Bug 170134 - Libre Office dark theme: “Thickness” dropdown for lines/shapes has white background and invisible items
Summary: Libre Office dark theme: “Thickness” dropdown for lines/shapes has white back...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.4.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-12-26 13:57 UTC by george
Modified: 2025-12-26 18:27 UTC (History)
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thickness drop down menu dark theme bug (148.15 KB, image/jpeg)
2025-12-26 13:57 UTC, george
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Description george 2025-12-26 13:57:10 UTC
Description:
When using LibreOffice on Linux Mint with a dark system theme, the “Thickness” dropdown in the sidebar (for lines and shapes) displays a white background, and all the line previews are white or barely visible. As a result, it's impossible to see the thickness options in the list — it looks blank. This issue only occurs with dark themes; using a light theme restores normal visibility.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set Linux Mint (Cinnamon) to use a dark system theme.
2.Launch LibreOffice (Writer, Draw, or Impress).
3.Insert a shape or a line.
4.Open the Sidebar and select the Properties panel.
5.Click on the Thickness dropdown list under line properties.

Actual Results:
The dropdown has a white background.
Line previews are rendered in white, making them invisible or nearly invisible against the background.
The list appears empty, even though thickness options exist.
Switching back to a light theme restores proper rendering.

Expected Results:
The “Thickness” dropdown should adapt properly to the dark theme.
The background and line previews should have sufficient contrast, making all thickness options clearly visible.



Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Both LibreOffice and the system use dark appearance settings.
Changing the icon set or LibreOffice color scheme does not fix the issue.
Attaching a screenshot showing:
 A shape/line in the document.
 The open “Thickness” dropdown in the sidebar where previews are invisible on a white background.
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Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: el-GR (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:25.8.4~rc2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 george 2025-12-26 13:57:43 UTC
Created attachment 204810 [details]
thickness drop down menu dark theme bug
Comment 2 reznaeous 2025-12-26 16:49:56 UTC
I'm on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and am seeing the same bug. System theme is Nordic installed from the KDE Store theme downloader / installer. LO installed via OpenSUSE repos.

Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.18; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 Alejandro 2025-12-26 18:27:48 UTC
I can reproduce this on the Flatpak version, on Linux Mint with Cinnamon.

Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: es-PA (es_PA.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Flatpak
Calc: threaded