# Onebox loading spinner gif should be transparent

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [6월 8, 2018, 10:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472 "2018-06-08T22:03:33Z")
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### Author: ![jesus2099](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jesus2099/32/119720_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [6월 8, 2018, 10:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472/1 "2018-06-08T22:03:33Z")

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When using The Dark Theme, the animated gif spinner that shows up in post preview for Onebox has a white background.  
So it does not look good against the dark grey background of The Dark Theme.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [6월 8, 2018, 10:24오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472/2 "2018-06-08T22:24:39Z")

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Aha, is this something we should tweak @awesomerobot?

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [6월 19, 2018, 5:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472/4 "2018-06-19T17:27:49Z")

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I replaced the gif with our CSS loading spinner, so now this should change colors with themes

 ![24%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/6/164b5a6f95cc46ffb985e343bf5333e2f13539f7.jpg)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [6월 19, 2018, 10:56오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472/5 "2018-06-19T22:56:13Z")

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Awesome! Much better thanks 🙇‍♂️

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### Author: ![jesus2099](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jesus2099/32/119720_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [6월 20, 2018, 4:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472/6 "2018-06-20T04:48:47Z")

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Oh yes, thanks so much, it now looks really great on dark theme as well!

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [6월 20, 2018, 10:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-loading-spinner-gif-should-be-transparent/89472/7 "2018-06-20T22:00:02Z")

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