[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 141986] Improve current LO Application Colors theme handling to support a LibreOffice "dark" color scheme mode

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141986

--- Comment #7 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Rafael Lima from comment #6)
> Hi! I think the dark theme should focus on UI elements and not on the
> document background in Calc, Writer and Impress/Draw.
> 
> The reason is that, even on a dark theme, many users will be interested in
> using a white background in Writer documents, because it's the way the
> document will later be published (in PDF) or printed in a white sheet of
> paper. Hence, having a white background allows the user to better see how
> the document will be rendered when exported/printed.
> 
> Just to illustrate, dark theme on MS Office still uses white background for
> documents:
> https://www.techowns.com/microsoft-word-dark-mode/
> https://www.tenforums.com/microsoft-office-365/41871-office-2016-latest-
> update-black-theme.html
> 
> For example, in Bug 141566 having a color for the Basic Editor (following
> system theme) makes sense because the Basic code is not meant to be printed
> or exported to PDF, it is just programming code.
> 
> But having dark background for documents may end up annoying some users
> who'll want to stick with white background even on a dark theme.
> 

Most folks who adopt a 'dark mode' are looking to reduce the heat/glare that a
white page background causes, they are less concerned with final print
format/appearance.  So retaining the page, sheet, slide or drawing canvas as a
white blob when the rest of the UI is in dark mode doesn't make a whole lot of
sense.  Maybe a toggle to check WYSIWYG for layout--but if doing an additional
set of application color defaults for 'dark mode' then the full UI including
the canvas needs to be included.

This is even more helpful for Windows users where there is no support for the
UWP theme mechanisim. Where a full set of alternative LibreOFfice application
colors is needed to deliver something that won't burn out your eyeballs.

> What we could do is add two new themes. Instead of just one dark theme, we
> could add:
> - Dark Theme with White Document Background
> - Dark Theme with Dark Document Background (which is what Heiko has already
> uploaded)

Sure, it is just an additional set of .xcu stanzas. But key is a bit of dev
effort to getting all elements of the UI to respond fully and as needed expand
the values recorded to Application colors.

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