Aug 8, 2022

Bottom bar is no longer dark

The bottom bar turned very light purple from the normal black. I did nothing. How do I get it black again?
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Aug 8, 2022
Hi Michael P 1279
 
Might you be able to share a screenshot of what you are seeing there, please?
 
- Mike
Aug 8, 2022
See the bottom bar (shelf) - color just turned, on its own, from black to whatever the ugly color is. Very distracting.  I want it just as it always was: Bookmark and file and settings pages were light and the shelf was dark. thank you Mike

Last edited Aug 8, 2022
Google has introduced dark and light themes to ChromeOS. Open your settings and type dark in the search bar. You can switch to dark mode which will solve your issue.
Last edited Aug 8, 2022
Aug 8, 2022
Yes I already did this, BUT - now my Bookmark and files and settings pages are dark! 
I want it just as it always was: Bookmark and files and settings pages were light and the shelf was dark.
How do I effectuate this?

Aug 8, 2022
How would this help? Long ago I did this using a dark theme. 
Please allow me to make a suggestion: Regarding the new change that has a light / dark choice, carve out the shelf. Keep the shelf black. OR give a special option for the shelf so that when I select the light theme I may keep the shelf dark (black). Sounds easy enough to me.
I would like to have the light theme, but the color resulting from the light theme to the shelf bar is extraordinarily distracting. Also, the color of the bookmark and the files pages using the dark theme is very distracting. So, before the new change I was fine, now I am not fine.
Feedback is done with Alt + Shift + i
 
But, the team is in the process of changing to a new browser for ChromeOS. Themes will work better if you activate it.
Aug 9, 2022
How would this help? Looks like another layer of complex I do not need or want unless, as now, changes were made resulting in a massive mistake. I do not have time for this communication with you, let alone reading up on new stuff I do not want. 

All I want is a black shelf and the rest I want light. Normal, like it was. Get it now? Please make it happen. Why can't I have this? I had it two days ago!! Please read what I wrote and let me know how I can communicate to you what I mean, because it seems to me you do not understand what I am writing. 

Maybe you can hand this off to someone else that can help me.

Please allow me to make a suggestion: Regarding the new change that has a light / dark choice, remove the shelf from the changes, keeping the shelf black. OR give a special option for the shelf so that when I select the light theme I may keep the shelf dark (black) - also do this for the sign in page. Sounds easy enough to me.

This new change is a screw-up. It has created less options in real practice. I cannot select the option I had two days ago that worked very well for me. Why can't you give that to me? 

I would like to have the light theme, but the color resulting from the light theme to the shelf bar is extraordinarily distracting (in addition, I noticed in light theme the sign in page is no longer dark, hate that). In the dark theme the color of the bookmark and the files pages and any pull down menu is very dark and difficult to read. I hate that! So, before the new change I was fine, now I am not fine.

The only thing I want dark is the shelf and the pop up menu from the shelf when you click on the time. 

Please change it all back. I hate the new light / dark option. Give me a way to return to before this new option. Give me an option to opt out. 

If you cannot help me, which kinda looks that way, please get me someone who can help me by changing it back.

Aug 9, 2022
Question: with the new light / dark theme option there is a third option: auto. The auto option looks like a redundancy of the dark option. What is that about? Why? 
Aug 9, 2022
Auto switches between light and dark modes, automatically.
Last edited Aug 9, 2022
We are users like you. We volunteer our time to help others. You can take our suggestions or not. I told you how to get your feedback directly to Google. It will never go back to the way it was.
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