[BUG] Theme breaks when changing Windows Accent Colour #1407

FlamingPhoenix40 · 2023-09-25T20:01:26Z

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I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
I have tested that this issue has not been fixed in the latest (beta or stable) release.
I have checked the FAQ section for solutions
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Describe your issue

I use the Dark theme for WingetUI. Whenever Windows' accent colour changes, the theming of WingetUI breaks and goes white, but it is not actually switching to the light theme. Text becomes unreadable as well. Only way to fix it is to go to settings, switch to light mode and then back to dark mode. I'll attach a screenshot of the program in the broken state, as well as a video of it happening in the Screenshots and videos part of this template.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Go to Windows Settings app --> Personalization --> Colours
Change the "Accent colour" to anything other than the currently set colour.
After a few seconds, WingetUI theming breaks and goes white/light.

WingetUI Log

🟢 Using cached lang file
🟡 Using bundled lang file (forced=True)
It took 0.003999471664428711 to load all language files
🟢 checkQueue Thread started!
🟡 System chocolatey used
🔵 Language file up-to-date
🔵 Starting main application...
🔵 Looking for alive instances...
🟡 Found lock file(s), reactivating...
 * Serving Flask app 'WingetUI backend'
 * Debug mode: off
🔵 Loading WingetUI AUMID...
🔵 Starting update check
WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment. Use a production WSGI server instead.
 * Running on http://localhost:7058
Press CTRL+C to quit
🟢 Downloaded latest metadata to local file from url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marticliment/WingetUI/main/WebBasedData/screenshot-database-v2.json
🔵 Loaded metadata from local file
🔵 Version URL: https://versions.marticliment.com/versions/wingetui.ver
🟢 Updates not found
🔵 Reactivation signal ignored: RaiseWindow_[1695659653.442675]
🟢 Found valid aumid {6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}\WingetUI\wingetui.exe
{'sudoFound': True, 'sudoVersion': '', 'WingetFound': False, 'WingetVersion': 'Winget is disabled', 'ScoopFound': False, 'ScoopVersion': 'Scoop is disabled', 'PipFound': False, 'PipVersion': 'Pip is disabled', 'NpmFound': False, 'NpmVersion': 'Npm is disabled', '.NET ToolFound': True, '.NET ToolVersion': '7.0.203\r', 'ChocolateyFound': True, 'ChocolateyVersion': '2.2.2  '}
🔵 Reached main ui load milestone
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
🟢 Discover tab loaded successfully
🟢 Total packages: 0
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
🟢 Update tab loaded successfully
🔵 Reloading sources...
🔵 Reloading Winget sources...
🟢 Searching for string ""
🔵 Reloading sources...
🔵 Reloading Winget sources...
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
🟢 Uninstall tab loaded successfully
🔵 Starting Chocolatey search for installed packages
🔵 Starting .NET Tool search for installed packages
🟢 Searching for string ""
🔵 Reloading Scoop sources...
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated
🟢 .NET Tool search for installed packages finished with 1 result(s)
🟠 Chocolatey got too few installed packages, retrying
🔵 Starting .NET Tool search for installed packages
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated
Can't disconnect
Can't disconnect
🟢 .NET Tool search for installed packages finished with 1 result(s)
🟢 Settings tab loaded!
🔵 Reloading Scoop sources...
🟢 About tab loaded!
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
🟢 Main application loaded...
🟢 Searching for string ""
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
🟢 Chocolatey search for installed packages finished with 33 result(s)
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟢 Total packages: 34
🔵 Starting .NET Tool search for updates
🔵 Starting Chocolatey search for updates
🟢 .NET Tool search for updates finished with 0 result(s)
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟢 Chocolatey search for updates finished with 9 result(s)
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟡 Can't get custom interval time! (got value was '')
🟢 Total packages: 9
🔵 Starting Chocolatey search for installed packages
🔵 Starting .NET Tool search for installed packages
🟢 Searching for string ""
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated
🟢 .NET Tool search for installed packages finished with 1 result(s)
🟠 Chocolatey got too few installed packages, retrying
🔵 Starting .NET Tool search for installed packages
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated
🟢 .NET Tool search for installed packages finished with 1 result(s)
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟢 Chocolatey search for installed packages finished with 33 result(s)
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟢 Searching for string ""
🟢 Total packages: 34
🔵 Announcement URL: https://www.marticliment.com/resources/wingetui.announcement
🔵 Image URL: https://www.marticliment.com/resources/translate.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
🔵 Announcement URL: https://www.marticliment.com/resources/wingetui.announcement
🔵 Image URL: https://www.marticliment.com/resources/translate.png
🔵 Announcement URL: https://www.marticliment.com/resources/wingetui.announcement
🔵 Image URL: https://www.marticliment.com/resources/translate.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_black.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/installed_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/update_masked_white.png
C:/Program Files/WingetUI/resources/pin_masked_white.png
🔵 Loading WingetUI log...
🔵 Saving log...
🔵 Loading WingetUI log...

