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Can we get Dark Mode/Theme/Interface in Adobe XD?

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Hi, my name is Waqas and i'm a UI/UX Engineer <user information removed by moderator>. I love XD like many others and i use Adobe Suite for my projects but i most of the products like Photoshop, Illustrator have dark themes whereas Adobe XD still has the basic white theme which is hard on eyes specially when working at night in a room. It will be nice to have an option to switch between night and day mode.

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Thanks for your feedback. I'm sorry you have that perception; we do spend a lot of time in UserVoice and take the feedback seriously. We've talked about this publicly: https://twitter.com/ashorten/status/1339704791451070464?s=20

To sum up, there is a fair amount of architectural work we need to do to enable dark mode in XD. We are actively working on updating our architecture to be able to handle dark mode, but as with anything this structural, it's likely going to be a long term effort. As nice as it would be to just "turn it on," there are a number of realities around making software that just take time.

Thanks,

Elaine Chao

Sr. Product Manager, Adobe XD

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Sun232446813rc2

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It has been six years since adobe couldn't install a dark theme. Adobe don't care guys, all they care is money. Adobe was created for designers for helping them grow. Now they are just a cash grab corporate S**t

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Chris W. Griffith

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Given Adobe's investment in the growth of XD, I doubt this will happen. 😞

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Interesting2278210145ar

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WE NEED DARK MOODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PwrSrg

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This is one of the saddest and most pathetic things I have ever seen.

Thank God I use Figma with a custom Dark Mode plugin. 😆

Good luck guys. Adobe has NEVER listened to their customers.

You would think you would understand that by now. 😑

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realriapacheco

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We need a dark mode.

My eyes are bleeding

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Zi7ar21

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Someone told me to use Adobe XD but I can't because there is no dark mode. Adobe is saying that it takes a fair bit of work to add but that is absolute bullcrap because someone has already done it: https://github.com/cgio/darkxd
Dark mode should be the default for everything. It's not subjective, it is a fact and there is science that can prove it:

http://hj.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1464394/FULLTEXT01.pdf

https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2020/01/dark-isnt-just-a-mode.php

https://uxdesign.cc/the-story-of-dark-mode-light-mode-and-the-user-87782f180ae5

https://material.io/design/color/dark-theme.html

Honestly, at this point Adobe has to be purposely neglecting our cries.

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XR_LOK

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I am eager to see a dark mode option in Adobe XD. Otherwise, I lose my eyes or need to shift to another alternative. Please Update Dark screen mode in Adobe XD.

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momchilk91792839

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Seems like no one on your team is paying attention to this UserVoice thing, so please stop redirecting us there every time someone asks about the feature. It is requested already. 5 years ago. With thousands of upvotes. Tell us, when is Adobe actually going to consider its customers' needs? This is ridiculous. A team of a junior designer and developer could do this in a couple of hours.

I'm starting to think Adobe doesn't want to do it. Maybe they want to include it later, as a feature in some higher-priced version of XD, so we are forced to pay if we don't want to go blind.

This software was supposed to be shaped by the users' feedback. Yeah, right.

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elaineccCorrect answer

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Thanks for your feedback. I'm sorry you have that perception; we do spend a lot of time in UserVoice and take the feedback seriously. We've talked about this publicly: https://twitter.com/ashorten/status/1339704791451070464?s=20

To sum up, there is a fair amount of architectural work we need to do to enable dark mode in XD. We are actively working on updating our architecture to be able to handle dark mode, but as with anything this structural, it's likely going to be a long term effort. As nice as it would be to just "turn it on," there are a number of realities around making software that just take time.

Thanks,

Elaine Chao

Sr. Product Manager, Adobe XD

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ignat.off

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It takes some time...ok, we gоt that. But this time couldn't be almost 7 years. Users totally neglected.

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Tom5E5D

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UI design app that couldn't implement a simple dark UI for 4 years!!! WHAT A JOKE!!

Guys! Adobe just don't care what you want. Just do it yourself!

find the method here: github.com/cgio/darkxd

It not be perfect, but it's better than nothing

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Bharathram

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Hi, my name is Bharath and i'm a UI/UX Designer. I love XD like many others and i use Adobe Suite for my projects but i most of the products like Photoshop, Illustrator have dark themes whereas Adobe XD still has the basic white theme which is hard on eyes specially when working at night in a room. It will be nice to have an option to switch between night and day mode. Can you please help as soon as possible.

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italosan

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Hi, I would suggest submitting your feedback here: Dark Interface (overall UI including side panels) – Adobe XD Feedback : Feature Requests & Bugs on our UserVoice page and upvote this feature to add your voice.

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Luis5C3F

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TO EVERYONE LOOKING FOR HOPE AND ANWSERS, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS REQUEST WAS POSTED IN 2016 AND IS IN BACKLOG! YES EVEN TRUMP WOULD AGREED THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. AND THATS A LOW BAR TO COMPARE HOW ADOBE HAVE TAKE SO LONG.

The only I can reccomend you is, go to the stupid "recommend" page and vote and let your anger get out because this is the most stupid delay ever. AND STILL, wont happend. Even facebook have a dark UI and is not made for design. Is just so stupid that a DESIGN company build an INTERFACE app without the option of choosing the UI pallete like EVERY CC APP. The worst part is we need to beg to at least take the white a little bit down. BUT EVERYTHING IS WHITE! WHAT THA F.... I have to use RayBans and Sunglasses with prescription because all I get is migraines.

So yea, go to the link of requests, vote and lash out for cathartic pourpuses. Because ADOBE DONT GIVE A F even if we pay for CC and stop using Sketch and Figma and more weird than that.... people stopped pirating the app because we were promise our suscriptions was to fund constant change and updates, and this was ask in 2016.

GO AND JOIN ANGRY DESIGNERS ---> Dark Interface (overall UI including side panels) – Adobe XD Feedback : Feature Requests & Bugs

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