Interesting, thank you! The modification to CGE editor is very small, so it may make sense. (In the past I was reluctant to add to CGE editor some "heavy" code modifications, that would only give us dark mode, and were usually not-cross-platform. This is also not cross-platform, but the modification is admittedly very small, not a problem to maintain.)

Note that we'd have to distribute https://github.com/zamtmn/metadarkstyle along with CGE to make it available out-of-the-box. Experience shows that each time we add a new package as dependency, it has to be in packages/ so that compilation works "out of the box" for everyone.

I'll test and think. Thank you!

I'm glad it was useful!

As far as I know, programs like CGE and Lazarus, on various operating systems such as Linux distributions, macOS, and various BSDs(I worked with CGE on OpenBSD), synchronize their themes with the operating system and desktop environment. This issue is only present within Windows.

Additionally, using this package, you might be able to use Qt instead of WinForms with a dark theme on Windows and also other platforms.

Anyway, do I need to make any changes or add something to this pull request now?

Anyway, do I need to make any changes or add something to this pull request now?

No, it's good. I need to test it and decide, it's on me :)

How to include https://github.com/zamtmn/metadarkstyle in CGE repo -- I'll also see the best way to do this. Then the CI (GitHub Actions / Jenkins) will pass.

Thanks for updating PR to latest CGE!

I really have a TODO to finish it, test and include the https://github.com/zamtmn/metadarkstyle into CGE. I did already make a decision to do this, e.g. add "dark mode" to CGE editor on Windows this way. I refer to this PR from https://castle-engine.io/roadmap#dark_mode too. So, it will happen, have patience with me :)

Just bumping this to tell that, while it takes us ages, it's still really a TODO :) That is, figure out how/if we want to ship MetaDarkStyle in CGE, and then test and apply this PR.

Since:

• I heard https://github.com/zamtmn/metadarkstyle mentioned at conference in Cologne last month,
• and I see that Blaise Pascal Magazine mentions it in 120th issue,
• and I see active commit history on https://github.com/zamtmn/metadarkstyle

-> it's all a great confirmation that MetaDarkStyle is actively maintained and recommended by Lazarus themselves. Which makes it perfect for CGE editor.