Bug 489594

Summary: Plasma does not correctly report user preference for light or dark mode to browsers
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: Justin Goltermann <jgoltermann>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Justin Goltermann 2024-07-02 10:58:31 UTC
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SUMMARY
Whenever "Breeze Dark" is selected in "Quick Settings" all sites that provide a dark mode and honor the user's system/device setting should render in dark mode.
Or if this selection is perceived as applying strictly to window chrome in Plasma, a new choice should be provided to the user to explicitly offer "light" and "dark" themes for reporting to any browsers -- but given this choice already exists in the settings UI it should be logically extended so it's reported to any browser in use under Plasma.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Under Quick Settings -- System Settings choose "Breeze Dark" and click "Apply"

OBSERVED RESULT
Visit any site for which your user preferences have been set to follow the system/device settings for light/dark mode and which provides a dark mode, and you will see the site rendered in light mode.


EXPECTED RESULT
Visit any site for which your user preferences have been set to follow the system/device settings for light/dark mode and which provides a dark mode, and you should see that site rendered in dark mode.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.8.0-36-generic

KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version:  5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-07-02 18:03:28 UTC
This works as expected for me. I just tested it in this very website in Firefox, and it switched to task mode as expected. This means the issue is in those websites or the browser itself, out our signaling to browsers that websites should enter dark mode.