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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 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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  • Tammy Zervougeorgis commented  ·   ·  Report

    You can change dark mode on windows 11 but i find doing that and applying high contrast -

    You may need to ask your IT to do the changes

    Settings
    Accessibility
    Contract Themes

    I choose dusk - it really changes other apps as well. This isn't ideal - Xero needs to get onto dark mode asap.

    Would just be awesome if we can just have dark mode for Xero.

  • Tyler Cherrie commented  ·   ·  Report

    I spend all day looking at Xero and our other systems.

    A dark mode is Critical in my opinion.

  • Bryant Walker commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have eye sight problems and not having dark mode strains my eyes.

  • Tammy Zervougeorgis commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes please let us have dark mode my eyes are not as good as they used to be working in all white.

  • Tanya Johnson commented  ·   ·  Report

    Considering I have to incur personal expenses in relation to colour overlays because of the migraines I get using Xero - please please make this a thing!

  • Christine K commented  ·   ·  Report

    @Sam Goldwater thankyou! thankyou! thankyou! this helps me right now!

  • Christine K commented  ·   ·  Report

    My eyes are suffering a bit of damage from contacts and having dark mode would be the best thing. I have changed chrome etc all over to dark mode which has eased the glare on my eyes from the white screen. Unfortunately xero cannot be changed and this is where I spend a lot of my time. Please bring this feature in as a WH&S priority.

  • Stephen Scobie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Much more comfortable on the eyes, 100% agree with others here

  • Sam Goldwater commented  ·   ·  Report

    A temporary solution for people using Chrome is to install the Dark Reader addon - it works perfectly. A 1st party solution ofc would be better, and this isn't a fix for mobile where with light mode only Xero is stuck in the 2010s :/

  • Louis Paraskevas commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would be awesome. Working at night is a real pain at times with the bright white backgrounds

  • B F commented  ·   ·  Report

    I work at night and using Xero is like staring into the fire of a thousand suns. Please prioritise this

  • Ian Clarkson commented  ·   ·  Report

    I work on Xero all day long - Dark mode would be such a heavenly relief

  • Mohammad Owais commented  ·   ·  Report

    I work on Xero for a long time and when I switch from any other screen with a dark background, the figures on the Xero screen seem to be blurred. It may be due to switching but working for a long time on a white background screen hurts. Please add a dark background mode.

    Thanks
    Mohammad Owais

  • Nick Roach commented  ·   ·  Report

    Dark mode would be great and has a much more modern feel apart from the benefits to eyes etc

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