Package Managers Logs

Outputs from package managers on the current session:
 -------dotnet
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated

-------dotnet
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated

---------Chocolatey
Chocolatey v2.2.2
This is try 1/3. Retrying after 300 milliseconds.
Error converted to warning:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\choco.exe.old' is denied.
This is try 2/3. Retrying after 400 milliseconds.
Error converted to warning:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\choco.exe.old' is denied.
Maximum tries of 3 reached. Throwing error.
chocolatey 2.2.2
chocolatey-compatibility.extension 1.0.0
chocolatey-core.extension 1.4.0
chocolatey-dotnetfx.extension 1.0.1
chocolatey-fastanswers.extension 0.0.2.2
chocolateygui 2.1.0
chocolatey-os-dependency.extension 0.0.1
chocolatey-windowsupdate.extension 1.0.5
dotnetfx 4.8.0.20220524
flow-launcher 1.16.0
KB2919355 1.0.20160915
KB2919442 1.0.20160915
KB2999226 1.0.20181019
KB3033929 1.0.5
KB3035131 1.0.3
localsend 1.10.0
localsend.portable 1.10.0
mpc-be 1.6.8.5
mpvio 0.36.0
mpvio.install 0.36.0
netfx-4.8 4.8.0.20220524
nirlauncher 1.30.3
notepadplusplus 8.5.4
notepadplusplus.install 8.5.4
streamlink 6.0.1.1
streamlink-twitch-gui 2.4.1
sysinternals 2023.7.26
thunderbird 115.1.0
vcredist140 14.36.32532
winrar 6.23.0
30 packages installed.
--------dotnet
---------Chocolatey
Chocolatey v2.2.2
This is try 1/3. Retrying after 300 milliseconds.
Error converted to warning:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\choco.exe.old' is denied.
This is try 2/3. Retrying after 400 milliseconds.
Error converted to warning:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\choco.exe.old' is denied.
Maximum tries of 3 reached. Throwing error.
Outdated Packages
Output is package name | current version | available version | pinned?

flow-launcher|1.16.0|1.16.1|false
localsend|1.10.0|1.11.1|false
localsend.portable|1.10.0|1.11.1|false
mpc-be|1.6.8.5|1.6.9|false
nirlauncher|1.30.3|1.30.5|false
notepadplusplus|8.5.4|8.5.7|false
notepadplusplus.install|8.5.4|8.5.7|false
streamlink|6.0.1.1|6.2.0.1|false
thunderbird|115.1.0|115.2.3|false

Chocolatey has determined 9 package(s) are outdated.-------dotnet
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated

-------dotnet
Package Id                 Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-tools-outdated      0.6.0        dotnet-tools-outdated

---------Chocolatey
Chocolatey v2.2.2
This is try 1/3. Retrying after 300 milliseconds.
Error converted to warning:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\choco.exe.old' is denied.
This is try 2/3. Retrying after 400 milliseconds.
Error converted to warning:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\choco.exe.old' is denied.
Maximum tries of 3 reached. Throwing error.
chocolatey 2.2.2
chocolatey-compatibility.extension 1.0.0
chocolatey-core.extension 1.4.0
chocolatey-dotnetfx.extension 1.0.1
chocolatey-fastanswers.extension 0.0.2.2
chocolateygui 2.1.0
chocolatey-os-dependency.extension 0.0.1
chocolatey-windowsupdate.extension 1.0.5
dotnetfx 4.8.0.20220524
flow-launcher 1.16.0
KB2919355 1.0.20160915
KB2919442 1.0.20160915
KB2999226 1.0.20181019
KB3033929 1.0.5
KB3035131 1.0.3
localsend 1.10.0
localsend.portable 1.10.0
mpc-be 1.6.8.5
mpvio 0.36.0
mpvio.install 0.36.0
netfx-4.8 4.8.0.20220524
nirlauncher 1.30.3
notepadplusplus 8.5.4
notepadplusplus.install 8.5.4
streamlink 6.0.1.1
streamlink-twitch-gui 2.4.1
sysinternals 2023.7.26
thunderbird 115.1.0
vcredist140 14.36.32532
winrar 6.23.0
30 packages installed.

