Vivaldi 6.8 - Menu - Dark Theme missing

thangcuoi

Hello,

The Dark Theme menu item which used to appear next to Desktop Site has disappeared. Can we please bring it back?

Vivaldi's dark mode works on most site, but it does break some sites.

You can hide the option under the Site Configuration button in the Address bar, as a fourth item under Last Visit.

Ideally, please make every menu item (except Settings) optional. Please see 1DM+ Browser to see how it could be implement.

SilverGreen93

I literally just wanted to post this!
I cannot see the Dark mode checkbox in the menu after upgrading to 6.8. Hope it is just a bug, because I used to toggle the checkbox quite often for websites that do not look good in dark theme.

virtualera

BRING THIS FEATURE BACK!

VicRamsden

(Eta, Android on Samsung Tablet. Latest version.)

Yep, I'm stuck in dark mode too.

"Follow System Theme", just changes the top and bottom of the screen (see screenshots).

I used to rely on the "Dark Theme tick box" on the pull down menu.

tegehel

Question : Why was it removed? It's not redundancy, because it now takes 6 (six! ) clicks instead of 2 clicks. to switch the option on/off.

I'm sorry, but if it wasn't a mistake, then that was a bad UI design decision. Ergonomically, it doesn't make sense to remove it: it was a good, and useful, shortcut. Space-wise, we're talking 1 line, so that's not a great argument either. Plus, it didn't bother anyone before but now that it's gone, it's bothering everyone who used it!

Vivaldi's about choices

How about you guys think of an option in the Preferences that would allow us to choose what optional stuff appears in the V menu? Like the menu setting, but instead of symbols at the bottom, lines in the menu that we can switch on and off (keeping the necessary stuff always on, if course).

Like that, we could CHOOSE to have that shortcut in there, but others who never use it, can remove it. Yeah?

rev6

+1

Bring it back.

Dijkertje92

+1 Yes please bring it back!

I now have download version 6.7 from apkmirror to have this feature back. I use it all the time.
I prefer dark mode, but sometimes a site isn't viewed correctly on dark mode, so I would use the toggle at least a couple time a day.

szakacsg

I also really miss the 'Dark mode' checkbox.

patrickweiden

@VicRamsden: You can toggle the dark mode for websites (in general, not site-specific) via Settings --> Theme (under Appearance) --> Dark mode for Web Pages (under Dark web pages). But this is for general display purpose and you cannot easily switch the dark mode for a single site (as you could with the menu "tickbox" option that has been obviously removed).

@all: There is also another forum discussion about the tickbox - see here.

patrickweiden

FYI: Cross-posting here that a similar forum discussion has been opened here.

rev6

@patrickweiden it's merged now.

How long before it's removed from the site settings menu?

One of the few browsers that allows for native per website dark mode.

Bring it back.

donny2

You brought customizable icon in the address bar in the last stable version, and I looked forward to the "page dark mode switch" button, because it's the option I use the most.

But not onlly there isn't any, but you also removed the option from the main menu, without any explanation.

I know this function is not perfect, but it's better than nothing if I can easily choose which site I want it to be active on. But enabled by default on all sites is not preferred, and option to turn it on/off somewhere deep in the settings makes it completely unusable. Again.

Please tell us something about this missing feature.

VicRamsden

@patrickweiden thanks for that. I'd forgotten about that option, as it was buried in a menu I don't go to.

marialeal

Thanks for your reports The toggle is missing due to a regression after the latest release. A dev has already been assigned to it and is looking into it.

patrickweiden

This is unfortunate to read (the regression), but the outlook is quite fortunate (dev assigned + looking into it)...

speedwaykills2

@marialeal Sounds like it wasn't intentional then. Really want this feature back. Hopefully soon!

VicRamsden

Just updated my app to 6.8.

Sadly, Dark Theme is still missing on the pull down menu, and zoom levels are still messed up.

marialeal

@VicRamsden yes, if you check the changelog on the blog for yesterday's minor update, you'll see that these are the changes from the initial stable release:

[Start page] Custom image is not reflected instantly when you have default image (VAB-9448)
[Start Page] Show the wallpaper images in landscape when device is in landscape (VAB-9366)
[Start page] Three dot button dissappears after adding a new group (VAB-9442)
[Crash] On clicking item in settings for start page (VAB-9454)
[Crash] Rotating from portrait to landscape and back on start page wallpaper settings crashes Vivaldi (VAB-9468)
[Crash] Upon sorting bookmarks (VAB-9465)
[Regression] Disabling tab stacks does not dissolve tab stacks (VAB-9438)

far4

@marialeal
As we say, "so you don't have to get up and ask twice."

The pure black color in night-mode on Vivaldi on IPS screens is poisonous and very unpleasant for the eyes. On the Cromite browser with the help of scripts it is easily turned into a soft dark gray.

Couldn't a simple color matching table for day/night modes be built into android/Vivaldi? For example, if in daytime the background is white #ffffff, then in nighttime I want to see #272932. If in daytime a web page has colors in the range #ffffff..#f0f0f0, then in nighttime I want those colors to be inverted, but have #20 added to each channel. That is, I need specific color matches and color range matches.

It's an issue not often addressed on the forum, I agree. But that does not make it any less serious. For example, Twitter has long since drawn conclusions and has a "twilight mode" for soft reading.

Can't Vivaldi do something, repeat what Twitter easily did long ago?

NT45

The dark mode toogle is one of the best features of this browser. Hopefully it will be back soon.