Wallpaper colors are affected by Appearance Mode

[Cernel1337]

Describe the bug
The wallpaper colors are modified by the mode selected in the appearance settings.
When the Dark mode option is selected, the Home Screen wallpaper is darkened.
As far as I can tell, when the Light mode option is selected, the Home Screen wallpaper is unaffected.

Dark mode:

Light mode:

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open “Appearance Settings” and select a wallpaper.
2. Select an Appearance mode.
3. Home Screen wallpaper is affected by the different modes.

Expected behavior
I would like that the Appearance mode not have an impact on the custom wallpaper.

System Information:

• OS: Windows 11 Pro
• Device Manufacturer/Model: Desktop
• Anytype Version: 0.29.0 (reported in 0.26.1)

Additional context
I’m not sure if this is a bug or a design choice, and I imagine there are users who would like that the theme impacts the Home Screen wallpaper. Maybe include a setting to adjust this behavior?

[sambouwer]

@Cernel1337 thanks for sharing, this is very interesting! I’m hoping someone from the Anytype team can shed some light (hehe) on this or check with the Devs if this is intended. Maybe it is a side effect of some “prep work” for the implementation of this feature request?

Separate wallpapers for dark & light mode

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I love switching between dark and light mode when I use Anytype but I find it difficult to have one wallpaper which works best for both dark and light mode. Describe the solution you’d like I’d love to have an option to set specific wallpapers for both dark mode & light mode. Additional context I use a tool on my Mac called Umbra which switches wallpaper depending on whether the system is in dark or light mode. [Screenshot 2022…

[Razor]

Yes, this is by design to dim high contrast wallpapers a bit in a dark mode.

[sambouwer]

@Razor makes sense! Would it be possible to make this optional in the settings? The option to set different wallpapers for the different modes would be even better

[Angelo]

This issue has been added to our issue tracker and was received by the Development Team.

[ignatovv]

We are reworking homescreen experience so I close this request. It will be irrelevant in the new flow.