Dark Mode

What it is

Dark ModeLight text on dark backgrounds everywhere, for the evening or because you like it. turns the whole desktop and your apps dark: dark windows, dark menus, a dark terminal, light text. WolOS has three settings: Light, Dark, and Auto, which is light from 7:00 in the morning and dark from 19:00 in the evening.

Why WolOS does it this way

A bright white screen in a dark room is tiring, and many people simply like dark better. One setting for everything means no app stays bright while the rest turns dark; Auto means you never have to think about it. Your accent colourThe one colour WolOS uses for what is selected or switched on: buttons, switches, highlights. You pick it in Settings > Appearance. follows along and is adjusted for each so it stays easy to read.

How

Switch it in one click

Open Control CenterThe panel behind the icon at the top right of the menu bar: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Focus, brightness, sound and quick switches. and click Dark Mode. It reads On or Off under its name. Click again to go back.

Choose Light, Dark or Auto

1. Open System Settings > Appearance.
2. Click Light, Dark or Auto in the row of three pictures at the top (1).
3. The desktop and the apps that are open change at once.

The Dark Mode switch in Control Center changes between light and dark right away, whatever you chose here.

With a theme

A themeA set of colours that restyles the whole desktop and your apps at once. from the gallery brings its own colours: some are light (Catppuccin Latte, Flexoki Light), most are dark. See Looks and themes.

A worked example

Alice works late. She opens System Settings > Appearance and chooses Auto. At seven in the evening the desktop, her browser and her mail turn dark on their own; the next morning at seven they are light again. On a bright train one evening she wants it light, so she clicks Dark Mode in Control Center to turn it off; to have Auto back, she chooses it again in Appearance.

If something goes wrong