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Ticket #18258 (new defect)

Last modified 3 months ago

VirtualBox does not respect dark themes

Reported by:	OxOOCOFFEE	Owned by:
Component:	documentation	Version:	VirtualBox 6.0.0
Keywords:		Cc:
Guest type:	X11	Host type:	Linux

Description

I just installed fresh Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.1 with Virtual Box 6. After starting vbox I noticed all text in vbox and help is gray on white background witch is very hard to read for me. I am attaching my screen shots

Attachments

VBoxOnCinnamon19.png (104.1 KB) - added by OxOOCOFFEE 21 months ago.: VirtualBox 6 test on Cinnamon 19.1
Cinamon 19.1 Theme.png (25.8 KB) - added by OxOOCOFFEE 21 months ago.: Cinnamon 19.1 Theme
VBox6_Main_MouseOver.png (86.0 KB) - added by digifuzzy 21 months ago.: Main Window with mouse over settings toolbar button
VBox6_Settings.png (41.8 KB) - added by digifuzzy 21 months ago.: Settings Dialog display
2019-06-14_09-39.png (129.9 KB) - added by Ore 15 months ago.: Screenshot of the main UI with Gnome Dark Mode.
Screenshot at 2020-03-03 13-53-24.png (180.8 KB) - added by franksmcb 7 months ago.: Virtualbox 6.x and dark themes Ubuntu MATE
Screenshot at 2020-03-02 12-41-50.png (84.1 KB) - added by franksmcb 7 months ago.: Dark theme 20.04
VirtualBox-6.1.97-136310-Linux_amd64_on_Ubuntu_MATE_20.04.jpg (435.9 KB) - added by Jags 7 months ago.: Screenshot: VirtualBox-6.1.97-136310-Linux_amd64 on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 64bit
Vbox_2020-05-18.png (98.2 KB) - added by edwho 4 months ago.: Screen Capture of VirtualBox

Change History

Changed 21 months ago by OxOOCOFFEE

attachment VBoxOnCinnamon19.png added

VirtualBox 6 test on Cinnamon 19.1

Changed 21 months ago by OxOOCOFFEE

attachment Cinamon 19.1 Theme.png added

Cinnamon 19.1 Theme

Changed 21 months ago by digifuzzy

attachment VBox6_Main_MouseOver.png added

Main Window with mouse over settings toolbar button

Changed 21 months ago by digifuzzy

attachment VBox6_Settings.png added

Settings Dialog display

comment:1 Changed 21 months ago by digifuzzy

As suggested from forum post, adding more details and screenshots regarding this problem.

System: Artix Linux (Arch derivative).
Desktop: XFCE
Qt version: 5.12.0
VBox: 6.0.0r127442

qt5ct and qt5-styleplugins installed correctly. Variable QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME has been set. VLC and other qt5-based applications display normally with theme settings.

Screenshots added:

1) VBox6_Main_MouseOver - shows main virtualbox window with the mouse positioned over the settings toolbar button.
2) VBox6_Settings - shows the settings dialog presented

Last edited 21 months ago by digifuzzy (previous) (diff)

comment:2 Changed 20 months ago by janitor

Summary changed from VirtualBox on Mint Cinnamon 19.1 to VirtualBox does not respect dark themes

Summary changed at socratis behest.

comment:3 Changed 20 months ago by socratis

Thank you janitor! ;)

Idea from #18301 a duplicate of this one...

Changed 15 months ago by Ore

attachment 2019-06-14_09-39.png added

Screenshot of the main UI with Gnome Dark Mode.

comment:4 Changed 15 months ago by Ore

This also impacts Gnome's dark mode. Generally dark mode is much easier on the eyes but with virtualbox it makes the UI all but unusable!

comment:5 Changed 9 months ago by rokm

On Fedora, this issue is caused by incorrect QPalette::Mid color returned by the Adwaita-dark Qt theme. The issue has been fixed in the adwaita-qt git master: https://github.com/FedoraQt/adwaita-qt/issues/128

Changed 7 months ago by franksmcb

attachment Screenshot at 2020-03-03 13-53-24.png added

Virtualbox 6.x and dark themes Ubuntu MATE

Changed 7 months ago by franksmcb

attachment Screenshot at 2020-03-02 12-41-50.png added

Dark theme 20.04

comment:6 Changed 7 months ago by franksmcb

This is occuring on VirtualBox 6.x releases using dark themes on Ubuntu MATE 18.04, 19.10, and 20.04.

comment:7 in reply to: ↑ description Changed 7 months ago by franksmcb

Last edited 7 months ago by franksmcb (previous) (diff)

Changed 7 months ago by Jags

attachment VirtualBox-6.1.97-136310-Linux_amd64_on_Ubuntu_MATE_20.04.jpg added

Screenshot: VirtualBox-6.1.97-136310-Linux_amd64 on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 64bit

comment:8 Changed 7 months ago by Jags

Added a screenshot for VirtualBox-6.1.97-136310-Linux_amd64 on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 64bit.

It still doesn't respect dark theme as of build 6.1.97-136310. Thanks.

comment:9 Changed 4 months ago by OxOOCOFFEE

Not the best solution but better then default colors Tested on Ubuntu Mate 20.04

$ VirtualBox -style Fusion %U

Changed 4 months ago by edwho

attachment Vbox_2020-05-18.png added

Screen Capture of VirtualBox

comment:10 Changed 4 months ago by edwho

Experiencing the same issue with Ubuntu 20.04 with yaru-dark theme on VirtualBox 6.1.6 (official version)

looking forward to have this issue resolved soon.

Last edited 4 months ago by edwho (previous) (diff)

comment:11 Changed 4 months ago by csx

Same issue for me (same as above screenshots, very white VBox GUI).

ubuntu 20.04 with 'virtualbox/focal,now 6.1.6-dfsg-1 amd64' installed from ubuntu repo.

comment:12 follow-up: ↓ 13 Changed 3 months ago by alain pannetier

Workaround...

$ VirtualBox -style Fusion %U

...works... but you have to re-edit /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop after each update.

comment:13 in reply to: ↑ 12 Changed 3 months ago by abletech-sb

Replying to alain pannetier:

...works... but you have to re-edit /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop after each update.

To avoid to re-edit desktop file after each update, you can copy it to user local folder:

cp /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

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