[BUG] Setting the theme in Preferences

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Wink Chin

July 16, 2019 19:34

When I try to change the theme in Preferences/Appearance/Default Theme, nothing happens. It remembers what I enter, but it has no effect on the actual appearance. Changing the theme using View/Theme works fine.

Also, changing the setting in View/Theme does not affect the value in Preferences/Appearance/Default Theme, nor vice versa.

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  Fletcher Penney

  July 16, 2019 22:10

  Correct.  The preferences menu controls the *default* theme for new windows.  The menu bar controls the active theme for the currently selected window.

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  Wink Chin

  July 17, 2019 00:23

  Thank you. I misunderstood.

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  Richard Craggs

  May 20, 2022 13:10

  I stumbled across this thread when raising the same bug. I think it's there's a UI issue here. Changing the Default Font in this window changes the current window but changing the theme doesn't. IMO the value of having this "Default theme for new windows" in the preference outweighs the confusion it causes.

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  Fletcher Penney

  May 20, 2022 13:14

  Changing the default theme also immediately changes the theme for windows that use the default theme.  If you have customized the theme for a specific folder, that overrides the default.  If you only use the default theme, then you can use the preferences to change the theme for active windows in addition to newly opened windows.

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