Switching system appearance mode / color scheme only updates active tab preview in tab switcher

quietmyths · February 13, 2025, 1:34pm

Steps to reproduce

On an iOS device, set your Appearance to ‘Adapt to system’.
Open at least two tabs.
Open one of the tabs (doesn’t matter which).
Toggle dark mode on or off (depending on what mode you’re in when you started this test) at the iOS level (not within Obsidian).

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? Y

Test vault, default theme, restricted mode on.

Expected result

All tabs have been switched to the new color scheme (dark or light).

Actual result

Only the active tab uses the new color scheme. Other tabs do not change until you manually open them.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
	Operating system: ios 18.3 (Apple iPhone16,1)
	Obsidian version: 1.8.4 (186)
	API version: v1.8.4
	Login status: logged in
	Language: en
	Catalyst license: vip
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

Additional information

Video of the behavior: iCloud Photos - Apple iCloud

quietmyths · March 5, 2025, 5:24pm

As an FYI, this issue still occurs in 1.8.9.

WhiteNoise · March 5, 2025, 5:28pm

Thanks.

Are referring to the “tab previews” in the new tab switcher UI being the wrong color?
That happens on Android as well. I am not sure we should do anything about it.

quietmyths · March 5, 2025, 5:49pm

Yes, referring to the tab previews (attaching photo, to ensure that I’m referring to the right thing when I agree with you).

Since I take advantage of the automatic dark mode available in iOS, it means that twice a day I have previews that are using the wrong color palette. Everything’s still useable, it’s just a little unpleasant to have all this color inconsistency (especially at night).

I understand that this is absolutely lower in priority vs bugs that impact user functionality, so I’m not demanding a fix. I think that it could be a nice bit of UI polish, primarily for that intersection of people of who use lots of tabs + use automatic dark mode, but I can live with it as is.