Brave is unusable on Ubuntu with dark theme

Hello. Since the latest update, Brave is just unusable.

Check here:


Using Ubuntu with KDE with Breezer dark theme.

@maddrum,
Is it safe to assume that if you disable the custom theme (“breeze”) then everything displays as intended? Including if you enable the built-in dark theme?

Before the latest updates, it worked perfectly fine.
After the latest google chrome updates Chrome did the same but I fixed that by changing to a light theme, updated the theme option and then switching back to the dark theme.
This however does not work on Brave.

This has something to do with this bulshit auto-theme switch of Chrome. I don’t need Chrome to change that, I am perfectly capable of changing browser themes myself.

I assume you’re referring to the setting in Appearance that matches the browser theme with the OS theme, in which case this should only be happening (“auto-switch”) when that setting is enabled.

Additionally, do you see this behavior if you have other themes enabled or is it this specific one?

Do not know I am unable to see the settings!
Tried purge reinstalling, does not help. The browser is useless this way.

@maddrum,
Can you please try launching Brave from the Terminal using the command line switch:

--profile-directory="testprofile"

This will simply create a new browser profile (named “testprofile”) and launch a new browser window using that profile. I’m interested to see if this launches the browser normally and allows you to see settings/menus in the browser.

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