black text.

I never actually picked a text colour for this spreadsheet, so I don't know if the black text was black text or some automatic value.

Anyroad, I switched to light mode and did my work, with black text on white cells.

So for this report, I switched back to "system", closed and reopened the spreadsheet, and this time I got white cells, black text, and dark scrollbars and pull-down tools.

I suspect some work is required on the application theming.

Steps to Reproduce:
I cannot reproduce the black on dark grey, but the dark scrollbars are the same very time I open it

Actual Results:
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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
I will upload some screen grabs after submitting this
Comment 1 Bob Harvey 2025-02-07 15:42:01 UTC
Created attachment 199050 [details]
screen grab with dark scroll bars and other decorations
Comment 2 Bob Harvey 2025-02-07 15:43:08 UTC
Created attachment 199051 [details]
Options dialogue

after selecting light mode and back to "system"
Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2025-02-07 17:12:27 UTC
Simply install an Appearance theme (Tools -> Options -> Appearance, the puzzle piece icon) and use that rather than the default Automatic.

The "Light Application Colors" should get you functional, but try the others offered. 

While Manipulating the  "Automatic" appearance theme has been corrected for the 25.8 release.
 

Version: 25.2.0.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e1cf4a87eb02d755bce1a01209907ea5ddc8f069
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded