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Adapt dark mode info in README to Qt 6.5

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@ -536,12 +536,23 @@ there are still [some problems](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457802#c1).
### Workaround missing support for Windows 10 dark mode
The dark mode introduced in Windows 10 does not affect traditional desktop
applications like Syncthing Tray. Unfortunately, Windows normal theming capabilities
[have been removed](https://superuser.com/questions/949920/window-color-and-appearance-removed-in-win10).
So far Qt does not offer much to improve the situation (see "List of bugs" below).
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
[Qt 6.5 added dark mode support](https://www.qt.io/blog/dark-mode-on-windows-11-with-qt-6.5)).
However, it is possible to use Syncthing Tray's custom appearance settings to
achieve a dark theming:
It is also recommended to apply some further tweaks:
* To make general icons fit with the dark color palette, configure an
appropriate icon them, e.g. select "Breeze Dark" as icon theme in Syncthing
Tray's settings under "Qt/Appearance".
* To make Syncthing icons fit with the dark color palette, configure their
colors in Syncthing Tray's settings under "Tray/UI icons" and "Tray/System
icons". The "Use preset" button allows to select pre-defined colors suitable for
a dark color palette.
When using an older Qt version than 6.5 you will also have to resort to more manual
tweaking:
* To enable dark colors for Syncthing Tray's UI elements, configure a dark color
palette in Syncthing Tray's settings under "Qt/Appearance". You can download and
@ -557,25 +568,17 @@ achieve a dark theming:
[Platforms]
WindowsArguments = darkmode=1
```
* To make general icons fit with the dark color palette, configure an
appropriate icon them, e.g. select "Breeze Dark" as icon theme in Syncthing
Tray's settings under "Qt/Appearance".
* To make Syncthing icons fit with the dark color palette, configure their
colors in Syncthing Tray's settings under "Tray/UI icons" and "Tray/System
icons". The "Use preset" button allows to select pre-defined colors suitable for
a dark color palette.
* Select the widgets style "Fusion" under "Qt/Appearance". This is required
because the native styling provided by Windows for traditional desktop
applications does not look very nice when using a dark color palette.
After changing these settings, restart Syncthing Tray. It is not sufficient to
close the last Windows; the process needs to be restarted.
It is also possible to enable Windows' "High contrast" setting which seems to
bring back the traditional theming/coloring but unfortunately doesn't look very
nice overall. Check https://github.com/tomasz1986/classic2000 to see how Windows
looks like with high contrast applied, or if you're in need for themes that look
at least nicer than what's shipped with Windows.
Note that one can alternatively also enable Windows' "High contrast" setting which
seems to bring back the traditional theming/coloring (which has normally been
[removed](https://superuser.com/questions/949920/window-color-and-appearance-removed-in-win10)).
Unfortunately it doesn't look very nice overall. Checkout
https://github.com/tomasz1986/classic2000 to see how Windows looks like with high
contrast applied, or if you're in need for themes that look at least nicer than
what's shipped with Windows.
### Enable experimental support for Windows' per-monitor DPI awareness (V2)
[PMv2](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/hidpi/high-dpi-desktop-application-development-on-windows#per-monitor-and-per-monitor-v2-dpi-awareness)
@ -593,6 +596,8 @@ section.
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 < 6.5:
* The dark mode introduced in Windows 10 is not supported, see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-72028.
* Qt < 5.14
* Any self-signed certificate is accepted when using Qt WebEngine due to https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-51176.
* Qt < 5.9:
@ -603,7 +608,6 @@ section.
* The tray disconnects from the local instance when the network connection goes down. The network connection must be restored
or the tray restarted to be able to connect to local Syncthing again. This is caused by Qt bug
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-60949.
* The dark mode introduced in Windows 10 is not supported, see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-72028.
* KDE limitations
* High-DPI scaling of Plasmoid is broken under X11 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356446).
* Plasma < 5.26.0: