Thanks Z75, that’s a better solution than unchecking the box in Windows settings, which negatively impacts the rest of Windows applications. And thanks for supplying a video, I’d have never found those color settings otherwise. You’d THINK those theme color settings would be under Appearance rather than “Get Started → Profile name and icon”.
Trisha
April 1, 2022, 2:46pm
22
Thanks for the tip. Someone else recommending changing the Brave colors to dark, and that helps. Rather not mess with Windows system palette.
Trisha
Just to add to the discussion, you can even choose White (R255, G255, B255) and it fixes this problem. Your color palette doesn’t have to be dark.
Thanks for the video, this is great!
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Thanks, this worked for me
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Issue report opened on Brave GitHub.
opened 09:47PM - 31 Mar 22 UTC
OS/Desktop
## Description
On windows, having a lighter accent color causes the text on un… selected tabs, as well as the new tab icon in the tab bar to become dark and unreadable when using the default dark theme. Having a darker accent color causes the text to become unreadable in the light color theme
## Steps to Reproduce
1. install `1.37.109` on windows
2. set `accent color` in `windows settings > Personalization > Colors` to a lighter color such as green or red
3. scroll down to `Show accent color on the following surfaces` and make sure that `Title bars and window borders` is checked
4. launch brave
5. go to `brave://settings/appearance`
6. set `Brave colors` to `Dark`
7. open more than one tab
## Actual result:
Tab text and new tab icon is black and pretty much unreadable.
## Expected result:
Tab text and new tab icon should be a lighter color in the dark theme
## Reproduces how often:
Only on when `Brave colors` is `Dark` and accent color is a lighter color, or when `Brave colors` is `Light` and accent color is a darker color
## Brave version (brave://version info)
<html>
<body>
Brave | 1.37.109 Chromium: 100.0.4896.60 (Official Build) (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | 6a5d10861ce8de5fce22564658033b43cb7de047-refs/branch-heads/4896@{#875}
OS | Windows 10 Version 21H1 (Build 19043.1586)
</body>
</html>
## Version/Channel Information:
The problem is also present on the current nightly release `1.39.22`
## Other Additional Information:
The same behavior happens on chromium, but since the top bar on chromium is set to the color of the windows accent color, the text is still readable. Since the top bar is always dark colored in the brave dark theme, the text just becomes unreadable.
How it looks in chromium `102.0.4977.0` side by side with how it looks in brave `1.37.109`:
With a darker color the text becomes white:
However, it becomes unreadable in the light theme:
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Super! thanks. This worked for me too!
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Fix released in Brave Release version Release Channel 1.37.114 .
Fixed unreadable tab names when using certain accent colors on Windows. (#22027 )
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I’m on 1.37.116 and the issue is not resolved in dark mode. The selected tab is white text but the tabs not selected are not readable due to very dark text against a black tab background
@Utidiysyisitdixoxohd I wonder if anyone else is experiencing this, especially with dark mode. I haven’t seen any recent posts about the issue. You should probably tag the moderators in your support request to let them know you are still having an issue. You should edit your topic to indicate you are updated to the latest Brave version and also include any additional information you may be experiencing related to this issue. You could also DM them too. Or do both! Up to you.
Description of the issue:
Dark mode shows no text on tabs except the active one
How can this issue be reproduced?
1.Use Browser
2.Open several tabs
3. Only tab in use shows text on tab
Expected result:
name of page should be displayed on tab
**Brave Version( check About Brave)
1.37.109
Yes the issue is still present for WIn8.1 users and fixes are planned according to recent post here:
opened 09:47PM - 31 Mar 22 UTC
closed 09:22PM - 08 Apr 22 UTC
OS/Windows
QA Pass-Win64
priority/P2
QA/Yes
release-notes/include
regression
OS/Desktop
## Description
On windows, having a lighter accent color causes the text on un… selected tabs, as well as the new tab icon in the tab bar to become dark and unreadable when using the default dark theme. Having a darker accent color causes the text to become unreadable in the light color theme
## Steps to Reproduce
1. install `1.37.109` on windows
2. set `accent color` in `windows settings > Personalization > Colors` to a lighter color such as green or red
3. scroll down to `Show accent color on the following surfaces` and make sure that `Title bars and window borders` is checked
4. launch brave
5. go to `brave://settings/appearance`
6. set `Brave colors` to `Dark`
7. open more than one tab
## Actual result:
Tab text and new tab icon is black and pretty much unreadable.
## Expected result:
Tab text and new tab icon should be a lighter color in the dark theme
## Reproduces how often:
Only on when `Brave colors` is `Dark` and accent color is a lighter color, or when `Brave colors` is `Light` and accent color is a darker color
## Brave version (brave://version info)
<html>
<body>
Brave | 1.37.109 Chromium: 100.0.4896.60 (Official Build) (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | 6a5d10861ce8de5fce22564658033b43cb7de047-refs/branch-heads/4896@{#875}
OS | Windows 10 Version 21H1 (Build 19043.1586)
</body>
</html>
## Version/Channel Information:
The problem is also present on the current nightly release `1.39.22`
## Other Additional Information:
The same behavior happens on chromium, but since the top bar on chromium is set to the color of the windows accent color, the text is still readable. Since the top bar is always dark colored in the brave dark theme, the text just becomes unreadable.
How it looks in chromium `102.0.4977.0` side by side with how it looks in brave `1.37.109`:
With a darker color the text becomes white:
However, it becomes unreadable in the light theme:
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289wk
April 20, 2022, 8:19am
31
@Chocoholic ,
Tab title character strings are OK, but not the URL address field character strings. I am mentioning the problem, here, because of the tendency by developers to invert appearances – and thus cause undesired appearances.
I use Light color, and I guess that is effectively a “Light mode” at brave://settings/appearance
But, I also use New Private Window(s), and that – for reasons unknown – causes semi-visible characters in the URL address field:
If I select the URL address character string within the URL address field:
That poor visual performance, has routinely been an issue for all versions of Brave Browser, back in time . . . for Mac OS v10.12.n “Sierra” . . . re my Mac computer.
–
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@289wk I’ve noticed that too and I am on win 10. I actually hate the default theme or whatever you want to call it for Private Windows. It is an eyesore and the semi-visibility is an eyestrain. You get used to it but ugh. Hopefully over time Brave will give users options to change that mess. lol
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