Hamburger menu and address bar are unreadable black text on dark gray background in 133.0.3, Windows 10 dark theme + Dark Reader add-on
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(Firefox :: Theme, defect)
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firefox133 | --- | affected |
firefox134 | --- | ? |
firefox135 | --- | unaffected |
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(Reporter: recurve7, Unassigned)
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(Keywords: regression)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:133.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/133.0
Steps to reproduce:
- Set Win 10 to dark theme.
- Launch Firefox.
- Navigate to address / search bar or hamburger menu.
Actual results:
Text is now black on dark gray background, which is unreadable.
Expected results:
Text is white (or light gray) on dark gray / black background, which is readable.
Also present in Private Mode. Restarting Firefox does not resolve issue.
Also reported in this Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1he8rnp/black_url_bar_text_in_dark_or_system_theme_until/
Changing Win10 back to Light Theme (and restarting Firefox) also does not resolve issue.
Comment 4•2 months ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Address Bar' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.
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Updated•2 months ago
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May be a bug in the DarkReader Extension or the interaction between DarkReader and a recent Firefox update per this report: https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/issues/13617
Updated•2 months ago
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Comment 6•2 months ago
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Hello, thank you for the bug report!
I installed Dark Reader add-on and had Dark Theme enabled but I could not reproduce your issue. Would you be so kind as to answer a few questions so we can investigate this further?
- Are you using High Contrast Mode along with Dark Theme/Dark Reader add-on? Are there any other configurations I need to set in order to reproduce this issue?
- Does this issue happen with a new profile? Here is a link on how to create one: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles
- Does this issue happen with latest nightly? Here is a link from where you can download it: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/
- Does this issue happen when Firefox is in Troubleshoot Mode? Here’s a link on how to enable it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-troubleshoot-mode
Thank you.
Hi Ardelean,
Thanks for your help.
- Are you using High Contrast Mode along with Dark Theme/Dark Reader add-on? Are there any other configurations I need to set in order to reproduce this issue?
No High Contrast Mode. The Dark Reader settings that repro this issue on some PCs (e.g., for me on Win10 but not on Win11, although others in the linked Reddit report thread above do report it on Win11) within More, All settings from the Dark Reader menu are:
- Enable by default = yes (checked)
- Detect dark theme = no (unchecked)
- Change browser theme = yes (checked)
Also, this only repros for me currently on Firefox 133.0.3 retail on Windows.
- Does this issue happen with a new profile? Here is a link on how to create one: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles
I will try to test this later at home.
- Does this issue happen with latest nightly? Here is a link from where you can download it: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/
I will try to test this later at home.
- Does this issue happen when Firefox is in Troubleshoot Mode? Here’s a link on how to enable it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-troubleshoot-mode
I will try to test this later at home.
- Does this issue happen with a new profile? Here is a link on how to create one: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles
I went to about:profiles and changed from the Default to Default-Release profile and restarted Firefox. The issue still repros.
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Comment 10•2 months ago
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- Does this issue happen when Firefox is in Troubleshoot Mode? Here’s a link on how to enable it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-troubleshoot-mode
No. The issue appears dependent on Firefox 133.0.3 + Dark Reader + Change browser theme and there are no Extensions in Safe Mode.
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Comment 11•2 months ago
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- Does this issue happen with latest nightly? Here is a link from where you can download it: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/
No. This issue does not repro under the above conditions (Dark Reader + Change browser theme) on the same PC on Nightly, which is 135.0a1 Windows (64-bit).
Comment 12•2 months ago
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(In reply to recurve7 from comment #11)
- Does this issue happen with latest nightly? Here is a link from where you can download it: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/
No. This issue does not repro under the above conditions (Dark Reader + Change browser theme) on the same PC on Nightly, which is 135.0a1 Windows (64-bit).
Sounds like we may be able to close this as "works for me", then. It would however be good to understand when this issue started happening and when it stopped happening, so that we're sure the underlying issue is fixed.
recurve7, could you perhaps help us figure this out using the mozregression tool? https://mozilla.github.io/mozregression/
Comment 13•2 months ago
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Since the status is marked as unaffected
for nightly and as affected
for release, is it unaffected
or affected
for beta?
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Comment 14•2 months ago
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(In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #12)
recurve7, could you perhaps help us figure this out using the mozregression tool? https://mozilla.github.io/mozregression/
Sorry. I downloaded, installed it, watched the YouTube video, and ran it, but can't figure out what's intended with mozregression.
Comment 15•2 months ago
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Alright, seems like this isn't actionable then. Closing this since it seems to not be an issue in Nightly 135.
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