Dark mode needs improvements
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Shawna Blumenschein
I'm a heavy user of dark mode in general. I was pleased Doc360 has one, but the out-of-the-box settings need improvement.
eg attached a screenshot of the search dropdown, the cancel button is near invisible.
The text really should be full on white instead of grey. I'm betting it doesn't pass AAA, and the slightly darker grey text as seen inside the search box in the screenshot probably fails AA.
There should be a spot where we can define colours for dark mode, instead of needing to add custom CSS for things like link colour.
I've had to add more CSS for tables, breadcrumb nav, and our logo to make dark mode legible.
Without the ability to easily control these things, dark mode is more harmful than helpful.
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Shakeer Hussain S
Hi All - Thank you for your feedback regarding dark mode visibility issues, especially the low contrast of elements like the cancel button in the search dropdown.
We’re happy to share that this has been improved in our KB Site 2.0. The updated version enhances contrast, making UI elements more visible and accessible, ensuring a better dark mode experience.
If you are still on KB Site 1.0, we recommend reaching out to your Customer Success Manager to discuss upgrading to KB Site 2.0 for these and other improvements.
Please see the attached screenshot for reference. Let us know if you have any additional feedback—we appreciate your insights!
Shakeer Hussain S
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Arild Høyland
Doesn't seem like this is gaining much traction, but it should! We just found a great example - see attached images.
Using the Doc360 theme selector yields very poor results, while using a browser plug-in is almost flawless.
Rachelle Carson
Adding to this request for dark mode improvements:
- Tables don't look great in dark mode: the lighter rows are too bright white in contrast to the darker rows. Hurts the eyes a bit.
- The hyperlink color, before clicking is also too bright. The color after clicking is good though.
- Bright white tiles of categories in dark mode are also hard on the eyes against the dark background.
Joshua Bulleid
Could dark mode functionality also be added to the Home, Search Results and What's New pages? It is very jarring to be navigating in dark mode and then have it suddenly switch to light mode and back again for pages that don't support it.
(If there is a way to enable dark mode for these pages already, please let me know.)
Thiru
Shawna Blumenschein we understand there is always room for improvement and we move this to feature request board, considering it as overall enhancement to be done our feature. Appreciate your time for sharing your thoughts, and we will keep you posted once its fixed.
Thiru
under review