Personal colors, not FF colors
So, is it Windows or Firefox browser that has completely screwed up our ability to simply set the background color for the browser, title bar and menu instead of being forced to use what some programmer decided on a Friday to create so they could go home early.? If it's Firefox, then go back to your browser people and tell them to fix this garbage. I'm going to have to look into other browsers if this is some permanent screw up. I'd really appreciate hearing from Firefox in answer to this.
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How were you setting the background color for the browser, title bar, and menu before?
Here is how it works in recent versions:
By default, Firefox tries to follow your toolbar theme when theming menus, the built-in pages, and sidebars. It also responds to color preference queries from websites with that information. Prior to these changes, it was inconsistent whether a toolbar theme had any effect on other parts of the UI.
Your toolbar theme could be "System" (the default), Light, Dark, or one of the colorful ones that come with Firefox or that you add on. If your toolbar theme has lighter text on a darker background, Firefox will use a "dark" color scheme. You can change your theme at any time. See: Use themes to change the look of Firefox.
There also are some tweaks related to built-in pages and websites if you're interested.
I always had a white page and no border with everything above the page white, as well, with black text. Thus, I don't want any of the themes that FF forces on us. I've had that combination for years until the last update took all of my choices away and puts the title bar in a strange orange and my menu, etc, in black with black text. I just want to design the pages without themes and forced colors.
You can select a theme that has dark text on the tabs (toolbars) if you currently use a theme with light text to prevent Firefox from using a dark background for webpages.
You can change this pref on the about:config page from 3 to 2 to revert to the Firefox 94 behavior regarding to prefer dark or light background for webpages. You can use 0 (dark) or 1 (light) to set a specific state.
- about:config => layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override [dark:0, light:1, system:2, browser:3]
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.
haiweepp1 said
strange orange
Here's my guess: the new "seasonal themes" overlay appeared with the option to use the new theme or switch back to the old theme, and you clicked that off without realizing that you were keeping the new theme. You definitely should be able to switch it on the Add-ons page, as mentioned in the link I gave earlier.