Dark mode UI with light content

mixer468

mixer468

I think that the option to have separate themes for browser UI and content, like in websites would be really beneficial.
Before i always wanted this feature as i use 2 monitor setup and like the second monitor to have only dark windows shown so to not distract from the main content on the main screen. But i really don't like my content to be in dark mode (besides finding dark content confusing, high contrast really messes with my astigmatism). So i had this dilemma with dark\light modes.
But now I'm switching to the oled monitor and really like to do all that is possible to prevent burn in. I know i will almost always have a browser's top bar shown on the screen, and it better be dark. The option to have separate themes for ui and websides would help in this case too!

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mixer468

@mixer468 That's how it works nowadays, you can have a dark themed UI with pages using their original light modes.

mixer468

mixer468 @leocg

@leocg In OperaGX i might have like a black colored theme for ui. But with just Opera when i set dark mode websites like youtube change to dark mode too

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mixer468

@mixer468 Yes, some sites detect that you are using a dark them and adapt themselves to it. That's not something controlled by the browser.

On YouTube you can click on your account icon and change to light mode.

mixer468

mixer468 @leocg

@leocg that's the point it would be great to have an ability to prevent browser to report dark mode to websites. So if i only need the browser's top bar with navigation and things being dark and not the content i could set it up. I mean it's not even so much dark mode i would like to see as just tunable top bar and controls in the theme.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mixer468

@mixer468 Most of the times they detect the system dark theme and not the browser dark theme.

Anyway, maybe someday Chromium will add that option.