It all turned white, but I'm in dark mode!

pereus · September 18, 2022, 4:08pm

Hi community!
After some key combination (I don’t know what I’ve typed since I thought I was typing into a form but…I wasn’t ), all Grafana turned white:

Before it was all black (I was in default mode, so I guess it was dark).
I’ve tried switching to dark and to light mode, but it doesn’t change anything.

usmanahmad · September 26, 2022, 2:12pm

Hi @pereus,

Incase not, then try to set it to dark mode from the settings area and click save as shown in the screenshot;

gnome-shell-screenshot-1RTAT1

If that does not change then logout and religion

And even if then does not help, then try to clear browser cache n cookies and test it (you can also test it on a new browser or incognito mode).

I hope this helps.

pereus · September 26, 2022, 2:32pm

Hi @usmanahmad ,
thanks for your answer.
I’ve tried everything you suggested me, but nothing worked. I’m using Grafana in 2 different computers and the problem is the same on both.

usmanahmad · September 26, 2022, 2:38pm

Hi @pereus,

Ok, hmm then might be that the settings are now permanent. Please open the grafana.ini configuration file and find the parameter default_theme

There set it to this;

default_theme = dark

Restart the grafana-server and then it should be back to dark mode

pereus · September 26, 2022, 3:18pm

@usmanahmad I’ve done it and…it’s still all white
What the heck have I done?

usmanahmad · September 26, 2022, 5:37pm

Can you paste here the part of the configuration where you set it as:

default_theme = dark

thanks

pereus · September 26, 2022, 5:39pm

Here it is:

# Default UI theme ("dark" or "light")
default_theme = dark

It was already there, I just had to uncomment it.

usmanahmad · September 26, 2022, 7:39pm

Ok, one last question on this.

Did you try out a different browser to be able to change from the WebUI?

pereus · September 26, 2022, 7:55pm

Yes, I’ve tried Firefox, Firefox incognito, Chrome and Chrome incognito. Always the same.
Thanks for taking the time to analyse this with me!

yosiasz · September 26, 2022, 9:00pm

What file in what folder are you editing?

pereus · September 26, 2022, 9:14pm

/etc/grafana/grafana.ini

usmanahmad · September 27, 2022, 9:39am

Ok, I think this might be a bug because when I changed the configuration from black to white while the UI theme is different from what I had defined in the configuration file. The changes did not take effect until manually did it inside the UI.

I will try to get in touch with our team.

@pereus What grafana version you are using?

pereus · September 27, 2022, 9:51am

Thanks!
I’m using v9.1.6 (92461d8d1e)

usmanahmad · September 27, 2022, 10:50am

Hi @pereus,

I have reported this issue at our GitHub

github.com/grafana/grafana

theme does not load after changing it from the configuration file

opened 10:47AM - 27 Sep 22 UTC

usmangt

area/ui/theme

**What happened**: While working on an issue at https://community.grafana.com/t/it-all-turned-white-but-im-in-dark-mode/72598 I run into sort of similar (but not 100% exact) problem. As per the user. he probably pressed a special shortcut key which changed the Default Theme colour from Dark to White and then when trying to change it back into the option via UI settings, cannot set it back to Dark mode **What you expected to happen**: The theme gets changed back to Default (dark) mode **How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)**: I was partially (not as exact as the user because I do not know the secret shortcut key which changes the theme) able to reproduce it like this. 1- Login to Grafana via admin account and change the theme from dark to white (works as expected) 2- Logout from the UI 3- Change the configuration (/etc/grafana/grafana.ini) parameter from; `default_theme = dark ` 4- Restart the grafana service 5- login back from the admin account 6- The theme is still white (which I changed in step 1) The expected result should be that the configuration should take effect and the theme changes back to the dark mode **Anything else we need to know?**: **Environment**: locally installed - Grafana version: v9.1.6 (92461d8d1e) - OS Grafana is installed on: CentOS - User OS & Browser: reproducible on all Chrome, Firefox and even in their incognito mode (after clearing cache n cookies)

It will be nice if you also keep track of it because I have provided all the possible details from my machine but as your case if a bit different (as do not know what activated the change).

So if there are any questions asked by the developers, please try to answer it with as much details as you can.

Thanks

pereus · September 27, 2022, 12:53pm

Thanks, I’ll keep an eye on it!

usmanahmad · September 27, 2022, 2:07pm

Hey @pereus

Please check the GitHub link as just got an update about it. Alteast it’s not a bug, instead a special developer feature to toggle themes.

There is an explanation + answer for this.

I hope this helps.

pereus · September 27, 2022, 2:26pm

Checked and solved!
Damned tt shortcut!!!
Thanks again for the help!

fleetsrvc · December 19, 2022, 3:22pm

Same thing happened to me - glad I’m not the only one! It baffled me when it happened. Maybe there should be a confirm box so it doesn’t catch other users unawares.