Dark Mode for Linux

[asmyfavmeme]

Similar to this topic, I would like to have dark mode on Linux.

As a Linux user, I feel that the topic didn’t fully address the kind of assistance both the original poster, users, and I were hoping for. The current setup still leans heavily on light mode, which can be pretty harsh on the eyes, especially during long sessions or late-night workflows. While there are three options to tweak the top bar and meeting background, they don’t touch the Zoom background itself, which stays glaringly white. That sudden brightness spike is jarring, basically being flashbanged at 3 in the morning.

So, a proper dark mode that darkens everything, not just fragments, would be a huge improvement. Including this in the theme selection or rolling it out in an upcoming Linux update would go a long way in reducing eye strain and making the experience more cohesive. Hoping this gets prioritized.

(refined with Grammarly)

[MichaelRother]

I really can't grasp, how a request for this is still open, after nearly 3 years!? ... clearly, it must be easier to maintain a common feature-set between the three apps (Windows/MacOS/Linux), versus each having some features the others do not!? ... 

[aindriu80]

I just downloaded Zoom today and it's 222mb in size but doesn't have a dark mode! It's too much to have to focus in on a completely white screen for a long time.

Can the developers please help out and say what Zoom was developed with? I believe it is QT5. Maybe there is a workaround, there is QT Settings app which is available, you can edit styling there, for example I changed the Dolphin file browser to switch to dark mode with the following code ->

DolphinViewContainer > DolphinView > QAbstractScrollArea {

background-color: grey;

}

A simple swap from #FFFF white, to something like gray would resolve all issues. In fairness the issue was requested years ago.

[DASPRiD]

At the moment I'm using a Gnome extension which basically inverts windows (in a smart way), but I have to activate it each time I start Zoom. I got pretty used to pressing a key combo to fix Zoom though…

[Penteract]

As a Linux user whom uses dark mode, I feel like at this point, the devs just don't care about us, in the sense that they want to be lazy. It is so easy to port over a theme from Windows or MacOS to Linux, especially when it's within an app like Zoom that looks and works the same on all three.