DrRacket Dark Mode in Windows
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Juan Carlos Olivo
Jan 15, 2020, 11:07:53 PM1/15/20
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Hello everyone,
I was reading in the release notes that DrRacket supports dark mode as of 7.5; however, I don't see this option in the DrRacket preferences. I also have "Dark" as the default color under the "Colors" section in Settings > Personalization > Colors. I am using the latest Windows 10.
I was wondering if I am missing something or doing something wrong?
Thank you!
--JC
Robby Findler
Jan 15, 2020, 11:10:27 PM1/15/20
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Dark mode will be a lot better in the next release. Probably one thing
you have to do (in the current release) is open the preferences
dialog, choose "colors" and then click the "white on black" button.
The snapshot builds are here if you want to see the improvement since
the last release: https://snapshot.racket-lang.org/
Rpbby
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you have to do (in the current release) is open the preferences
dialog, choose "colors" and then click the "white on black" button.
The snapshot builds are here if you want to see the improvement since
the last release: https://snapshot.racket-lang.org/
Rpbby
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Hendrik Boom
Jan 16, 2020, 12:03:36 AM1/16/20
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:10:12PM -0600, Robby Findler wrote:
> Dark mode will be a lot better in the next release.
I hope so. I use drracket in dark mode on Linux.
> Dark mode will be a lot better in the next release.
The main panels have a proper black background, but some of the framing
has a white background, specifically
the panel that says File Edit View Language, etc
and
the panel that says Untitles ... Run Stop
on startup.
Sorawee Porncharoenwase
Jan 16, 2020, 12:59:51 AM1/16/20
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I was reading in the release notes that DrRacket supports dark mode as of 7.5; however, I don't see this option in the DrRacket preferences. I also have "Dark" as the default color under the "Colors" section in Settings > Personalization > Colors. I am using the latest Windows 10.
Just to be clear. DrRacket supports theme customization for the editor under the "Colors" tab long ago (and this is what Robby was talking about in the above reply). If you want the editor to have a dark background, you should choose "white on black" theme, "Tol's White on Black" theme, or install any additional theme (e.g., Spacemacs Dark) via the package manager.
And then there's DrRacket's general UI. Its dark theme support was added since Racket 7.5, and this depends on the customization at the OS level.
Here are four possibilities:
- Dark theme at the OS level and dark theme for the editor
- Dark theme at the OS level and light theme for the editor
- Light theme at the OS level and light theme for the editor
- Light theme at the OS level and dark theme for the editor
As I understand, you have no problem with the customization for editors, but have a problem with the customization for the general UI. Is that correct? I don't have Windows or Linux, so I don't know how DrRacket's general UI looks like for them. But it works reasonably well in MacOS.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 9:03 PM Hendrik Boom <hen...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:10:12PM -0600, Robby Findler wrote:
> Dark mode will be a lot better in the next release.
I hope so. I use drracket in dark mode on Linux.
The main panels have a proper black background, but some of the framing
has a white background, specifically
the panel that says File Edit View Language, etc
and
the panel that says Untitles ... Run Stop
on startup.
> Probably one thing
> you have to do (in the current release) is open the preferences
> dialog, choose "colors" and then click the "white on black" button.
> The snapshot builds are here if you want to see the improvement since
> the last release: https://snapshot.racket-lang.org/
>
> Rpbby
>
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > --JC
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Shawn Shawn
Jan 16, 2020, 1:26:24 AM1/16/20
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didn't work on Windows 10
already checked Settings -> Colors -> Choose your default app mode: Dark
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Robby Findler
Jan 16, 2020, 8:14:27 AM1/16/20
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Oh, that part is up to your operating system. Depending on which
flavor of linux you can get different plugin-type thingies installed
to get dark mode for those bits, I believe. I'm not too familiar with
how all that works, but the background of the panels is a place where
the WM is deciding what to draw (and telling DrRacket what it does),
as opposed to DrRacket deciding what color.
Unless you're saying that other apps look appropriately dark in their
panels and dialog boxes and whatnot, and only DrRacket doesn't?
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flavor of linux you can get different plugin-type thingies installed
to get dark mode for those bits, I believe. I'm not too familiar with
how all that works, but the background of the panels is a place where
the WM is deciding what to draw (and telling DrRacket what it does),
as opposed to DrRacket deciding what color.
