Description: The text color in the Status bar, themes panel and other places is influenced by the Windows Light/Dark appearance settings, rather than by the LibreOffice theme used, resulting in unreadable text. Steps to Reproduce: 0. Set Windows Appearance mode to Light 1. Enable application theming from LO Appearance settings and choose a dark theme, for example Office 2003 Dark Blue Theme 2. Restart LibreOffice 3. Create a new Writer or Calc document. Actual Results: Observe the color of the text in the status bar: Dark text on dark background. Observe the color in the styles panel (in Writer): Dark text on dark background. Expected Results: The color should respect the theme, and have a high contrast, in this case, white or whatever the theme creator chooses. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64) Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Created attachment 204820 [details] Styles panel
Created attachment 204821 [details] Status bar text
This was reported in comments on themes: https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/99416#comment-5146
Reproducible also in Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) Build ID: 792fca692594a642762c8ea62581d43fb56300d4 CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Let's discuss this and find a proper solution, we should not have another release with this bug...
Confirmed with STR. Win11 DWM in Light color sense, LO Tools -> Options -> Appearance 'Enable application theming' checked and the "Office 2003 Dark blue" appearance theme selected active. FG text on the 'Status' bar, and FG text of the Sidebar's 'Styles' deck do not follow the style and receive a low contrast dark on dark (black on grey) coloring. Selecting a different Dark appearance theme "Dark Gray" results in an even lower contrast dark on dark for the FG text in those elements. =-testing-= 20251226 TB103 nightly Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) Build ID: 680(Build:0) CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
(In reply to Mihai Vasiliu from comment #0) > Status bar, themes panel and other places... What other places?
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #6) > (In reply to Mihai Vasiliu from comment #0) > > Status bar, themes panel and other places... > What other places? Here is a list of known places in Writer: - Status bar - Themes panel list - Manage Changes panel tabs and list header - Options Dialog -> Fonts list header - Options Dialog -> Security buttons text - Options Dialog -> Appearance buttons text - Insert -> Envelope buttons text - Tools -> Spelling buttons text - Table -> Properties Spelling buttons text
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/c7a29af1d77c4e1483154b262c7c621067cd2685 Related tdf#170143 - Statusbar text color should consider themed colors It will be available in 26.8.0. 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.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/8855e318f81651f7aff33cf12d27a37b4abe87fa Related tdf#170143 - Stylist text color should consider themed colors It will be available in 26.8.0. 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.
Confirmed fixed with all of my themes in the following areas: - Status bar - Themes panel list Not fixed in: - Manage Changes panel tabs and list header - Options Dialog -> Fonts list header - Options Dialog -> Security buttons text - Options Dialog -> Appearance buttons text - Insert -> Envelope buttons text - Tools -> Spelling buttons text - Table -> Properties Spelling buttons text Tested on: Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) Build ID: fde80f0497f89c18ac3d74f181ead958d9d1314a CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
This last patch should do the trick.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/5c723785d4cf512bba0591a5328f2a9784b82bc2 Resolves tdf#170143 - Set ButtonTextColor on theme change It will be available in 26.8.0. 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.
Reopen this because I also found out the Writer dropdowns for font and paragraph style exibit the same issue and they are basically the same bug.
Created attachment 205235 [details] Toolbar style and font dropdowns
Created attachment 205236 [details] Properties pane style and font dropdown
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-26-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/0635321785aabc915e715d1fc1b958664ee05eaf Resolves tdf#170143 - Set ButtonTextColor on theme change It will be available in 26.2.1. 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.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/7e0c4230e8e854adc4d85d195af0ed683ee210bb Resolves tdf#170143 - Set ButtonTextColor on theme change (macOS) It will be available in 26.8.0. 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.
@Mihai, just went through the full list from comment 7 both os/DE color sense in Light or in Dark, with Appearance theme activated either a light or a dark appearance theme fully applies and the buttons in all the listed panels are readable. Anywhere else, or can this be closed => Fixed
sorry that was with the 2026-02-07 nightly of master against 26.8.0 Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) Build ID: 680(Build:0) CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #18) > @Mihai, just went through the full list from comment 7 both os/DE color > sense in Light or in Dark, with Appearance theme activated either a light or > a dark appearance theme fully applies and the buttons in all the listed > panels are readable. Anywhere else, or can this be closed => Fixed I reopened it as I found out other, more critical places with the same issue. Look at comment 13. They affect LO 26.2 as well. Thanks!
(In reply to Mihai Vasiliu from comment #20) > (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #18) > > @Mihai, just went through the full list from comment 7 both os/DE color > > sense in Light or in Dark, with Appearance theme activated either a light or > > a dark appearance theme fully applies and the buttons in all the listed > > panels are readable. Anywhere else, or can this be closed => Fixed > > I reopened it as I found out other, more critical places with the same > issue. Look at comment 13. They affect LO 26.2 as well. Thanks! OK, I see there is *still* an issue with the tb listboxes. But the Sidebar listboxes now seem correct. 2026-02-07 tb103 nightly Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) Build ID: 680(Build:0) CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #21) > OK, I see there is *still* an issue with the tb listboxes. But the Sidebar > listboxes now seem correct. Yes, the Seidebar listboxes are ok. The issue is with the dropdown lists for font selection and paragraph style in both the toolbar and the Sidebar.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-26-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/4c7ac52aa17ffb0d78909a50248a9bb179353107 Resolves tdf#170143 - Set ButtonTextColor on theme change (macOS) It will be available in 26.2.2. 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.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/75e20cc06017dfcca05dda13fa95dedfaab2af8c Related tdf#170143 - Inconsistent theme colors on non-native controls It will be available in 26.8.0. 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.
(In reply to Mihai Vasiliu from comment #22) > ...issue is with the dropdown lists for font selection and paragraph style Both used the DialogTextColor on the non-native UI, ie. Windows, and I changed it to WindowTextColor.
Verified fixed in Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) Build ID: e18a815190140dd959ade58abf1b9311af10057e CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI: ro-RO Calc: CL threaded Thank you very much, Heiko!
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-26-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/ed057e68d5289d0fbba66eebeea98e8f31363fbd Related tdf#170143 - Inconsistent theme colors on non-native controls It will be available in 26.2.2. 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.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-26-2-1": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/e079cb20f14e0d9d61bbcf865ab4915e3c0a43ba Related tdf#170143 - Inconsistent theme colors on non-native controls It will be available in 26.2.1. 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.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-26-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/e7eaeefeef74eea7c37063d89cd8d9679f302663 Related tdf#170143 - Stylist text color should consider themed colors It will be available in 26.2.2. 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.
Verified fixed in: Version: 26.2.2.0.0+ (X86_64) Build ID: 53746e60356f2afb16e7a06580ed809184a58861 CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded