2049599 - Selected location text is unreadable (black text on purple background) with Alpenglow theme in Location subview

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: IP Protection, defect)

Description

[Valentina Virlics [:vvalentina], VPN QA]

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[Prerequisites]

• Firefox Browser: Nightly 154.0a1 - Nova
• OS: macOS / Windows / Linux
• Theme: Alpenglow theme enabled

[Steps]

1. Launch Firefox Nightly 154.0a1 (Nova).
2. Ensure the browser theme is set to Alpenglow.
3. Click the VPN toolbar icon to open the main panel.
4. Open the Location panel subview.
5. Select any location and observe the text color of the selected item.

[Expected Results]
The selected location text should be easily readable, utilizing a high-contrast color (such as white or light text) that complements the Alpenglow theme's purple background.

[Actual Results]
The selected location text becomes hard to read because it renders as black text on a dark purple background, creating a color contrast accessibility issue.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug is an accessibility bug, but please revert this change in case of error.

Comment 2

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

We'll need to add a nativeTheme value for these tokens that depend on currentColor like we do for the base button tokens https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/rev/c1395f54bdda7cb0ed71bbe54e2940ce16175389/toolkit/themes/shared/design-system/src/tokens/components/button.tokens.json#20

Comment 3

[Valentina Virlics [:vvalentina], VPN QA]

This is also happening for PBM theme. jfyi

Comment 4

[Jon Oliver]

Attachment: Bug 2049599 - fix selected color for menu items r=#desktop-theme-reviewers

Comment 5

[Eitan Isaacson [:eeejay]]

S2 because it makes 3rd party themes unusable with VPN

Comment 6

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field for this bug is set to S3. However, the accessibility severity is higher, .
:jooliver, could you consider increasing the severity?

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Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/dfc1d5c29d02
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/2f5607555635
fix selected color for menu items r=desktop-theme-reviewers,hjones

Comment 8

[amarc]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/2f5607555635

Comment 9

[Valentina Virlics [:vvalentina], VPN QA]

Verified this as fixed using Firefox Nightly 154.0a1 (30-06-2026) on Windows 11.
The selected locations are readable while using Alpenglow or PB themes for both normal and nova browser.