[SUPPORT] Issue with setting search

[Siarhei-Yarkavy]

Question

Is it bug? win 11, recent version 26.5.16. Try to search something in settings and ticket items displayed in solid color?

[pbek]

Look closer what settings items are highlighted. 😊
If you can't find the answer, look at https://www.qownnotes.org/changelog.html#_26-3-21.

[Siarhei-Yarkavy]

Might be I explained it wrong,
but the issue is "marked (with ✅ mark) items when you search for them looked in solid color and it is impossible to undestand their state"

[pbek]

This is how it is supposed to look:

[pbek]

Something could be off with your Color modes settings or a script. Hard to tell, you never shared your settings.

[Siarhei-Yarkavy]

I was able to easily reproduce the issue in new virtual machine win 11 guest just after zip unpack and first run (But the same behavior for win 11 host OS reported above). Dear @pbek are those settings is what you need?

QOwnNotes Debug Information

General Info

Current Date: Sun May 31 11:54:37 2026
Version: 26.5.17
Build date: May 29 2026
Build number: 1342
Platform: windows (windows)
Operating System: Windows 11 Version 25H2
Build architecture: x86_64
Current architecture: x86_64
Release: GitHub Actions
Qt Version (build): 6.10.1
Qt Version (runtime): 6.10.1
Portable mode: no
Settings path / key: \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PBE\QOwnNotes
Application database path: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\QOwnNotes.sqlite
Application arguments: C:\tools\qownnotes\QOwnNotes.exe
Qt Debug: no
System Botan: no
Libgit2: no
QLiteHtml: yes
Locale (system): ru_BY
Locale (interface): empty
Primary screen resolution: 1536x864
Icon theme: breeze-qownnotes
Notes in current note folder: 2
Calendar items: 0
Enabled scripts: 0
Database drivers: QIBASE, QSQLITE, QMIMER, QOCI, QODBC, QPSQL

Server Info

serverUrl: empty
appIsValid: no
notesPathExists: empty
connectionErrorMessage: empty

Spellchecking

Enabled: false
Selected language: auto
Language codes: empty
Language names: empty
Application dictionaries path: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\dicts

Note folders

currentNoteFolderId: 1

Note folder note-folder-1

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
activeTagId: 0
localPath: C:\Users\<user>\Notes
remotePath: /note-folder-1
cloudConnectionId: 1
isShowSubfolders: yes
isUseGit: no
allowDifferentNoteFileName: no
activeNoteSubFolder name: empty
database file: C:\Users\<user>\Notes\notes.sqlite

Cloud connections

Cloud connection cloud-connection-1

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
serverUrl: empty
username: <cloud-connection-1-user>
accountId: <cloud-connection-1-account>

Enabled scripts

Settings

ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkMode (bool): true
ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkModeColors (bool): true
ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkModeIconTheme (bool): true
ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkModeTrayIcon (bool): true
ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/editorColorSchemaKey (QString): EditorColorSchema-cdbf28fc-1ddc-4d13-bb21-6a4043316a2f
ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/internalIconTheme (bool): false
ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/name (QString): Тёмный
ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/systemIconTheme (bool): false
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkMode (bool): false
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkModeColors (bool): false
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkModeIconTheme (bool): false
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkModeTrayIcon (bool): false
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/editorColorSchemaKey (QString): EditorColorSchema-6033d61b-cb96-46d5-a3a8-20d5172017eb
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/internalIconTheme (bool): false
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/name (QString): Светлый
ColorModes/ColorMode-light/systemIconTheme (bool): false
ColorModes/currentId (QString): ColorMode-light
ColorModes/ids (QStringList): ColorMode-light, ColorMode-dark
Editor/CurrentSchemaKey (QString): EditorColorSchema-6033d61b-cb96-46d5-a3a8-20d5172017eb
Editor/removeTrailingSpaces (bool): false
IssueAssistantDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
LastUpdateCheck (QDateTime): 2026-05-31T11:51:26.150
LogWidget/criticalLog (bool): true
LogWidget/debugLog (bool): true
LogWidget/fatalLog (bool): true
LogWidget/infoLog (bool): true
LogWidget/scriptingLog (bool): true
LogWidget/statusLog (bool): true
LogWidget/warningLog (bool): true
MainWindow/mainToolBar.iconSize (int): 24
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.code.font (QString): Courier New,9,-1,2,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.font (QString): Segoe UI,9,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
MainWindow/noteTextView.code.font (QString): Courier New,9,-1,2,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
MainWindow/noteTextView.font (QString): Segoe UI,9,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
MainWindow/showNotesFromAllNoteSubFolders (bool): false
PiwikClientId (QString): <hidden>
SettingsDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
WelcomeDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
ai/mcpServerToken (QString): qtkeychain:c2V0dGluZ3MvYWkvbWNwU2VydmVyVG9rZW4
allowNoteEditing (bool): true
allowOnlyOneAppInstance (bool): true
appMetrics/notificationShown (bool): true
checkSpelling (bool): false
cryptoKey (qlonglong): <hidden>
currentLayout (QString): initial
currentNoteFolderId (int): 1
debugInfoAnonymize (bool): true
demoNotesCreated (bool): true
disableAutomaticUpdateDialog (bool): true
dockWasInitializedOnce (bool): true
guiFirstRunInit (bool): true
initialLayoutPresetIdentifier (QString): minimal
itemHeight (int): 18
layout-initial/name (QString): Минимальный
layout-initial/noteEditIsCentralWidget (bool): true
layout-initial/noteSubFolderDockWidgetVisible (bool): true
layout-initial/windowState (QByteArray): <binary data>
layouts (QStringList): initial
markdownHighlightingEnabled (bool): true
noteEditIsCentralWidget (bool): true
noteFileExtensionList (QStringList): md, txt
notesPath (QString): C:/Users/<user>/Notes
ownCloud/supportEnabled (bool): false
showMenuBar (bool): true
showStatusBar (bool): true
webAppClientService/token (QString): <hidden>
webSocketServerService/bookmarkSuggestionApiToken (QString): <hidden>

