# Ignition designer 8.0 Where is a dark themes? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599 "2019-12-11T12:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![folgore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@folgore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/folgore)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/1 "2019-12-11T12:52:17Z")
Hi, I have launched a ignition designer 8.0.6. How is possible change a white background? Thank’s ---
**Author:** ![folgore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@folgore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/folgore)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/2 "2019-12-12T16:16:47Z")
The white background is blinding. Only I have this problem? All development software is going dark, Ignition in reverse. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/3 "2019-12-12T16:35:41Z")
Styling Java Swing applications (such as the designer, or Vision clients) is an extremely non-trivial affair. The look and feel changes in 8.0 ended up causing a variety of issues for running Vision clients, and we’ve already officially ‘closed’ the suggestion to add a dark theme to the Ignition Designer on our ideas portal: [https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/dark-mode](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/dark-mode) There _is_ a dark theme available for Perspective (that will be significantly enhanced in a large theme revamp coming sometime soon-ish). For the foreseeable future, the Designer won’t be getting any other themes. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/4 "2019-12-12T17:51:18Z")
> [@folgore](#): > > All development software is going dark Meh. I'm old enough to have seen this fad before. It'll last only until businesses tally the ergonomic costs (eye-strain related productivity losses), sometimes as actual _ **costs** _. White background with black text wins in the end. Any less overall brightness+contrast yields more eyestrain. If you think about how the human eye's pupil works, and its impact on depth of field, it'll help one understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_de\_Bellefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Christian\_de\_Bellefe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Christian_de_Bellefe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/6 "2022-12-06T13:33:58Z")
Old thread, but i've got to agree with you, the white is kinda agressive. Even if text is black, if it's very small, it hurt the eyes. I've got to put my monitor on "Eco Mode" to make it readable ---
**Author:** ![juang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@juang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/juang)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/7 "2024-10-09T03:10:49Z")
Very old thread, but I have to say for some of us, dark mode is needed, i have a light sensitive issues and seeing a white background has made impossible to work. this is something that is needed as an option,please. ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/8 "2024-10-15T18:45:20Z")
> [@juang](#): > > Very old thread Indeed. This is for 8.0. There is [a thread for dark mode in 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-ignition-8-1-dark-theme-designer/33832/3), but it mentions that the feature and idea request for this feature was closed. ---
**Author:** ![Rodrigo\_Bernardes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Rodrigo\_Bernardes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rodrigo_Bernardes)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/9 "2025-05-06T11:37:12Z")
Very old thread. But I'm also here wasting time to see how could I make designer background less aggressive to my eyes. No way yet? ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-where-is-a-dark-themes/30599/10 "2025-05-06T11:54:17Z")
> [@Request Ignition 8.1 Dark Theme Designer!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-ignition-8-1-dark-theme-designer/33832/7): > > A Dark Mode patch is now available for download on the exchange: [Dark Mode for the Designer](https://inductiveautomation.com/exchange/2719/overview) For the Vision module and the project library script editor, it's well polished. and it will darken the main of the windows in the Perspective and Reporting modules as well.