

The about:config page should immediately reflect your saved change. 3 => Follow the Browser toolbar theme (default in Firefox 95+).2 => Follow the System theme (default in Firefox 94).(3) Double-click the preference to display an editing field, and change the value to whatever you prefer from the list below, then press Enter or click the blue check mark button to save the change. (2) In the search box in the page, type or paste -override and pause while the list is filtered The moderators would like us to remind you that changes made through this back door aren't fully supported and aren't guaranteed to continue working in the future. More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox. (1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. At this point, it's only available through the back door.

There is a way to decouple your page (content) theme preference from your toolbar theme. Starting in Firefox 95, Firefox would inform pages that you preferred a light/dark theme based on your Firefox toolbar theme instead of your system theme. (B) Built-in pages, and websites that have light/dark responsive themes (The other way is the not-officially-supported userChrome.css file route.) As far as I know, the only built-in way to avoid this is to change your toolbar theme to one with dark text on the inactive/background tabs. Firefox 96 has extended this adaptation to more parts of the browser. Starting in Firefox 89, these would flip to a dark background if the text on the inactive/background tabs was white or light. (A) Right-click context menus, toolbar drop-down panels There is a setting for some of these, but not all of them.
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I have attached a screenshot illustrating the difference between a theme with light text on the tabs and dark text on the tabs.įirefox 95+ is taking more and more cues from your toolbar area theme for how to style other aspects of the browser. By dark text I mean, for example, the built-in Light theme, or an add-on theme with black or dark text on the tabs such as: The fastest workaround for now is to change your theme to one that uses dark text. It also signals sites that you have a dark theme preference. When the text color on your background tabs is light/white, it triggers Firefox to use a dark background on menus, the sidebar, the Library window, and various built-in pages. As you discovered, Firefox 96 now harmonizes more parts of Firefox with your toolbar theme.