System environment

****: ::=::\
ALLUSERSPROFILE: C:\ProgramData
APPDATA: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming
ChocolateyInstall: C:\ProgramData\chocolatey
CommonProgramFiles: C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432: C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME: <anonymized>
ComSpec: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
DriverData: C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
EFC_4272_1262719628: 1
EFC_4272_1592913036: 1
EFC_4272_2283032206: 1
EFC_4272_3789132940: 1
FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING: Internet Explorer
FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING: Default
HOMEDRIVE: C:
HOMEPATH: \Users\<user>
LOCALAPPDATA: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER: \\VIWIN25H2
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS: 4
OneDrive: C:\Users\<user>\OneDrive
OS: Windows_NT
Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
PATHEXT: .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE: AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER: Intel64 Family 6 Model 154 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL: 6
PROCESSOR_REVISION: 9a03
ProgramData: C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles: C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramW6432: C:\Program Files
PSModulePath: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
PUBLIC: C:\Users\Public
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SystemDrive: C:
SystemRoot: C:\WINDOWS
TEMP: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp
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USERNAME: <anonymized>
USERPROFILE: C:\Users\<user>
windir: C:\WINDOWS

[Siarhei-Yarkavy]

This this the content from debug panel
[12:01:30] [debug] updatePanelMenu - 'updatePanelMenu'
[12:01:30] [info] "QOwnNotes server listening on port 22222"
[12:01:30] [debug] on_noteTreeWidget_itemSelectionChanged
[12:01:30] [debug] setCurrentNote - 'note': Note: 1 "Welcome to QOwnNotes" "Welcome to QOwnNotes.md" 0 "" false - 'updateNoteText': true - 'updateSelectedNote': false
[12:01:30] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'path': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:30] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'canonicalFilePath': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:30] [debug] added to history: NoteHistoryItem: "Welcome to QOwnNotes" "" 0 0
[12:01:41] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'path': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:41] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'canonicalFilePath': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:41] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'path': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:41] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'canonicalFilePath': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:41] [debug] QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit - Registering as active editor
[12:01:41] [debug] registerAsActiveEditor - Registering editor: QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit(0x2a3b3022b00) ""
[12:01:41] [debug] QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit - AI autocomplete signals connected (DirectConnection), conn1: true conn2: true
[12:01:41] [debug] QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit - Connected to OpenAiService instance: OpenAiService(0x2a3b0e7d9d0)
[12:01:41] [debug] QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit - Testing slot by calling it directly...
[12:01:41] [debug] === onAiAutocompleteCompleted CALLED === QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit(0x2a3b3022b00)
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - Widget: "" Parent: "groupBox_5"
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - 'result': "TEST DIRECT CALL"
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - Processing result, length: 16
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - 'suggestion': "TEST DIRECT CALL"
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - 'cursor position': 0
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - '_aiAutocompletePosition': -1
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - Calling showAiAutocompleteSuggestion...
[12:01:41] [debug] === showAiAutocompleteSuggestion CALLED === QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit(0x2a3b3022b00)
[12:01:41] [debug] showAiAutocompleteSuggestion - Widget: ""
[12:01:41] [debug] showAiAutocompleteSuggestion - ai/autocompleteEnabled setting: false
[12:01:41] [debug] showAiAutocompleteSuggestion - autocomplete not enabled in settings, returning
[12:01:41] [debug] onAiAutocompleteCompleted - showAiAutocompleteSuggestion returned
[12:01:41] [debug] QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit - Direct call completed
[12:01:41] [debug] cloudConnection: CloudConnection: 1 "По умолчанию" "" "" "" 1
[12:01:55] [debug] *** QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit DESTROYED *** QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit(0x2a3b3022b00, name="debugInfoTextEdit") "debugInfoTextEdit"
[12:01:55] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'path': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:55] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'canonicalFilePath': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:55] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'path': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:55] [debug] fileUrlInCurrentNoteFolderToRelativePath - 'canonicalFilePath': "C:/Users/nkv/Notes"
[12:01:55] [debug] unregisterAsActiveEditor - Unregistering editor: QOwnNotesMarkdownTextEdit(0x2a3b3022b00, name="debugInfoTextEdit") "debugInfoTextEdit"

[pbek]

This is how it looks under Windows 11 for me.

[pbek]

I used QOwnNotes in dark mode and Windows also in dark mode.
The issue only happens if QOwnNotes is not in dark mode, but Windows is.

[pbek]

Tried a blind fix...

26.6.1

• Fixed settings search highlight not being visible for checkboxes, radio
  buttons, group boxes, and push buttons when Windows OS dark mode is active
  but QOwnNotes uses a light palette; the highlighted widget text was rendered
  in a light foreground color by the native Windows style, making it invisible
  against the light-amber highlight background; an explicit foreground color is
  now always set alongside the background color in the highlight stylesheet
  (for #3631)

There now is a new release, could you please test it and report if it works for you?