No Darkmode for Windows? 7.0.9

[Yeuph]

I have a few computers I use, some are Windows and others are Linux/Ubuntu based. KiCAD on Linux has a very streamlined darkmode (aligning with system settings + the 3rd party wDark Theme plugin). I have a picture of my linux KiCAD here:

In the Linux install it has dark borders on windows and in menus. I can’t figure out how (if possible) to get a Windows based KiCAD to do the same thing. It leaves the menus and window borders bright even if I’m using a dark skin for KiCAD schema and such. Pictured here:

Is there a setting that I am missing here? I do have my Windows OS set to dark mode and otherwise system menus and window borders follow the system darkmode theme. It’s jarring and uncomfortable to have the contrast while working in Windows and I’d very much like to fix this if possible.

[gkeeth]

KiCad has dark mode on Linux and macOS, but not Windows.

Microsoft never added dark mode to the Win32 GUI API that KiCad uses, so there’s no dark mode on Windows. (Microsoft has other GUI APIs, some of which support dark mode, but those aren’t the ones used by KiCad).

[maui]

@gkeeth
there is an option with latest wxwidgets

C::B dark mode in Windows

[marekr]

Yea it’s a hacky implementation, there are bugs that can’t be fixed as a result

But we cant use wx 3.3 for probably another year or two, until it gets released as wx 3.4