Dark theme in Calibre for Windows 10 - Page 2

Blas · 12-13-2019, 03:43 AM

Well so after the recent update the Dark Mode is finally working for me.

Here you can see how it looks and also my settings.

It's awesome!

pghaworth · 12-13-2019, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Blas

Well so after the recent update the Dark Mode is finally working for me.

Here you can see how it looks and also my settings.

It's awesome!

thanks for the notice. I didn't know the update had landed. very excited. installing it now. indeed looks awesome.

pghaworth · 12-13-2019, 04:52 AM

it's wonderful! thank you so much, Kovid!

what an amazing thing.

kovidgoyal · 12-13-2019, 06:12 AM

You're welcome

Kowboyy · 12-16-2019, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ShoeQueen

As a user who is on Calibre for hours at a time, I know I am not alone in the desire to see a night theme or color customization. I beg of you to consider making a Night Theme. The glare of the stark white is very hard on the eyes, and difficult for anyone with sight issues. I love the program, but a Night Theme would really make it much easier to use. Thank you.

I too have fussed around with this and cannot find a practical way of getting a "Dark Theme" In Calibre. I end up exporting the books to a device that I can toggle dark/light modes. I'd rather just do it here natively. Is there anyone working on a plugin that is going to allow this? It appears to be a fairly standard feature in most programs nowadays. Without it I am kicked out of bed and end up on the couch reading. I read till I am tired and by the time I trample back upstairs to go back to bed I am wide awake wanting to read more. Heaven forbid I use a light screen when the wife is sleeping. I would love to see a fix for this....please.

pghaworth · 12-16-2019, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Kowboyy

I too have fussed around with this and cannot find a practical way of getting a "Dark Theme" In Calibre. I end up exporting the books to a device that I can toggle dark/light modes. I'd rather just do it here natively. Is there anyone working on a plugin that is going to allow this? It appears to be a fairly standard feature in most programs nowadays. Without it I am kicked out of bed and end up on the couch reading. I read till I am tired and by the time I trample back upstairs to go back to bed I am wide awake wanting to read more. Heaven forbid I use a light screen when the wife is sleeping. I would love to see a fix for this....please.

this has been resolved. this thread has all the details. it's a setting in Calibre 46.0. just update and you'll have the option. first set windows to dark mode.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=325387

JSWolf · 12-22-2019, 05:44 PM

Can a dark mode be added to Calibre without having to set the OS to a dark mode?

jackie_w · 12-22-2019, 07:03 PM

@Kovid,

I'm not sure whether you're still following this thread, but if so, I found a couple of other GUI things which are invisible in nightmode on Win10:

the vertical Separator lines between tool buttons in toolbars of both main calibre GUI and Editor.
the optional gridlines (set in Prefs>Look&Feel) in the main calibre library window. They're only visible on rows which are currently highlighted.

I like nightmode a lot.

BetterRed · 12-22-2019, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Can a dark mode be added to Calibre without having to set the OS to a dark mode?

Yes, read 4.6 Release notes and Calibre User Manual: Environment variables

BR

kovidgoyal · 12-22-2019, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jackie_w

@Kovid,

the vertical Separator lines between tool buttons in toolbars of both main calibre GUI and Editor.

they are visible just not very high contrast. I couldn't find a way of rendering nice looking separators against a dark background.

Quote:

the optional gridlines (set in Prefs>Look&Feel) in the main calibre library window. They're only visible on rows which are currently highlighted.

I looked into these they are too painful to fix I'm afraid.

JSWolf · 12-23-2019, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Yes, read 4.6 Release notes and Calibre User Manual: Environment variables

BR

Thanks.

jackie_w · 12-23-2019, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

they are visible just not very high contrast. I couldn't find a way of rendering nice looking separators against a dark background.

I looked into these they are too painful to fix I'm afraid.

OK. Thanks for trying

drope · 02-07-2020, 12:15 AM

Hi,
After the last update (4.10), the Dark Theme has gone. How can I get it back?
Thank you.

Parfumeur · 02-07-2020, 12:36 AM

Poof .. gone...... after the update from 4.9.1 to 4.10.0, the dark theme is gone. BTW, I loved the dark theme, excellent GUI, for a "G R E A T" program.

Adding the system or user environment variables: CALIBRE_USE_DARK_PALETTE to 1 or YES does not work.

kovidgoyal · 02-07-2020, 01:57 AM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=327202

12-13-2019, 03:43 AM	#16
Blas Ulica Guy Posts: 85 Karma: 43686 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Croatia Device: Kobo H2O and Motorola XOOM 2(for comics)	Well so after the recent update the Dark Mode is finally working for me. Here you can see how it looks and also my settings. It's awesome! Attached Thumbnails

12-22-2019, 07:03 PM	#23
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,252 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	@Kovid, I'm not sure whether you're still following this thread, but if so, I found a couple of other GUI things which are invisible in nightmode on Win10: the vertical Separator lines between tool buttons in toolbars of both main calibre GUI and Editor. the optional gridlines (set in Prefs>Look&Feel) in the main calibre library window. They're only visible on rows which are currently highlighted. I like nightmode a lot.

02-07-2020, 12:15 AM	#28
drope Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2020 Device: Dazz	Dark Theme in Windows 10 Hi, After the last update (4.10), the Dark Theme has gone. How can I get it back? Thank you.

02-07-2020, 12:36 AM	#29
Parfumeur Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2020 Device: Samsung Tab	Poof .. gone...... after the update from 4.9.1 to 4.10.0, the dark theme is gone. BTW, I loved the dark theme, excellent GUI, for a "G R E A T" program. Adding the system or user environment variables: CALIBRE_USE_DARK_PALETTE to 1 or YES does not work. Last edited by Parfumeur; 02-07-2020 at 12:38 AM. Reason: spell check

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