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Search bar somehow on dark mode?

Firefox Browser appearance
malcolmparked replied 56 minutes ago
ezrapucciarello13
ezrapucciarello13

I'm new to Firefox. I have everything set to light mode, which I am new to as well. When I open a new tab, the search bar at the top of the page is white like I want it; however, the search bar in the middle of the page is black no matter what I try to do. Any way to fix this? Both bars are set to the same search engine... I have a custom theme set but when I switch it to one of the default themes, the search bar is still black.

I'm new to Firefox. I have everything set to light mode, which I am new to as well. When I open a new tab, the search bar at the top of the page is white like I want it; however, the search bar in the middle of the page is black no matter what I try to do. Any way to fix this? Both bars are set to the same search engine... I have a custom theme set but when I switch it to one of the default themes, the search bar is still black.

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malcolmparked
malcolmparked
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That sounds like the New Tab search box picking up a dark content theme, even though Firefox itself is set to light. I’d try this first:

Type about:config in the address bar, search for layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override, and set it to 3 (follow browser theme). Restart Firefox afterward. Mozilla documents that preference as controlling the light/dark appearance of page content.

If that doesn’t change the middle search box, it may simply be a Firefox New Tab styling bug.

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