Bug 547316 - [Mac]Support dynamic switching of dark/light theme
Summary: [Mac]Support dynamic switching of dark/light theme
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 4.11   Edit
Hardware: PC Mac OS X
: P3 normal with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-SWT-Inbox CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
: 571069 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 578260
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Reported: 2019-05-15 07:21 EDT by Lakshmi P Shanmugam CLA
Modified: 2022-01-18 08:19 EST (History)
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Description Lakshmi P Shanmugam CLA 2019-05-15 07:21:19 EDT 
Bug 540357 allows SWT application to be started in the correct system theme.
But the application doesn't change the theme dynamically when the system theme changes. This bug tracks this.
Comment 1 Dinesh Vijay CLA 2019-08-05 01:28:38 EDT 
Hi Lakshmi,

In which release are we planning to give the solution for this bug?
Comment 2 Hubert Gajewski CLA 2020-04-01 12:32:04 EDT 
Since macOS Catalina introduced "Auto" mode (where the appearance theme changes dynamically during the day) it seems to be more important.
Comment 3 Lakshmi P Shanmugam CLA 2020-04-08 06:58:37 EDT 
There is no work planned on this currently.
Comment 4 Lakshmi P Shanmugam CLA 2021-02-09 17:53:01 EST 
*** Bug 571069 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 David Gwyn CLA 2021-04-15 15:08:04 EDT 
This continues to be an issue on Mac OSX. The only solution I have found so far is to force my machine into light mode and then I am able to use both light/dark themes in Eclipse. If the machine is set to Dark or Auto then the Dark mode seems to have issues picking up the correct theme.
Comment 6 Lakshmi P Shanmugam CLA 2021-04-20 17:42:14 EDT 
(In reply to David Gwyn from comment #5)
> This continues to be an issue on Mac OSX. The only solution I have found so
> far is to force my machine into light mode and then I am able to use both
> light/dark themes in Eclipse. If the machine is set to Dark or Auto then the
> Dark mode seems to have issues picking up the correct theme.

Dynamic switching themes when the system theme changes is not supported, but Eclipse supports both light and dark themes when machine is set to Dark mode. Does restarting Eclipse fix the problem? If not, can you pls provide the steps to reproduce the problem?