Blazing white toolbars

HastaMia · 08-05-2020, 11:40 AM

I'm impressed with the amount of customization reaper has these days and have been deep diving into the menus. However there's one thing I can't figure out: how to change the tops of the windows, particularly floating FX windows, to a color other than white. I've done a few searches on the topic but the only answers I've seen are Windows related.

I have set my MacBook to dark theme, so finder windows etc do show up with a dark toolbar. All of my FX windows and all other windows in Reaper have white (or light gray) toolbars.

Thanks in advance.

emwhy · 08-05-2020, 01:13 PM

I can't speak for MAC users, but I had to use an unauthorized 3rd party theme to do this with Windows. It did the toolbars and menus as well and Reaper looks amazing with the theme I use.

HastaMia · 08-05-2020, 02:55 PM

I'm certainly not against giving that a try. Do you have any suggestions where to find themes like that?

Mordi · 08-05-2020, 09:28 PM

Yes, currently we can’t edit those elements. It woukd be nice if these would at least adhere to dark mode like the mac version.

I made an FR a while back to address this:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=240076

HastaMia · 08-06-2020, 10:07 AM

Well all things considered I'm impressed with the amount of customization that Reaper has to offer and this is a pretty minor gripe. It is pretty amazing the amount of ambient light those little toolbars can put out when they're on a 45" TV being used as a second monitor.

If I find a 3rd party theme that solves the problem I'll make sure to update here.

Thanks again

robgb · 08-11-2020, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HastaMia

Well all things considered I'm impressed with the amount of customization that Reaper has to offer and this is a pretty minor gripe. It is pretty amazing the amount of ambient light those little toolbars can put out when they're on a 45" TV being used as a second monitor.

If I find a 3rd party theme that solves the problem I'll make sure to update here.

Thanks again

Have you tried checking the Advanced GUI/System Settings under the "General" tab in preferences? There's a box you can check labeled "Allow 10.14+ dark mode if enabled."

If I'm understanding what it is you want, all my toolbars and status bars, windows, etc. are in dark mode. No white.