More Dark Mode

[lifu]

Now that Everything is in beta, I feel comfortable requesting this.

While the core of Everything supports Dark Mode, most of the other subwindows do not. This is troublesome for the Options window in particular, as it puts strain in my eyes to review what I have set (especially when going over the Advanced section).

Other places would be Add·to/Find/Organize Bookmarks, Run History, File List Editor, Find/Organize Search History, Find/Organize Filter(s), the Edit > Advanced operations, Organize Result Omissions, Index Journal, Go To, and Help menu popups.

And, this is probably a no-go seeing as how old the forum software is, but since the documentation is still primarily on phpBB, would it be possible to implement a dark theme selector on here? Preferably in a way that isn't tied to account so I don't get flashbanged before logging in. I know there are browser extensions for this, but results tend to be a bit mixed.

In any case, thank you for this amazing software.

[void]

Thank you for your feedback lifu,

Native dark theme support for options and dialogs will not happen for Everything 1.5.

It's on my TODO list to add dark theme support to dialogs.
However, it is such a massive task and will take ages.



For now, please try third party dark themes:
Rectify11 looks very clean, from what I've seen from Everything users.
GreyEveTheme

[Herkules97]

Now that Everything is in beta, I feel comfortable requesting this.

While the core of Everything supports Dark Mode, most of the other subwindows do not. This is troublesome for the Options window in particular, as it puts strain in my eyes to review what I have set (especially when going over the Advanced section).

Other places would be Add·to/Find/Organize Bookmarks, Run History, File List Editor, Find/Organize Search History, Find/Organize Filter(s), the Edit > Advanced operations, Organize Result Omissions, Index Journal, Go To, and Help menu popups.

And, this is probably a no-go seeing as how old the forum software is, but since the documentation is still primarily on phpBB, would it be possible to implement a dark theme selector on here? Preferably in a way that isn't tied to account so I don't get flashbanged before logging in. I know there are browser extensions for this, but results tend to be a bit mixed.

In any case, thank you for this amazing software.

Idk if dark mode is better for the eyes, but I find that orange filter helps a lot.
One time last Windows session I ended up turning my monitor off and because my GPU is a bit broken, when I turned the monitor on again that filter stopped working. For the next several days as I refused to restart, I had normal screen on. I had constant headaches.
Finally power being deliberately shut off for a day forced me to restart the system, the filter works again. Since then I've barely had any headaches.

Does light mode or dark mode really put strain or not or is it the blue light?
There is no detail as to whether or not you've tried orangefying the screen, so Idk.
Another one you can do is turning down the monitor brightness. Another thing that happened when my monitor was restarted I think was that the brightness was reset. I think mine is around 70 now with that orange filter in Windows Settings also at 70.
Seeing things without the filter for days was strange, I suppose colours maybe pop more. But headaches aren't worth it.

[lifu]

For now, please try third party dark themes:
Rectify11 looks very clean, from what I've seen from Everything users.
GreyEveTheme

Unfortunately, these sorts of themes either require using High Contrast mode or patching core system files, both of which come with their own sets of problems. I used to do this, but it stopped being worth the trouble.

If you like, I can link you every resource I know of for win32 dark theming on C/C++, which might prove useful for you when Everything 1.6 comes around.

Idk if dark mode is better for the eyes, but I find that orange filter helps a lot.

I already do this.

[Xavierarmand]

i use this tool from time to time, when my eyes are screaming from the white light.

while its great i sadly can't recommend running it all the time. put a GPU Montier in your task tray and watch it. this tool will start memory-leaking and heat up your gpu after a while. i use my main script to toggle the entire script on&off.

AutoHotkey v2 Dark Mode
https://gist.github.com/charlie89/5670d ... b2afd926ca

it kind of requires some ahk v2 knowledge to get the most out of it. if you know the code you can customize and tweak to auto invert only the window class's and titles you tell it to. OR leave running and waiting for a hotkey to auto invert on demand.

this is what https://darkmodeanyapp.com is doing under the hood.

if you understand AHK this is a better and free option as you can control the inverted color matrixs and affected with with better control.

[lifu]

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I use AHKv2 all the time, actually! When you mentioned the memory-leaking, are you referring to this script, or Dark Mode Any App?

In any case, very useful, thank you!

[NotNull]

Regarding dark mode: there is some hope ..

All dialogs in File Explorer now use dark mode

Windows 11 KB5072033 finally turns on dark mode for all operational dialogs in Windows 11, but like every other feature in this release, it’s also being rolled out gradually. After the update, if you try to delete a large file or folder in File Explorer and Windows 11 is set to use dark mode, you’ll no longer see a light-themed pop-up for ‘Delete confirmation.’

Likewise, if you’ve gigabytes of files in a drive and you try to copy and paste or copy and cut files in another drive, Windows typically triggers the ‘File transfer’ dialog. Up until now, this dialog has used a light theme with green colours, but now it’ll use a shade of blue, and the background will be dark.

(from https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/0 ... aller-msu/)

Hopefully they add the properties dialog, preview pane and many, many other places to this list later on.


I can't find any official MS documentation, but apparently Win11 has now some new "dark mode functions" to show controls in a dark theme too:
https://gist.github.com/rounk-ctrl/b04e ... d5c22b7017

(although I might have misunderstood)

[lifu]

Regarding dark mode: there is some hope ..

All dialogs in File Explorer now use dark mode

Windows 11 KB5072033 finally turns on dark mode for all operational dialogs in Windows 11, but like every other feature in this release, it’s also being rolled out gradually. After the update, if you try to delete a large file or folder in File Explorer and Windows 11 is set to use dark mode, you’ll no longer see a light-themed pop-up for ‘Delete confirmation.’

Likewise, if you’ve gigabytes of files in a drive and you try to copy and paste or copy and cut files in another drive, Windows typically triggers the ‘File transfer’ dialog. Up until now, this dialog has used a light theme with green colours, but now it’ll use a shade of blue, and the background will be dark.

(from https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/0 ... aller-msu/)

Hopefully they add the properties dialog, preview pane and many, many other places to this list later on.


I can't find any official MS documentation, but apparently Win11 has now some new "dark mode functions" to show controls in a dark theme too:
https://gist.github.com/rounk-ctrl/b04e ... d5c22b7017

(although I might have misunderstood)

I have heard of this, yes, but as mentioned, it's only Windows 11.

Windows 10 may be EOL but it's receiving security updates until October 2027.

[Xavierarmand]

I use AHKv2 all the time, actually! When you mentioned the memory-leaking, are you referring to this script, or Dark Mode Any App?

the darkmode script in the gist. after its been running for a while with a handful of auto inverted windows.

seems a little easier on the gpu if you turn auto invert off and only toggle the windows as you use them.

additionally if you on win11 this app is well worth the $4! it gets install on every new install. https://www.startallback.com i use it mostly for a functional taskbar and has some extra tweaks for windows wonky darkmode