Dark Mode

[zufuliu]

2nd default scheme now configured as base style for dark mode (commit f587369).

Built-in lexer styles still not configured for dark mode, some color (red, blue, etc.) is very ugly in dark mode.

[testinsovr]

Basically, it would be nice if the color caret is the opposite of the background color.
Even with various color background settings, the carats will be visible.

and, some opinion.
issue - Batch - label
'fore: # C80000; back: # F4F4F4; eolfilled '
It would be nice to change it to the default value.

[testinsovr]

'Set built-in style for Batch label to eolfilled.'
Thank you very much.

[zufuliu]

I think dark mode / theme is ready, I added a new screenshot for v4.19.04.

Menu, toolbar and statusbar requires complicate custom drawing for dark mode, are not implemented.

[zufuliu]

The white area above auto-completion box on win10 (above screenshot by v4.19.04) was removed in v4.19.06.
Related discussion can be found at https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/feature-requests/1284/.

[jzhao2007]

Hi,zu
did you get this one patched for the new version? I am running 4.19.06 r2148 now, cursor is still invisible in the dark mode

[zufuliu]

@jzhao2007 can you try v4.19.12.r2604 and replace Notepad2 DarkTheme.ini with the one in zip.

[maboroshin]

Hi! I created 18 color themes. maboroshin/Notepad2ColorTheme

My recommendations: In order, Solarized Dark, Iceburg (Dark), Solarized Light. My tweaks are now visible in probably all languages.
In Solarized (Notepad2_Solarized.ini), color scheme 1 is light and color scheme 2 is dark. But some languages in this light theme are a bit darker.

[zufuliu]

Unfortunately, Notepad2 doesn't auto discover theme files.

[maboroshin]

With the import feature, I can easily use my favorite light and dark!

[zufuliu]

There are code to detect system dark mode on Win 10:

https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/scite/ci/09b21fe9d954ba1b350289fdbe7b16d59f7134ac/

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize
    AppsUseLightTheme           REG_DWORD
    SystemUsesLightTheme        REG_DWORD

HIGHCONTRAST info{};
info.cbSize = sizeof(HIGHCONTRAST)
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETHIGHCONTRAST, 0, &info, 0);
info.dwFlags & HCF_HIGHCONTRASTON;

[maboroshin]

This is simple.

If the system is in dark mode when Notepad2's auto-detection setting is on, apply the dark theme.
New menu: Style Theme -> Auto Detect (or System Color ... etc)

Apps such as the following are already auto-detected.

• Ditto
• AIMP

[zufuliu]

It can be added later. by the way, you can use DarkTheme.ini (in Notepad2 section in Notepad2.ini) to set custom theme file path, without import.

[Notepad2]
;Notepad2.ini=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Notepad2\Notepad2.ini
;DarkTheme.ini=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Notepad2\Notepad2 DarkTheme.ini
[Settings]
SettingsVersion=1

[ejm554]

Question from occasional user (but still a fan!) of Notepad2.

How do you turn Dark Mode on? Is there a setting in the GUI? Do I need to configure the .ini or other files?

[zufuliu]

Hi @ejm554, the settings menu is Scheme -> Style Theme.

[ejm554]

Thanks, but still struggling to find it. Is it in one of the following menus/windows? Or am I missing something? I also tried turning on the 2nd default scheme, as noted in the original post in this issue thread, but I didn't notice any changes.

If you could provide more explicit steps, maybe with screenshots, that might help! FYI, I'm running 4.2.25 r998.

[zufuliu]

Hi @ejm554 please download latest release from https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad2/releases

[Spode]

Hey all. Could full dark mode support be added where the entire UI can be made dark (preferably based on OS setting like previously mentioned in the thread)? I am a big fan of this fork of Notepad2 with all its features, but during night time I reluctantly use alternatives due to this.

Notepad3 implemented it using https://github.com/ysc3839/win32-darkmode/

Notepad3 using Windows 11 Dark theme

Notepad3 using Windows 11 Default theme

Notepad2 using Windows 11 Dark theme

Notepad2 using Windows 11 Dark theme but Dark Style manually enabled