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P: UI add Dark Mode or Interface Customization

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January 9, 2021
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Dark mode in Windows would be very useful, I use it on my system and everything is very eye pleasing, but the LRC toolbar is still white which ends up being distracting when working on dark photos since the rest of the UI is dark. It makes no sense that the toolbar does not follow the OS system theme, or at least have a proper dark mode option in LRC settings somewhere?

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QuantumGolem

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App verison: Lightroom Classic 14.2
macOS version: macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 (24D81)

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Lightroom Classic does not support dark mode in dialog boxes. Here is one such example:

Here is roughly what it should look like:

This bug has been present for almost 7 years—since dark mode was introduced to macOS.

This happens with any dialog box in Lightroom Classic, including the Sync Settings dialog box, the AI syncing dialog box (as above), the export dialog box, the watermark editor dialog box, the tag editor dialog box, etc.

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QuantumGolem

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Another place where this shows up: notice how in macOS dark mode, all apps have a dark title bar.

However, Lightroom Classic still uses the old light mode title bar:

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Frans35958056anyp

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It is most anoying this dark mode and above that it causes that your eyes get discepted and you most likely fall for images being to dark while printing them. It show that adobe gives more about fashion then about delivering a propper product.

I wonder if it is ignorance or stupiddity that adobe wont make this possible.

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glynislw

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Now I have gotten a bit older, I am finding the Lightroom interface a little too dark and the text too faint. I have tried to increase font size... but it has not made that much difference. I know you can change the background colour but this is not the issue.

I have a calabrated monitor so it's not that my monitor is too 'dim' . Also, I don't have this problem with other software (eg ON1 or Topaz) mainly because their text is brighter. Luckily, this is not an issue with Photoshop as there are options to change the panel colours.

So, is it possible to change the panel colour and brighten the text ?

TheDigitalDog

Inspiring

Almost 2023 and Adobe, with one of the highest subscription costs on the market, still doesn't support dark mode on MacOS.

Only partially supported (some of the GUI on the Mac is).

Not enough, agreed, upvoted.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

ralphlouzon

Inspiring

I left Lightroom for a few years since V6 and used intensely (and still do) Capture One and some others RAW softwares.
Now I'm back in Lightroom Classic and although the features are excellent I'm suprised to see again this old style UI which I don't like at all.
I can't understand why Adobe keeps this greyish interface, fonts are small and not enough readable, the panels are medium grey where they should be dark grey, the popup menus are light grey even if my Mac is set to dark mode, this white upper bar is weird, the slider buttons are too small and difficult to see... etc.
And Lightroom CC and Photoshop have perfect and customizable interfaces! Why LRC users are punished? Please Adobe...

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nomasprime

Inspiring

Almost 2023 and Adobe, with one of the highest subscription costs on the market, still doesn't support dark mode on MacOS.

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BLanellA

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Yes. I already found the very limited ways you can customize the interface in Preferences > Interface: This is the subject of my post.

The size of the text is not the problem. The dark grey text on black is illegible. There is no option to adjust the color of the text.

Robbie KhanAuthor

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I am on a QD-OLED monitor, so having a dark toolbar with the dark stock theme is perfect as I have infinite contrast at my disposal - But even aside from this, when the dark BG is used, th toolbar should be dark too or at the very least it should follow the WIndows system theme mode preference which it does not.

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BLanellA

Inspiring

I'm new to Lightroom and trying to learn. I have used PSElements for about 15 years; I've used Photoshop from time to time, as well as Bridge and the Raw Editor. So, I'm not new to Adobe products. I need some visual help, so I always change the colors of the dark Workspace, Menus, etc. Specifically, the Photoshop "themes" is very helpful. In fact, I have ALWAYS been able to edit my preferences in Adobe graphic programs to suit my needs, until now.

Lightroom Classic 2022 cannot be adjusted adequately to allow me to do a simple thing like "read the screen/menus". I've been fumbling around with it for days, so not only is it not possible, it's an "undocumented feature".

To me this is bizzare. Adobe has the code to include in Lightroom Classic...why is it deemed not necessary for customers to be able to adjust the application for a visually beneficial experience. Adobe goes to great lengths to modify color in images, yet customers cannot adjust the application to suit their needs.

Please fix this inexplicable problem. then DOCUMENT IT!!!!

Thanks,

Lanell Allen

johnrellis

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Perhaps you've already found the very limited ways you can customize the interface in Preferences > Interface:

- You can use Font Size to make text bigger, and you can change the Background color around images.

- Note that on Windows, the size of text in the top menu bar is controlled by the Windows display settings (Settings > System > Display > Make Text Bigger).