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  2. QTBUG-94859

Provide a QPA API for detecting which system theme (light/dark/etc.) is in use

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    • Resolution: Done
    • P2: Important
    • 6.2.1, 6.3.0 Alpha
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    • 2248487c6ca9d5459c70a16868d5aeee07d96157 (qt/qtbase/dev) 77659e03393820daace991c28021cfb8b67f871a (qt/qtbase/6.2)

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      There are a couple of ways that we're checking which system theme is in use:

      Having a QPA API for this would be much better.

      We could do this by adding e.g. a SystemTheme enum to QPlatformTheme:

      enum SystemTheme {
    DarkTheme,
    LightTheme,
    OtherTheme
};

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          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-74210 It would be nice if there is an api to detect what mode is active (Dark/light)

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-68850 Qt Applications are not usable under macOS Mojave with dark theme

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-83908 Material.System does not work on Windows 10 in Dark Mode

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-93815 Dark mode does not work when theme Material.System is used

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-93955 Material.System does not work on Ubuntu (Gnome)

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          User Story - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story. QTBUG-72028 Add support for Windows dark mode

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-78913 Material.System should follow system theme on Android Q and up

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTBUG-97910 Support runtime theme switching

          • Not Evaluated - Not yet evaluated/prioritized
          • Reported

          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-88043 Event informing that the device has switched to Night(Dark) mode or vice versa

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed
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              mitch_curtis Mitch Curtis
              mitch_curtis Mitch Curtis
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