[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 #15 from Bastián Díaz <diazbastian at protonmail.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #7)
> (In reply to Rafael Lima from comment #6)
> 
> 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.
> 

I think that the concept of "dark theme" and "dark mode" must be
differentiated, the first one focuses on using a dark theme in UI elements
according to the preferences of the OS/DE but that doesn't affect the content
of the document, so that the visualization of this is commonly expected.  which
you see (normal/print mode in Writer and edit mode in Impress).  Another thing
would be the web mode in Writer or outline mode in Impress for example.  As a
consideration, other office suites work the same way (not inverting the color
of the content) as OnlyOffice, Sofmaker Office, WPS, MS Office, etc.

I think that inverting colors or using darker colors typical of the dark mode
as the one that affects web content is more aimed at consuming "final products"
and not editing them (leaving aside the workflow of a developer when writing 
code or power user using markup language).  Inverting colors or using dark
colors can be a separate and complementary approach.  In my personal case I
would not like to see inverted colors when I write a document, but I do when I
make revisions and I only have to leave comments, especially at night when
using LibO.

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