How can I enable dark mode on Firefox on Windows 7 so that the settings page has a dark mode?
How can I enable dark mode on Firefox on Windows 7 so that the settings page (about:preferences#home
) has a dark mode?
I unsuccessfully tried:
- using the Dark Reader Firefox extension.
- using Firefox' native dark mode (customize -> themes -> dark)
The settings page:
Solution 1:
Great answer by Backseat-Driver on reddit:
You can tell Firefox that you want dark mode by adding
ui.systemUsesDarkTheme
[number] inabout:config
and setting the value to1
.
- 0: light
- 1: dark
- 2: no-preference
Any other value and Firefox will use light.
Tested with Firefox 75.0 64-bit on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate.