Subtitleedit: Request for dark mode for user interface

[dvjrickkraft]

Searched all the way through the interface for a dark theme and found there were none! Would like to request this for a future update. Staring at the interface for hours, dark is much easier on the eyes. Thank you in advance!

[OmrSi]

It's there, but it's hidden because it's incomplete.
You can find it in the settings file:
<UseDarkTheme>False</UseDarkTheme>
As I said, it's incomplete and doesn't look good as @niksedk didn't finish working on it.

[dvjrickkraft]

Wow, cool! I'll try that for now. Looking forward to this in the future! For others who Google this, the settings file is located at "C:Users%yourpcname%AppDataRoamingSubtitle Edit"
BTW use Notepad++ to edit, I used Wordpad and it reset everything :'(
While it may not look 'pretty' in its current state, it's certainly very useable! Really awesome, thanks so much!!!

[xylographe]

The most compatible way to open the location of the settings file,

1. Press Win+R to open the Run dialogue
2. Enter %APPDATA%\Subtitle Edit in the Run dialogue
3. Click OK to open the folder in Explorer

The settings file is named Settings.xml.

[niksedk]

This theme looks nice: https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/issues/3960#issue-556943511

[dvjrickkraft]

I'd like to bump this, it's coming up to a year 😃 This is the only program we use for video production, really awesome, frame accurate results, too! Thanks for your consideration!
Rick Novlesky, Techspin

[evayor]

It's there, but it's hidden because it's incomplete.
You can find it in the settings file:
<UseDarkTheme>False</UseDarkTheme>
As I said, it's incomplete and doesn't look good as @niksedk didn't finish working on it.

Do you change then FALSE to TRUE? Because I did it and nothing changed in the interface.
I just installed the penumbra theme from the 3960 feed and it looks nice, though I'm not sure how to set the background dark in SE itself.

[Splike]

Yes, a proper dark theme would really make the user experience a whole lot better.

[daveout]

A dark theme would be very nice indeed.

[lolawithl]

indeed :eyes:

[niksedk]

It's very hard to make a nice dark theme with Winforms (the window framework SE uses), as some controls do not support this very well or at all.

We're are giving it a try in latest beta: https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/releases/download/3.5.18/SubtitleEditBeta.zip
See Options - Settings - Font - Dark theme

And still, this Windows theme might work better for you: https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/issues/3960#issue-556943511

[MuhammadiJK]

@niksedk Thank you so much.
This one seems to be the portable version. Do you have an installed version?

Please let me know how to enable List view/Source View options.

I've switched it to black and it's almost perfect) There are still white sections (Format, Encoding, etc.) but they are not a big deal.

Please let me know if there's a way to change the following colors:

• active selected text & background.
• inactive selected text & background.
• selected text and background in the text box.

If there isn't, can you add the option to choose the text & background colors (at least just the background color) of these sections?

Also, do you have a Payoneer account? Paypal doesn't work in my country.

[OmrSi]

@MuhammadiJK This is still a work in progress. We'll do our best to improve it as much as possible.

I've fixed the "Format, Encoding" section, but it hasn't been merged yet:

Please let me know how to enable List view/Source View options.

Right-click in the list view, then Go to source view, or you use the default shortcut F2, you can also change that from the settings:

You can change ListViewUnfocusedSelectedColor from the settings file.

[OmrSi]

@MuhammadiJK

I've chosen dark theme & changed the Subtitle background color to black.
Your dark theme changes it back to brown. Please find attached the screenshots.

This is also fixed.

[OmrSi]

This is a question for everyone, do you the ListView looks better with or without the gridlines?

[MuhammadiJK]

What I mean is that in previous versions there's a list/source view option in the left top part.
How can I enable it in the Beta version?

I definitely don't need gridlines & lots of other white lines.
It'll be great if you'll make all white lines black in dark theme to make them invisible for those people who'll choose black Back color.

[OmrSi]

What I mean is that in previous versions there's a list/source view option in the left top part.
How can I enable it in the Beta version?

This is gone, you can only do it from the right-click menu or via shortcut.
It was causing issues with the dark theme.

[niksedk]

You can switch to source view via F2 (or right-click on choose Go to source view).
Omitting the tab control give a few extra lines - and the tab control don't look good with dark theme.

EDIT: he, OmrSi was faster :)

[MuhammadiJK]

All my function keys are the global keys performing other operations.

Having List/Source view was a really useful feature.
It'll be great if you'll give an option to enable List/Source view in the settings for those who need it.

[OmrSi]

It wasn't turning black. It was like this:

Also, the tab control is removed completely, so I think there can't be an option to activate it in the settings.