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Option to use either light or dark interface.

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BW on 12 Jun 2019 02:59:49

New Desktop app update installed an almost white user interface. There is zero contrast which is not good for the eyes. I see where some people have requested a light interface so incorporate an option to select either light or dark theme like in the Office apps.

Administrator on 22 Jan 2024 08:30:53

This request is on our roadmap, but we don't have timelines to share yet. We'll update this idea when there are more details to share. Thank you!

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on 16 Nov 2020 19:21:49

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Power Bi should be able to pick up system's preferences of the user and set dark mode if the user run Win/Mac OS in dark mode.

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on 16 Nov 2020 19:20:47

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I suggest you to add dark mode to the app for people who like dark mode better than light mode.

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Remo Knops on 20 Oct 2020 11:14:42

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Microsoft Visio and Microsoft OneNote 2016 also use this uniform approach of having the same Office theme (and background). I'm a huge fan of the black theme and no background ...

PowerBI team, thanks for the cool new icon. ;-)

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Ryan Garoogian on 12 Oct 2020 19:05:17

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Really would like to see this implemented as most other Microsoft Products manage to incorporate dark theme.

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Chad Derden on 01 Oct 2020 16:52:52

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Seems like such a simple fix with so much interest - yet over a year with no update.

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Calvin de Wilde on 24 Sep 2020 02:53:08

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Please make this come true Microsoft :(

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Anthony Sowards on 10 Sep 2020 20:55:58

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All the people who are building things want dark mode. Light mode is fine for users who are only spending a few minutes on a dashboard, but for the people who have to spend hours staring at the screen to build aforementioned dashboard, we want dark mode.

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Samantha Schroff on 10 Sep 2020 18:33:22

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I have light sensitivity and not having dark mode is killing me. Also being color blind, I find contrast to be harder to see in the light mode and themes than dark.

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Lan Dao on 18 Aug 2020 22:59:31

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I really really Dark Mode in my life. Starring at white bright screen all day will kill my eyes.

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Michael McCormick on 13 Aug 2020 20:48:50

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I'm strongly red-green colour blind such that my colour perception is negatively affected across the entire colour spectrum. And, the existing high contrast options are terrible. Please do a better job of supporting colour blind users.

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