# Title bar is not black when using Dark Mode on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestions\ **Created:** [June 30, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614 "2024-06-30T13:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qubist-pixel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/58956e/32.png) [@qubist-pixel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/qubist-pixel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/1 "2024-06-30T13:27:05Z")
The title bar is not black when using Anki in dark mode on Windows 11. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/a/0/a0fc97c2dca750182c26f87a9ed02bc9c370a88e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/2 "2024-06-30T16:07:52Z")
What’s your version information (from Help \> About \> Copy debug info)? For me (version info below) – Yes, you’re right for an unfocused window, but for the focused window it appears to be fine. It looks like it’s doing the identical color switching as on Light Theme – focused window has gray bar, unfocused window has white bar. For Dark Theme, the unfocused window title bar should either not change (still gray), or should get a darker color. [Preferences \> Theme \> Dark] ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/0/a/0a3173c2b234209bc7e69ada682bface65a142d1.png) [Preferences \> Theme \> Light] ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/8/b/8bc214fd89d383ab95d476444f23cf0ada4f7cd8.png) Version info – Anki 24.06.2 (33a92379) (ao) Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1 Platform: Windows-10-10.0.22621 ---
**Author:** ![qubist-pixel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/58956e/32.png) [@qubist-pixel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/qubist-pixel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/3 "2024-07-02T14:57:29Z")
```auto Anki 24.06.2 (33a92379) (ao) Python 3.9.18 Qt 5.15.2 PyQt 5.15.5 Platform: Windows-10-10.0.22621 ``` For me, it’s white whether the window is focused or not. Perhaps due to qt5 ? ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/4 "2024-07-02T16:12:00Z")
Definitely could be a Qt difference. Thanks for posting that. It will help the devs figure out what can be fixed! ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/5 "2024-07-03T15:50:28Z")
If it’s a Qt5-only issue, this is not something that is going to get fixed, as Qt5 is no longer being updated by its developers. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/6 "2024-07-03T16:12:20Z")
Even in Qt6 though – the title bar of the _unfocused_ window changes to white despite the Dark theme. Is that unfixable as well? ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/7 "2024-07-03T16:25:13Z")
There might be hope for Qt6, but it’s not something I’ve looked into I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![vaibhav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vaibhav](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vaibhav)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/8 "2024-07-03T16:42:58Z")
> [@Danika\_Dakika](#): > > Even in Qt6 though – the title bar of the _unfocused_ window changes to white despite the Dark theme. Can’t reproduce in Anki 24.06.3 running on Windows 11. ---
**Author:** ![jcznk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/jcznk/32/15215_2.png) [@jcznk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/jcznk)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/9 "2024-07-04T03:28:54Z")
On my Windows 10 computer, using Anki 24.06.3 qt6, I can change Anki’s title bar to black by setting the computer’s system theme to dark. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/10 "2024-07-04T09:04:44Z")
I’m not a regular Windows user, and don’t know what’s considered normal here. @abdo, if you think Anki’s doing something wrong here and feel like digging into it, it would be appreciated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/11 "2024-07-04T16:41:43Z")
@qubist-pixel @vaibhav @jcznk There are a couple more variables here that could also account for why we’re seeing different things. For each of you – 1. Do you have the Anki theme set to `Dark` or `Follow System`? 2. Do you have the Windows mode [Settings \> Personalization \> Colors] set to `Dark` or `Light` (or `Custom`)? * * * On mine [Windows 11] – 1. Anki theme \> `Dark` 2. Mode is `Custom`, so it’s broken out into 2 settings – default Windows mode \> `Dark` – default app mode \> `Light` ---
**Author:** ![vaibhav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vaibhav](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vaibhav)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/12 "2024-07-04T17:03:58Z")
On mine [Windows 11] – - Anki theme: `Follow System` - Windows color mode: `Dark` ---
**Author:** ![jcznk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/jcznk/32/15215_2.png) [@jcznk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/jcznk)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/13 "2024-07-04T22:52:03Z")
Windows 10, Anki 24.06.3, qt6 1. Anki theme: either Dark or Follow System 2. Windows color mode: Dark ---
**Author:** ![qubist-pixel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/58956e/32.png) [@qubist-pixel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/qubist-pixel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/14 "2024-07-06T14:41:18Z")
@Danika_Dakika Anki Theme : Follow System Windows : Dark @dae : I tried the qt6 build and it does not have this issue. But @Danika_Dakika has set the app mode to `Light` in Windows and `Dark` Theme in Anki. Unfocused Anki windows have light title bar which is abnormal behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/15 "2024-07-15T03:50:58Z")
@abdo Before you spend any time on this – Since the initial issue is Qt5 – it is probably not fixable, yeah? The separate Qt6 issue that I stumbled into is that when Windows is set to use a “Default App Mode” of Light – Anki being set to Dark Theme does not override that for the title bar of the unfocused windows. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/8/6/86b046cbd915da383dcadde088af12fcdd1c49f7.png) If that’s as bad as life gets for me – I’m doing fine. So don’t put effort into this one on my account. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/16 "2024-07-15T07:55:37Z")
> [@Danika\_Dakika](#): > > The separate Qt6 issue that I stumbled into is that when Windows is set to use a “Default App Mode” of Light – Anki being set to Dark Theme does not override that for the title bar of the unfocused windows. I can reproduce this. Fixing it apparently requires registry hacks: [Title bar always white on windows 10 · Issue #834 · equalsraf/neovim-qt · GitHub](https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt/issues/834) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/title-bar-is-not-black-when-using-dark-mode-on-windows/46614/17 "2024-08-14T07:56:25Z")
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