Relevant information

I noticed it happening because on Windows, I'm using a wallpaper slideshow, with "Automatic accent colour" enabled. It does however also happen on a manual accent colour change while the wallpaper doesn't change.

Screenshots and videos

2023-09-25.21-52-03.mp4

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marticliment · 2023-09-26T20:17:34Z

Possible same cause as #1411

isuru221 · 2023-09-27T17:44:45Z

this happens on my pc too

Masamune3210 · 2023-09-28T19:31:41Z

same thing happens to me, was just actually looking for an existing issue to see if i needed to report it or not myself

djwinston · 2023-10-03T19:56:47Z

The same thing is happening to me. I noticed it ~ two weeks ago. The colour accent is auto, but the bug appears not when changing the colour. The bug occurs after the computer wakes up from sleep mode. The temporary solution is always switch the application theme.

ryder1977 · 2023-10-20T17:30:57Z

Same here.

jarod186 · 2023-10-23T08:12:05Z

same problem here

jessehouwing · 2023-10-30T19:51:42Z

Same happens when switching from light to dark mode. I'm running AutoDarkMode and every evening wingetUI looks terrible.

nemchik · 2023-11-09T14:07:45Z

I'm experiencing this as well, but in my case I have my Accent color set to Automatic, and it changed anytime my background changes, which happens daily because I use the Windows spotlight background. I wasn't sure what the cause was with WingetUI until coming here to search, but I can now confirm I see the same behavior as the video in the top post when testing changing the Accent color. So just to add, it also happens when Automatic changes the Accent color.

edit:
I also tried deleting ~/.wingetui and restarting the application and can still confirm the issue exists.

lokejonatan · 2023-11-16T08:49:24Z

I'm experiencing this as well, but in my case I have my Accent color set to Automatic, and it changed anytime my background changes, which happens daily because I use the Windows spotlight background. I wasn't sure what the cause was with WingetUI until coming here to search, but I can now confirm I see the same behavior as the video in the top post when testing changing the Accent color. So just to add, it also happens when Automatic changes the Accent color.

edit: I also tried deleting ~/.wingetui and restarting the application and can still confirm the issue exists.

I have almost the same setup as you, and am experiencing the same. 😣

raghavdhingra24 · 2023-11-18T07:39:40Z

A workaround was made in PR #1524, most probably it will get shipped in next release.

marticliment · 2023-11-18T07:49:39Z

yes, this issue was fixed by that PR

sunnyd24 · 2024-03-27T12:08:16Z

This issue seems to have returned file version 1.9.7.30920 or product version 2.20.

marticliment · 2024-03-27T12:13:17Z

Please install WingetUI 3.0.1

FlamingPhoenix40 added the bug Something isn't working label Sep 25, 2023

FlamingPhoenix40 assigned marticliment Sep 25, 2023

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Enivex mentioned this issue Nov 16, 2023

[BUG] UI sometimes unreadable unless I switch theme after launch #1566

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[BUG] Active window looses focus when background picture is updated #1707

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raghavdhingra24 mentioned this issue Jan 16, 2024

Fix window rising to top after accent color change #1708

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[BUG] Theme breaks when changing Windows Accent Colour #1407

[BUG] Theme breaks when changing Windows Accent Colour #1407

FlamingPhoenix40 commented Sep 25, 2023 •

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marticliment commented Sep 26, 2023

isuru221 commented Sep 27, 2023

Masamune3210 commented Sep 28, 2023

djwinston commented Oct 3, 2023 •

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ryder1977 commented Oct 20, 2023

jarod186 commented Oct 23, 2023

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nemchik commented Nov 9, 2023 •

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lokejonatan commented Nov 16, 2023

raghavdhingra24 commented Nov 18, 2023

marticliment commented Nov 18, 2023

sunnyd24 commented Mar 27, 2024

marticliment commented Mar 27, 2024

[BUG] Theme breaks when changing Windows Accent Colour #1407

[BUG] Theme breaks when changing Windows Accent Colour #1407

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FlamingPhoenix40 commented Sep 25, 2023 • edited

Please confirm these before moving forward

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Steps to reproduce the issue

WingetUI Log

Package Managers Logs

Relevant information

Screenshots and videos

marticliment commented Sep 26, 2023

isuru221 commented Sep 27, 2023

Masamune3210 commented Sep 28, 2023

djwinston commented Oct 3, 2023 • edited

ryder1977 commented Oct 20, 2023

jarod186 commented Oct 23, 2023

jessehouwing commented Oct 30, 2023

nemchik commented Nov 9, 2023 • edited

lokejonatan commented Nov 16, 2023

raghavdhingra24 commented Nov 18, 2023

marticliment commented Nov 18, 2023

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