Notify user to enable local files access

[Svish]

When opening html and txt files directly from disk (or network share, if that matters), i.e. when the browser URL protocol is file://, then the dark mode does not work. No dark mode no matter how much I enable or disable or whitelist or blacklist. 😕

[alexanderby]

Try open chrome://extensions, find Dark Reader there, click Allow access to file URLs.

[Svish]

Would you look at that... that fixed it. So I guess actual title of this issue should be: Notify about that setting somehow in the extension?

[ghost]

It's actually described here.

[Svish]

Yeah, but there could be a notification the first time one opens a local file for example.

[Evpok]

Also this does not seem to work in firefox ?

[chibby0ne]

I've looked for a similar setting in Firefox and haven't found it. Is anyone aware if this is possible in a recent version of Firefox (eg: version > 80)?

[Gusted]

Also this does not seem to work in firefox ?

Right

I've looked for a similar setting in Firefox and haven't found it. Is anyone aware if this is possible in a recent version of Firefox (eg: version > 80)?

Not that I'm aware of.

[marcospb19]

Wait that's a option???????

Omg I've been searching for this for a long time.

What about this FAQ? When I click on the extension icon, there's no FAQ listed there, is the user supposed to search the website to find it?

IMHO this is not the best way to advertise this important feature.

[Gusted]

What about this FAQ? When I click on the extension icon, there's no FAQ listed there, is the user supposed to search the website to find it?

Their is a "help" button in the UI. As we don't only provide a little FAQ but also some other explaination of other features as well, so the wording "help" was the best option.

IMHO this is not the best way to advertise this important feature.

Uhm, the browser(only chrome) allows this after fuzzing around the settings of the extension. It's not that we blocks this feature intentionally.

[marcospb19]

The Dev Tools button is bigger than the help one.

Is it really as important as the GitHub link? The link to the FAQ?

I'm trying to be critic in a constructive way because I love this software, I've been using it for a LONG TIME, and I just wish the best for it, that said, I think that the UI should be more clear about this to the users that aren't being very attentive.

This "enable for local files" is generally more useful for the general user than Dev Tools.

[Gusted]

The Dev Tools button is bigger than the help one.

Is it really as important as the GitHub link? The link to the FAQ?

I'm trying to be critic in a constructive way because I love this software, I've been using it for a LONG TIME, and I just wish the best for it, that said, I think that the UI should be more clear about this to the users that aren't being very attentive.

This "enable for local files" is generally more useful for the general user than Dev Tools.

Well, what's your opinion on the new UI?

Devtools -> Preview new Design.

The help button is now under the settings button and bigger. All other related links are gone now(only the donate one for obvious reasons).

[marcospb19]

Well, what's your opinion on the new UI?

GREAT!, I'm sorry for opining about an outdated interface, I was basing my thoughts in what I have here now.

[Gusted]

GREAT!, I'm sorry for opining about an outdated interface, I was basing my thoughts in what I have here now.

No problems, it's still a preview and not the default one. But we are already tackling your issue with the new UI.

[Gusted]

#6566 has been merged to take care of this issue.

[sksmsWKd]

Try open chrome://extensions, find Dark Reader there, click Allow access to file URLs.

Thanks you save my eyes

[scarlion1]

I've looked for a similar setting in Firefox and haven't found it. Is anyone aware if this is possible in a recent version of Firefox (eg: version > 80)?

In Firefox it seems that setting security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy=false (about:config) will allow Dark Reader to work on file:// URI's. Dark Reader still says it's disabled for the current website but it's definitely enabled and applying the theme. The toggle to enable/disable for the current website (file:// URI) doesn't work, and I can't change it from "Theme for all websites" to a custom theme for the current site, but the settings for the theme for all websites will be applied, at least. Maybe firefox needs to be restarted for the add-on to fully work, but I'm in the middle of some other things and can't do a restart right now.

You can read about the implications of this setting here.

[avenarius-argus]

I've looked for a similar setting in Firefox and haven't found it. Is anyone aware if this is possible in a recent version of Firefox (eg: version > 80)?

In Firefox it seems that setting security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy=false (about:config) will allow Dark Reader to work on file:// URI's. Dark Reader still says it's disabled for the current website but it's definitely enabled and applying the theme. The toggle to enable/disable for the current website (file:// URI) doesn't work, and I can't change it from "Theme for all websites" to a custom theme for the current site, but the settings for the theme for all websites will be applied, at least. Maybe firefox needs to be restarted for the add-on to fully work, but I'm in the middle of some other things and can't do a restart right now.

You can read about the implications of this setting here.

I tried this method and firefox crashed and restarted again, the dark feature for local files are turned on then off, then added the file to the list of the extension, the magic happened!

[scarlion1]

Sreevatsank wrote on 11/30/23 5:39 PM:

In Firefox it seems that setting |security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy=false| (about:config) will allow Dark Reader to work on file:// URI's. This did not work for me.

There's also a setting within Dark Reader that has to be enabled, make sure that is activated. I can't tell you exactly where right now because another bug forced me to disable Dark Reader for now, but it shouldn't be too hard to find... does that make it work?