Bug 170005 - dark mode bug where "automatic" font color changes the displayed font color when a spelling flag is present in cells with a background color
Summary: dark mode bug where "automatic" font color changes the displayed font color w...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2025-12-16 16:54 UTC by keystoneclimber
Modified: 2025-12-19 00:48 UTC (History)
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dark mode automatic text color bug (8.66 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2025-12-16 16:57 UTC, keystoneclimber 		Details
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Description keystoneclimber 2025-12-16 16:54:53 UTC 
Description:
When dark mode is enabled, when a cell is set to "automatic" font color and specific background colors (not all background colors) are present, the displayed font color will change (sometimes black, sometime white) when a spelling flag is present.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. in A1 & B1 type correct spelling
2. in A2 & B2 type incorrect speling
3. set the background color of A1 & A2 to yellow
4. set the background color of B1 & B2 to blue
5. enable dark mode (Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Appearance > LibreOffice Themes > Dark)

Actual Results:
A1 - black text
A2 - white text
B1 - white text
B2 - white text

Expected Results:
A1 - black text
A2 - black text
B1 - white text
B2 - white text


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19042); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 keystoneclimber 2025-12-16 16:57:35 UTC 
Created attachment 204676 [details]
dark mode automatic text color bug

other colors also selectively exhibit this
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2025-12-17 00:10:07 UTC 
Not reproducible with
Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Please test with Menu>Help>Restart in Safe Mode

If it doesn't work, please test with the last release.


Download any version of LibreOffice.

http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/?C=M;O=D
Comment 3 keystoneclimber 2025-12-18 15:31:06 UTC 
Tried safe mode and this behavior was not displayed.
Returned to regular mode and changed font color from white to automatic and it stopped this behavior.
Still not sure that this shouldn't be considered a bug though.  When someone chooses a specific (fixed) font color, the font should ALWAYS be that color, even if it results in something unreadable with certain backgrounds.
Comment 4 m_a_riosv 2025-12-19 00:48:51 UTC 
There were a lot of changes about the appearance in the latest versions, maybe some issues when updating the profile with a new version o some incompatibilities.

Let's resolve.