Always use dark mode please

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please add an “always use dark mode” to the preferences/settings; for those of us of the goth persuasion

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You can do this through the system wide setting already. There are free helper apps to set individual apps to dark mode.

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yes, I have realised that now, so please ignore my request. I am using an Alfred Workflow to toggle dark mode for glyphs. I was just after dark mode for glyphs only, but it’s fine this way

thanks

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Just out of curiosity: why not switch the whole system?

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Just out of my curiosity: why does Glyphs only have an “Always use Light Mode” option instead of doing it the standard macOS way of having a “Theme” setting with dropdown options [Light | Dark | System]?

(Not really relevant to me, since I always use light mode for everything system-wide, but I’ve wondered why before.)

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Good point.

The “always use light mode” options for font and edit views was introduced in Glyphs 2 because there was a massive request for it. Even when you set the system to dark mode, it seems a lot of people want to see their letters still black on white.

The triple option you mention was not widespread when we started the option.

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well, I can do that, and will do that using Alfred’s toggle, but I quite like the system switching itself to dark in the evening, so I fancied having the options withing Glyphs

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any suggestions/recommendations regarding these apps?

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I believe macOS (and any apps using these macOS-internal mechanisms) only offers the opposite: disabling dark mode for certain apps. Having a more general color scheme control in Glyphs (automatic/light/dark) sounds like a good idea to me.

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There’s an app that I used for a while called Gray. It’s fairly simple, and gives you a UI for a Terminal command. You can also use that of course. Here’s an article about it:

NightOwl, Dusk and litleDarkr do similar things. All these apps are free.