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Organisation settings - Dark mode

Ability to change darker backgrounds in Xero.

Purpose: White text against a Dark Background, is easier to see for the eyes.

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Not in pipeline  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded  · 

Hi team, while the status of this idea remains unchanged from our last post we did want to provide an update in the channel here.

As shared previously there's the possibility of exploring third-party apps like Google's High Contrast, which allows you to change the colour on your screen so it's easier to read.

Our Xero Accounting app is a bit of a different kettle of fish and for iOS users there is a dark mode available from the 'Appearance' option that you can navigate to from the 3 dot menu in the top right of the app screen.

Though we fully understand and appreciate needs for wanting dark mode, the ability to develop this requires resource from across all areas of product to implement in the web version. Providing dark mode is not on our current roadmap.

If there are any further changes to share we will provide further updates to you on this thread.

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  • Adam Kenyani commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'd also like to add my support to this idea being implemented sooner rather than later - I often get headaches as a result of looking at a too bright screen, so having as many dark mode options available as possible makes working much more comfortable.

    I'm hoping that if enough people continue to show their support for this idea, Xero will prioritise this as a feature sooner than they've originally stated - for me this feature is probably right at the top of what I'd want to see most out of Xero, alongside charity accounts reporting.

  • James Brandon commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'll echo the latest comments below.

    I'm EXCEPTIONALLY disappointed, despite the Xero team seeing the importance of this feature, they have chosen not to implement it.

    It would make my team's experience much nicer.
    It is so jarring going from all the darkened UIs into Xero.

  • Tim Stone commented  ·   ·  Report

    Who assessed this a "not planned". While the whole rest of the web moves towards standardising accessibility, Xero cannot even offer a Dark mode alternative!

    What is maybe in the long-term? We've already waited for 10+ years to have this implemented. It's just CSS and a true/false preference flag.

    This is just another example of how Xero has COMPLETELY lost touch with what users want or expect.

  • B F commented  ·   ·  Report

    Wow. Can't believe something that is standard in almost every app isn't important enough for Xero to even plan for it.
    How about hire some real developers to implement what the users actually want and stop changing everything to be full of white space. Maybe then your price increases will be justified.

  • Ignasi Sospedra commented  ·   ·  Report

    headaches and eye strain are a real concern. For the most part I'm able to use dark mode for pretty much everything, except Xero. I see this has been in 'ideas' for a few years now, please Xero, give some feedback on likely timescale

  • Jamie Tighe commented  ·   ·  Report

    I've just added Dark Reader to Chrome; this has turned dark mode on everything, including Xero. It could be better, but it has helped.

  • Katie Fenton commented  ·   ·  Report

    With 3 screens each and looking a bit like Nasa in our office these days, headaches and eye strain are a real concern. For the most part I'm able to use dark mode for pretty much everything, except Xero. I see this has been in 'ideas' for a few years now, please Xero, give some feedback on likely timescale.

  • Helen Kimberley commented  ·   ·  Report

    really need this, it's very ******* the eyes especially as the borders on the various fields are also very light.
    Doing the bank recs now and it's sooo frustrating!! Our IT dept doesn't allow downloading of browser extensions so Dark Reader isn't an option.

    Please Xero team, sort this out??

  • Ross Griffin commented  ·   ·  Report

    Badly needed. Xero is a great product but sadly considering another solution at present due to there being no dark mode in the web browser version. Even with brightness dimmed and night light mode on it's not an enjoyable experience working in Xero because of the glarring white background. Seems very odd that an update like this hasn't been implemented given it's relative simplicity and high demand for it from customers.

  • Michael Crompton commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am dyslexic and I find it hard to read off a white background. Everything I have is in dark mode. This is a thing that should be done asap

  • Ollie Dale commented  ·   ·  Report

    Wen Dark Mode?
    Why must you continue to burn my optical nerve with your Hiroshima-white blinding background?
    Why are you so slow at getting up-to-speed with trends?
    How can you sleep at night knowing vast swathes of your clients are keeping their partner awake as they do late-night accounts because God's sunshine is NOT to be wasted doing boring accounting?
    C'mon, Xero, go down to the basement and unlock all the creative people you accountants and programmers have been hiding, and let people who know better redesign your website layout.
    (Vomit)

  • Heine Bunge commented  ·   ·  Report

    My eyes are very sensitive to light so a dark mode would really help ease the strain. That being said, I have found an alternative Chrome extension solution in the meantime called Dark Reader.

  • Tyler Cherrie commented  ·   ·  Report

    So it's been four years.
    At this time this is the second most voted for idea in "Settings & User Roles" the 19th most voted for idea out of almost 3500 since "Xero Product Ideas" was set up.

    Can we some sort of indication if this will ever be added?

  • Anthony Boros commented  ·   ·  Report

    C'mon guys - how hard could this be to implement?? It's September 2023, and you've just increased your fees, but still no dark mode. This was asked for in 2019!!

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