Unless you're saying that other apps look appropriately dark in their
panels and dialog boxes and whatnot, and only DrRacket doesn't?
Robby
Hendrik Boom
Jan 16, 2020, 11:25:08 AM1/16/20
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 07:14:11AM -0600, Robby Findler wrote:
> Oh, that part is up to your operating system. Depending on which
> flavor of linux you can get different plugin-type thingies installed
> to get dark mode for those bits, I believe. I'm not too familiar with
> how all that works, but the background of the panels is a place where
> the WM is deciding what to draw (and telling DrRacket what it does),
> as opposed to DrRacket deciding what color.
The desktop-provided outer frame is properly dark on my system.
> Oh, that part is up to your operating system. Depending on which
> flavor of linux you can get different plugin-type thingies installed
> to get dark mode for those bits, I believe. I'm not too familiar with
> how all that works, but the background of the panels is a place where
> the WM is deciding what to draw (and telling DrRacket what it does),
> as opposed to DrRacket deciding what color.
I will incestigate.
>
> Unless you're saying that other apps look appropriately dark in their
> panels and dialog boxes and whatnot, and only DrRacket doesn't?
Robby Findler
Jan 16, 2020, 12:49:50 PM1/16/20
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If you see something funny, please feel free to send me a screenshot so I can really get what's going on.
Thanks!
Robby
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Juan Carlos Olivo
Jan 16, 2020, 11:13:08 PM1/16/20
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"As I understand, you have no problem with the customization for editors, but have a problem with the customization for the general UI. Is that correct?"
You are correct. Currently I have the editor with a dark theme (Spacemacs), but the DrRacket UI itself is light, even though I set it to "Dark" in Windows settings.
Thank you for seeking clarification!
--JCO
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Robby Findler
Jan 17, 2020, 6:40:07 AM1/17/20
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Which operating system do you use? And can you share a a screenshot?
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Sorawee Porncharoenwase
Jan 17, 2020, 6:50:07 AM1/17/20
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Which operating system do you use? And can you share a a screenshot?
In my understanding, Juan Carlos Olivo and Shawn Shawn have exactly the same problem. They use Windows 10 and switched to dark theme at the OS level, but the DrRacket UI still has the light theme. For the screenshot, see the one in Shawn Shawn's email above.
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Sorawee Porncharoenwase
Jan 17, 2020, 7:13:05 AM1/17/20
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OK. I use my friend's Windows 10 machine and I can replicate the problem. Here's the screenshot:
Sorawee Porncharoenwase
Jan 17, 2020, 7:27:20 AM1/17/20
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This StackOverflow answer looks relevant: https://stackoverflow.com/a/51336913/718349
Robby Findler
Jan 17, 2020, 8:12:32 AM1/17/20
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(Sorry I seem to have missed some messages in this thread, but I see them now. Thanks for the clarifications Sorawee!)
It looks to me like like the lower, gui layer is communicating the fact that we're in dark mode correctly to the framework and drracket layers but it isn't actually using the dark mode colors. Specifically, get-label-background-color returns a dark color but that doesn't seem to be the color that gets used to draw.
Robby
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Juan Carlos Olivo
Jan 17, 2020, 12:49:56 PM1/17/20
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Awesome!
If there's anything I can do, please let me know.
--JCO
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Hendrik Boom
Jan 17, 2020, 1:15:39 PM1/17/20
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 07:12:13AM -0600, Robby Findler wrote:
> (Sorry I seem to have missed some messages in this thread, but I see them
> now. Thanks for the clarifications Sorawee!)
>
> It looks to me like like the lower, gui layer is communicating the fact
> that we're in dark mode correctly to the framework and drracket layers but
> it isn't actually using the dark mode colors. Specifically,
> get-label-background-color returns a dark color but that doesn't seem to be
> the color that gets used to draw.
Is that code specific to Windows? Or is that miscommunication likely
> (Sorry I seem to have missed some messages in this thread, but I see them
> now. Thanks for the clarifications Sorawee!)
>
> It looks to me like like the lower, gui layer is communicating the fact
> that we're in dark mode correctly to the framework and drracket layers but
> it isn't actually using the dark mode colors. Specifically,
> get-label-background-color returns a dark color but that doesn't seem to be
> the color that gets used to draw.
to be present on other platforms as well?
-- hendrik
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