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Bug 695388 - Force the dark theme variant to be off when not in private browsing
Force the dark theme variant to be off when not in private browsing
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Interface
3.6.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-03-07 19:33 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2014-01-13 16:09 UTC
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Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2013-03-07 19:33:30 UTC 
Since GTK/GNOME 3.6, there is a switch that can be accessed through gnome-tweak-tool where you can "Enable dark theme for all applications".

As I understand it, Epiphany intends to use the dark theme for its "temporary private browsing" mode. If that is the case, you should ensure that the normal, non-private mode is forced to use the light variant of the GTK theme, or that there is another way for the user to tell that private browsing is active (ie not rely solely on the dark theme appearance).

I'm filing this bug report because I have no way to tell if this has been handled already (grepping through git logs gave me no results there). Maybe this is already solved.
Comment 1 Jakub Steiner 2013-03-18 13:25:12 UTC 
I think what we really need is a specific style for the private mode. Reusing dark theme for this is very problematic.
Comment 2 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2014-01-11 17:06:11 UTC 
Possibly, setting "gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme" to False in Epiphany may allow force-overriding the user's global "all apps should be dark" setting to achieve this.
Comment 3 Claudio Saavedra 2014-01-13 09:44:54 UTC 
But this is no longer an issue. Dark theme is not used anymore for incognito as of the current development version.
Comment 4 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2014-01-13 15:49:24 UTC 
Ah yes, I know that. However, the problem remains for when someone turns on gnome-tweak-tool's "Global dark theme" preference.

Given the problems with form widgets and the fact that most websites are light anyway, this is why I'd like to see if Epiphany can "force" the light theme to override such settings.
Comment 5 Claudio Saavedra 2014-01-13 16:09:41 UTC 
Problems with form widgets are already reported in bug #602217 and need to be fixed properly, not worked around by forcing the light theme.