From 1f2a1ddb2e02a3d1c11cf676fb93be709f938759 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martchus Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:04:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README for Windows 11 style that comes with Qt 6.7 --- README.md | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5cdacf1..7709fe4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -621,9 +621,12 @@ completely and instead opens Syncthing directly when the tray icon is clicked. ### Tweak GUI settings for dark mode under Windows The dark mode introduced in Windows 10 does not affect traditional desktop -applications like Syncthing Tray. If you select the widgets style "Fusion" under -"Qt/Appearance", Syncthing Tray will no longer use native styling of traditional -desktop apps and follow the dark mode setting (as +applications like Syncthing Tray. As of version 6.7 the underlying toolkit Qt +nevertheless provides a style specifically for Windows 11 that supports dark mode. +So as of Qt 6.7 the dark mode should work out of the box on Windows 11. Otherwise +you can select the widgets style "Fusion" under "Qt/Appearance". Then Syncthing +Tray will no longer use native styling of traditional desktop apps and follow the +dark mode setting (as [Qt 6.5 added dark mode support](https://www.qt.io/blog/dark-mode-on-windows-11-with-qt-6.5)). It is also recommended to apply some further tweaks: @@ -687,7 +690,9 @@ variable `PLASMA_USE_QT_SCALING=1` might help. See discussion on [freedesktop.org](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2014-August/017584.html). Note that the Plasmoid is not affected by this limitation. * While the tray menu is shown its entry is shown in the taskbar. Not sure whether there is a way to avoid this. -* Qt bugs +* Qt limitations and bugs + * Qt < 6.7: + * The native style does not look good under Windows 11. Therefore the style "Fusion" is used instead by default. * Qt < 6.5: * The dark mode introduced in Windows 10 is not supported, see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-72028. * Qt < 5.14