You should not rely on common defaults and both fg and bg colors should be explicitly defined together, but if you want to reproduce this, it is firefox with browser.display.use_system_colors = true and env GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark
AI-generated summary
A user reported an issue with the Setup wizard colors in Firefox when browser.display.use_system_colors is set to true and the GTK theme is Adwaita:dark. Others have been unable to reproduce the issue, with itsbhanusharma suggesting it may be related to the user’s browser or OS configuration. Stephen pointed out that the user had overridden a browser default to achieve this configuration. riking expressed skepticism about the importance of fixing this issue, questioning whether any distribution ships with this configuration by default. maiki countered that relying on common defaults may be a reasonable expectation, highlighting a point of disagreement among users.
I don’t think it’s a bug in discourse if You’re making weird choices of Browser/OS.
There is no promise tha default background will while and default foreground will black. It’s a bug.
Even on dark mode enabled in Android, I can’t reproduce this issue. If Your browser does wonky things with your OS. I’d say you should also go complaining to Facebook among others complaining about this.
To be honest, I’m not sure I care about these color issues. It feels like you’re just opting into pain, and then complaining to us that it hurts.
Is any distribution shipping this configuration by default? If not, I don’t think we should put any effort into fixing these issues.
I think that’s the crux which many folks disagree with. Perhaps one should rely on common defaults.
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