May 02 2020 04:46 AM
@Deleted This flag is there from a very long time, It forces dark mode on websites, but the problem is, it's also forcing dark mode when using light theme. For complete info, can you look at this thread.
May 03 2020 11:31 AM
@hussain5416 I guess the flag forces the dark theme on the web contents irrespective of the theme. It does not takes the current theme into consideration.
May 03 2020 01:49 PM
May 08 2020 09:53 AM
@hussain5416 Thanks for your feedback. In an ideal scenario: 1) how would you want this to work? And 2) could you see any instances where it would be helpful to have that universally dark theme, even if a user had previously selected a light theme?
And as one of our diligent Insiders, I'm sure you're well aware of this, but I want to gently reset expectations that anything behind a flag is still in an unfinished testing/experimental phase, even if it's been there for a while. :)
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
May 08 2020 10:02 AM
@Deleted Google Chrome has this down right. If your Windows 10 Theme is set to dark and you go to google.com you see the site in dark because they support dark theme in google.com
But if you go to a site that doesn't support dark theme it will not show it.
May 08 2020 12:12 PM
@Deleted I use the force dark flag all the time and it's the one reason I recommend it to others. example - I run dark mode on my mac (or on windows as well, same thing).
SharePoint online sites are designed with normal light themes, because most of the company want them that way. They don't want to use the dark themes.
By using the force flag, I can see my SPO in dark mode while everyone else stays in light mode.
Even if my OS was in light mode I'd want it this way as well. There are some sites that don't like being forced very nicely, but I can deal with those.
May 10 2020 03:55 AM
Jun 02 2020 11:57 AM
@hussain5416 @Robin Nilsson @Shahin Kohan @Rohit Yadav
Thank you all for the feedback, I've passed this thread (and similar ones) on to our Browser Theming team!
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Jun 22 2022 12:51 PM