Artix Linux Forum

the side buttons on the left (which were almost invisible in the old theme) seem out of place. I think they disturb the balance a bit: there's some space taken up on the left side but non on the right. Personally, I'll just remove them using uBlock for now but it will be interesting to see if anyone uses those buttons/arrows. Maybe it makes sense to remove them completely?

Also makes use of the screen space which is practical and efficient. Many thanks @corysanin  :)

Also, in the CSS, there's a :focus target on ".sceditor-container textarea, .sceditor-container textarea" which makes the message box (which I'm currently typing in) increase the font size to 1em. It's pretty confusing since the text jumps when you try focusing on it, making the position of the cursor weird. Since this wasn't a thing in the old theme, I'd suggest removing the :hover target and just making the font 1em. (by the way, related thread: https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,7786.0.html)

IMHO

I don't like it! Neither the new theme nor the old one, all other theme on the elkarte platform are physically painful to look at!

Here is an example of how a forum not on the elkarte platform might look:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250515135514/https://archlinux.org.ru/forum/

1st (marked in purple). For the light variant.
I can barely read it in the light/white version. Darken it more please.

2nd (marked in red). For the light variant.
The colors for the normal users seems blend in the background. Either it needs more chroma(less gray-ish/lack in color) or more chroma with lower lightness(making it dark blue).

3rd (marked in orange) For the dark variant.
It's less readable in the dark variant. Make it a bit lighter.

I tried it but prefer the original Silence. This wouldn't be a problem as that theme is still available, but it seems the forum will only show your chosen theme when you are logged in. So if you just go to the site without being logged in, you get the default theme and not what you previously selected. Many websites will save that kind of info in a cookie, but it doesn't seem to be happening here. There is also apparently no way for people without an account to set a display preference, as it appears under account settings.

Thanks @corysanin.
Few things that I missed:

On the light variant:
Marked in red: Needs to be darken, like the previous issue.
Marked in Teal/Aqua: There are black bars blocking out the percentages in the poll.

On the dark variant:
Marked in red: needs just a very little tiny bit of lightness increase.

On both variants:
Marked in purple: View results button sits on top of the thread page numbers.

None of the minimalist themes (https://themes.elkarte.net//categories/minimal.html) out there do it for you either? I know it's hard to get a good look at them with many demo links being busted.

The new default is not what I expected, as the auto option seems to be the default which gives the light not dark variant, at least for me, and it seems quite a drastic change indeed. Link certainly bookmarked!   :o

I like it and I prefer this kind of light themes to be honest.

Quote from: jrballesteros05 – on 26 August 2025, 14:52:06

I like it and I prefer this kind of light themes to be honest.

This sentiment is one I've seen a few times on our subreddit. That's why I prioritized offering both. With CSS variables, it's not that much work.

And to those whose browsers don't know how to respect your desire for a dark theme, here's another bookmark option: https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php?theme=10&variant=dark

Quote from: jrballesteros05 – on 26 August 2025, 14:52:06

I like it and I prefer this kind of light themes to be honest.

This sentiment is one I've seen a few times on our subreddit. That's why I prioritized offering both. With CSS variables, it's not that much work.

And to those whose browsers don't know how to respect your desire for a dark theme, here's another bookmark option: https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php?theme=10&variant=dark

In Waterfox and doubtless Firefox too, if you go to settings - general - language and appearance - website appearance and change it from the default "auto" to "dark" it will switch. But it will force every other website with an option to go dark as well. Auto will use your own OS theming to make a choice.

The light theme isn't in line with any other Artix theming on other resources, past or present, which is strange given that Cory was saying in the interview how he was working on making the appearance of the sites more consistent!

I will always consider the dark themes to be the main ones but I also think that serving up a light theme to someone who prefers-color-scheme: light is the right move.

Not a fix but a suggestion: is it possible to have a different color scheme for the dark and light variants of the font color feature?
Because some are hard to see. Depending on which variant you choose, one is difficult to read than the other:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

I agree, that would be nice, but it's a bit out of scope I think. Plus the color previews only apply to this one theme and I maintain that there's rarely ever a reason to select a different font color in the first place. I updated the colors in the dropdown at least:

(https://img.sanin.dev/-pWWgkyssuf)