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Option to use either light or dark interface.

New Desktop app update installed an almost white user interface. There is zero contrast which is not good for the eyes. I see where some people have requested a light interface so incorporate an option to select either light or dark theme like in the Office apps.
Status: Completed
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fbcideas_migusr
New Member
Please don't forget to also provide a folly working PBI Report Theme along with the UI Theme. Today we have the innovate Theme, but that is not folly working since the hovering background to the Headings menu is shown in light gray background towards white text-fronts
JimBoyce
Microsoft Employee
My temporary fix not just for Power BI Desktop, but across the board, is: 1. Turn on Windows night mode. Settings / System / Display / Night Light 2. Choose the Dusk contrast theme. Settings / Accessibility / Contrast Themes / Dusk (or whatever you prefer) Alternately, you might choose some combination of Dark Mode, Night Light, and grayscale if you only want darken things up a bit: Settings / System / Display / Night Light Settings / Personalization / Choose Your Mode (Dark) Accessibility / Color Filters / Grayscale But yes, also looking forward to a dark mode in PBI Desktop's UI that doesn't affect the color for visuals etc.
jjdehart
New Member
As a low vision person, I'm INSULTED that Microsoft removed this obviously necessary feature. In Themes, I tried changing my mode to Dark Mode. I now have Dark Mode in Windows Explorer but still do not have Dark Mode in P-BI.. Thanks Microsoft!!!!
jjdehart
New Member
again, low vision and I enjoy being able to increase font sizes and change colors. I've changed my Windows System Fonts and P-BI doesn't use them. Windows Explorer using my Windows System settings for fonts, colors and backgrounds but P-BI... I'm FORCED to struggle. Some things, like the DAX editor, I can hold the shift key and scroll to increase/decrease my DAX code but for the menus... I'm SOL. Thanks!!!!
naoufel_abdi
New Member

Do we have a date for the dark mode in the Power BI Desktop release yet? My eyes start to be red from the light mode.

fbcideas_migusr
New Member

I've given up on this... 2 years of waiting and this being in the top 3 most voted ideas

v-akshayd3
New Member

Hello Ideas Team do we have any update on this

mstrait
New Member

Can we get an update on this? This is really necessary for long days working in Power BI Desktop. More frequently Data Engineers, Data Architects, Data Warehouse Developers, BI Architects and other roles are going into Power BI Desktop. The transaction from Visual Studio for SSIS packages or Azure Tabular cube development and deployment in Dark Mode/Theme to Power BI reporting in the heavy white background is just painful. This is a top-tier end user consumption reporting tool and development tool. Please, please, please bring the Dark Interface capability back. This has to be priority #1 for the Microsoft Power BI Development team.

straitm1
New Member

Any updates here?

stefan_brannfje
New Member

The current PowerBI theme is like throwing bleach into my eyes.

Please drop EVERYTHING you do and put the whole department on one single task: FIX DARK THEME.

Thanks.