Bug 414091

Summary:	Add setting to set background color in loading screens
Product:	[Applications] Falkon	Reporter:	Matthias <shalokshalom>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Rosca <nowrep>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck, koalinux
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Matthias 2019-11-13 11:25:13 UTC

SUMMARY

I am light sensitive. White, flashy colors on my screen hurt my eyes. Like many others, especially at night. Many modern webpages already support a dark mode - yeah! :D

Could you implement a setting, that let us choose the background color from white into something we prefer, like black?

I fail to see the benefit of a white flashy loading screen, while there are surely people who enjoy it..


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a new tab at night
2. Blind your eyes
3. Ask yourself why this is standard since always on every browser. 

OBSERVED RESULT

White background before the new tab page, or any homepage is open

EXPECTED RESULT

Black. As my soul


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: current
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: current
KDE Frameworks Version: current
Qt Version: current

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

None

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2019-12-04 00:21:48 UTC

It _might_ be a limitation of QtWebEngine. I am currently using Otter Browser, which supports both QtWebKit, as well as QtWebEngine. When using the former, a configurable background color is respected, while on the latter, it always flashes full white first.

Comment 2 Matthias 2019-12-05 09:23:04 UTC

Thanks a lot. This one is in the hands of Qt only,  right?

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2019-12-05 09:58:55 UTC

Possibly. Further investigation is needed before that can be decided.

Comment 4 José Pekkarinen 2020-09-05 19:48:56 UTC

As of plasma 5.19.5 with qt 5.15.0 and frameworks 5.73,
there is a dar mode style for kde that at least sets the
bars and tabs as expected, the pages keeps the same
looking though. In a hint I found on the net, launching
falkon with QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--force-dark-mode
will produce some webpages, like duckduckgo use the
dark mode, but not all webs will obey it. It would be good
to find a way to make it for all sites.

Thanks!