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Roll20 Darkmode Accessability issues and general bugs

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I have found a LOT of bugs and issues with the new dark mode, mostly with concerns around accessibility, though there are also so general ones. First off, and the most glaring, the change in font between light and dark mode. This causes a few different issues to other features: It is generally harder to read in dark mode due to the font being smaller, even though it is against a darker background. Various elements are shifted or change in size when in dark mode (macro buttons in the macro bar become taller, the journal tag button in journal tab is narrower, all the elements underneath the search bar in the journals tab are shifted down slightly, etc.) Here is an example of the elements changing in size and position between light and dark mode. Apologies for the overlayed version being an eyestrain. Additionally, some font colors are changed when they really should not be. The die results in macros do not have their background color (yellow) changed in dark mode, but the font color IS changed to a light grey, which instantly kills readability. The scrollbar is changed in dark mode, which creates yet another accessibility issue. Instead of the bar that you need to click and drag, their is a small dot. You have to click on this small dot and drag it, which is far more difficult to do for those with visual or motor impairments. Additionally, the zoom percent is significantly harder to read in dark mode. Also, as you can see with these screenshots, the scroll bar is also slightly taller in dark mode. Sometimes the macros will stay purple after switching back to light mode. It's inconstant with when it will and wont get stuck. At first I was thinking it was just a Chrome glitch because my friends where having it happen to them and it wasn't happening to me (I am on Firefox), but then while recording some of these bugs, it happened to mine. It just seems to do it whenever it feels like it. It can also apparently get stuck in the light mode colors as I discovered while trying to record some of the bugs/issues. I think this bug is at least somewhat influenced by what mode you load in on, because when i refreshed my roll20 while in dark mode, the macro was immediately stuck in dark mode pallet, and seeing this I switched to light mode and refreshed, and wouldn't you know it: immediately stuck in light mode pallet. Another issue that I discovered while working on this post: the bullet points option is changed. If you click the "tab" button, it will not shift the bullet points over, instead just adding spaces. To move bullet points over, you need to go under the paragraph tool and click on indent. The new shortcut is "CTRL ]", however the website words this as "CTRL + ]", which can confuse users into thinking that the + symbol is part of the shortcut. Also, a bit of a pet peeve, but PLEASE move the dark mode button either to the tools bar or the settings menu instead of floating off on it's own. It's current position is vary janky and jarring. For the sake of some of the more visual bugs and issues mentioned in this post, I made a video to more clearly show them: <a href="https://youtu.be/akAiRXhDr10" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/akAiRXhDr10</a>
I have also discovered that the font color issue mentioned in regard to the rolls is EVEN WORSE with turn order.
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Gold
Forum Champion
Really excellent work with the explanation and screenshots.&nbsp; You might get a response by adding your Comments to&nbsp; Roll20's Bug thread dedicated to the new Dark Mode: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10728562/dark-mode-vtt-bug-thread/?pageforid=10728562#post-10728562" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10728562/dark-mode-vtt-bug-thread/?pageforid=10728562#post-10728562</a>
Gold said: Really excellent work with the explanation and screenshots.&nbsp; You might get a response by adding your Comments to&nbsp; Roll20's Bug thread dedicated to the new Dark Mode: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10728562/dark-mode-vtt-bug-thread/?pageforid=10728562#post-10728562" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10728562/dark-mode-vtt-bug-thread/?pageforid=10728562#post-10728562</a> Thanks! I will do so now.
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Pat
Pro
API Scripter
One thing missed entirely is token open - if you focus on a tab other than the first tab on opening a token (double click) in dark mode, if you then open another token, the first tabs "inactive" state is the light-mode background, with the dark mode foreground - white on white - meaning it is illegible until you click on it directly. This does not happen if you double-click and prevously selected the first tab.
Hey all! Thanks for the accessibility feedback. I've collected the different points made in this thread, and have listed them in our ticketing system. We really appreciate the time that all of you have taken to provide feedback like this! Please direct any further feedback to the main bug forum like Gold suggested. <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10728562/dark-mode-vtt-bug-thread/?pageforid=10728562#post-10728562" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10728562/dark-mode-vtt-bug-thread/?pageforid=10728562#post-10728562</a>