Cant enable Dark Mode in Windows

[gh-log]

qBittorrent & operating system versions

qbittorrent_4.6.0_lt20_qt6_x64_setup.exe

What is the problem?

cant find option to enable Dark Mode in Windows.

Steps to reproduce

Additional context

No response

Log(s) & preferences file(s)

No response

[glassez]

cant find option to enable Dark Mode in Windows.

It is in Windows settings.

[xavier2k6]

@gh-log please note that there is no dark mode enablement/switch available in qBittorrent program itself! for windows.

[gh-log]

My Windows is already in Dark Mode but QBT is not.

[xavier2k6]

My Windows is already in Dark Mode but QBT is not.

Then my https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/19754#issuecomment-1775419202 applies.

17081 is relevant to what you are looking for aka something like below:

[gh-log]

My Windows is already in Dark Mode but QBT is not.

Then my #19754 (comment) applies.

17081 is relevant to what you are looking for aka something like below:

Dont understand, those comments dont help me get QBT Dark Mode.

How did you make it look dark in windows? External Theme?

[ringoz]

i suppose dark mode is not implemented yet

[xypha]

The answer is here

Run qbittorrent -style fusion -platform windows:darkmode=2 in command prompt (or) Go to shortcut of qbittorrent (on desktop or startup folder), Right click > Properties > under the heading "Shortcut", change Target: field to "C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.exe" -style fusion -platform windows:darkmode=2

[gh-log]

Thank you both!

Why make it so complicated if it is there?

Theme is quite bad. To much gray instead of black. The idea is to save energy/eyes so more black is better.

This one looks better:

https://gitlab.com/qbittorrent-black-theme/client

[maisondasilva]

I suppose dark mode is not implemented yet.

Clearly visible that this old feature request, that was mentioned multiple times already, to get proper Native Dark Mode for Windows OS users isn't closed yet:

• Dark Mode (Native Support) #17081

@gh-log @xypha @ringoz

This is how I got qBit v4.6 Dark Mode in Win11:

1. Enable dark theme in Windows OS settings.
2. Make sure you disable custom theme in qBit.
3. Exit qBittorrent and make sure it's fully closed.
4. Now try running qBit with one of these:

Right-click on your Start Menu icon, then select RUN, then copy and paste the default qBit location with the extra command and press OK: "C:\Program Files\qBittorrent.exe" -platform windows:darkmode=2

Alternatively, you can modify qBit shortcuts:

Open Start Menu, right-click on the qBit shortcut, select to open its location, now right-click on the shortcut file, right-click on it, click properties, and then change Target field to: "C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.exe" -platform windows:darkmode=2

Or on desktop, copy your qBit shortcut, rename it as qBit Dark Mode, then right-click on it, select properties, and then change the Target field to: "C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.exe" -platform windows:darkmode=2

I tried adding -fusion style, but that seems unnecessary, because that didn't make any obvious difference how qBit v4.6.0 looks like. I couldn't figure out how to run qBit using PowerShell either and seems convenient enough to use RUN or modify qBit shortcuts until there's no more need to use this workaround.

Thanks for the tip, the new theme is perfect, just the fact that it has darkmode is great. My only suggestion is that the buttons could have rounded corners, but that's not a problem.

[mzso]

Not sure why this was closed. There's a real issue here. Dark mode not activating, even though Windows is in dark mode, combined with the fact that the app has no options to enable dark mode manually.

[xavier2k6]

@PriitUring Thanks for the detailed post as usual! & I will lock this now to save from necroing in the future.

@mzso

1. Reset your qt.conf file to original state/defaults as you changed them in the other dark mode ticket (this is probably why you can't get it to work for you):

[Paths]
Translations = translations

[Platforms]
;WindowsArguments = dpiawareness=1

2. Read my https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/17081#issuecomment-1800271828.