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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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AdminXero Team (Admin, Xero) shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
not planned  ·  AdminHannah G (Admin, Xero) responded  · 

Hi all, appreciate the interest in this idea and its importance to help reduce eye strain and headaches for improved user comfort, especially during extended usage.

We understand that this has been a longstanding request, and we genuinely appreciate your patience and dedication to making Xero an even better platform for all.

While this may be a function we look to explore in the long-term, we want to be upfront that this is not something we'll be developing in the near term due to the complexities involved and the need to prioritise other impactful updates. We know that this may be disappointing but hope that this provides some clarity.

In the meantime, as some users have mentioned you may be able to use a third-party app like Google's High Contrast, which allows you to change the colour on your screen to make it easier to read.

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  • 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!!

  • Karen Crawford commented  ·   ·  Report

    I've got a client who wouldn't move to Xero unless it has dark mode

  • Mining Store commented  ·   ·  Report

    My eyes! We've just implemeneted this.. isn't too hard

  • Trent Birch commented  ·   ·  Report

    Its killing my eyes going from other apps in dark to blinded by zero. Please make available.

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