Bug 169269 - Table boundaries and footnote delimeters in dark mode are always black
Summary: Table boundaries and footnote delimeters in dark mode are always black
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 148675
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
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Blocks: LibreOffice-Themes 167159
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Reported: 2025-11-05 10:57 UTC by bugzilla.showpiece887
Modified: 2025-11-06 08:28 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Several tables on non-white document canvas, Table grid vs. Table Content PS (45.29 KB, image/png)
2025-11-05 14:17 UTC, V Stuart Foote
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Several tables on non-white document canvas, Table grid vs. Table Content PS (46.34 KB, image/png)
2025-11-05 14:32 UTC, V Stuart Foote
Details

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Description bugzilla.showpiece887 2025-11-05 10:57:07 UTC
Description:
While using libreoffice writer with dark mode all the table boundaries and footnote delimeters are black making them invisible. Changing the colour in "appearance" ( or set it to automatic) to white doesn't really change the colour keeping them black and invisible

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use Dark mode and Writer
2. Insert a table or footnote
3. Change the colour to white in "appearance" for table boundaries

Actual Results:
The table boundaries are still black, consequently the table is still invisible

Expected Results:
The table boundaries should change to white, making them visible


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.3.1 (X86_64)
Build ID: 52ad9dd1c984050a9fb6932dbfb16e86a49e9758
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: it-IT (it_IT); UI: it-IT
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2025-11-05 14:17:45 UTC
Created attachment 203750 [details]
Several tables on non-white document canvas, Table grid vs. Table Content PS

By dark, you mean you've  unchecked the Tools -> Options -> Appearance 'Use white document background'?  Maybe try one of the >= 25.8 Appearance themes? 

Otherwise 'Tables' don't really have styles, just attributes. And working with a dark document canvas you currently need to modify the 'Table Properties...' to change the table grid color from default Black to some color. Color is on the dialog 'Borders' tab in the Line stanzas.

So, currently table grid of each distinct table needs to be modified.

Note: that a changed table grid color will then be written into the document on save or when printing or exporting the table, where otherwise the default 'Black' table grid is saved, printed/exported. And if manually set to 'White' the table grid will not be visible on the print/export.

This is distinct from the "styled" 'Table Content' paragraph style where the 'Borders' surround the actual table cell content. And as a style can be modified across the entire document in all tables. Or can be directly formatted via the Paragraph dialog. 

Note: here also, the directly formatted or styled borders of table content  will print/export.

Attaching a clip showing diff between "border" color of table grid and table cell paragraph content on a dark document canvas.
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2025-11-05 14:26:47 UTC
@Heiko, Sahil, *

While we've made the document canvas white by default with the 'Use white document background' checkbox, it seems the Appearance themes are not reaching the default Table grids. Also that the Automatic color for table grids are not yet responding to an Automatic Light/Dark os theme sense.

Users can set a grid color per table, but that color is then taken into the print/export.

Seems like the Table grid "border" UI element should respond to a Light/Dark os/DE color scheme. And when we've a dark document canvas we should get a light table grid.
Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2025-11-05 14:32:50 UTC
Created attachment 203751 [details]
Several tables on non-white document canvas, Table grid vs. Table Content PS

fixed label for last item Table Content PS modified with DF of border
Comment 4 bugzilla.showpiece887 2025-11-06 08:07:18 UTC
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1)
> Created attachment 203750 [details]
> Several tables on non-white document canvas, Table grid vs. Table Content PS
> 
> By dark, you mean you've  unchecked the Tools -> Options -> Appearance 'Use
> white document background'?  Maybe try one of the >= 25.8 Appearance themes? 
> 
> Otherwise 'Tables' don't really have styles, just attributes. And working
> with a dark document canvas you currently need to modify the 'Table
> Properties...' to change the table grid color from default Black to some
> color. Color is on the dialog 'Borders' tab in the Line stanzas.
> 
> So, currently table grid of each distinct table needs to be modified.
> 
> Note: that a changed table grid color will then be written into the document
> on save or when printing or exporting the table, where otherwise the default
> 'Black' table grid is saved, printed/exported. And if manually set to
> 'White' the table grid will not be visible on the print/export.
> 
> This is distinct from the "styled" 'Table Content' paragraph style where the
> 'Borders' surround the actual table cell content. And as a style can be
> modified across the entire document in all tables. Or can be directly
> formatted via the Paragraph dialog. 
> 
> Note: here also, the directly formatted or styled borders of table content 
> will print/export.
> 
> Attaching a clip showing diff between "border" color of table grid and table
> cell paragraph content on a dark document canvas.
Exactly, I use the dark document theme and the table are like the first one in the attachment
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2025-11-06 08:28:40 UTC
We lack an Automatic color for table borders. It has been reported in bug 148675.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 148675 ***