I’m still running Mojave for various reasons and was wondering if Scapple added Dark Mode support before discontinuing updates for 10.14? It’s mentioned in several release notes but I can’t seem to find the option anywhere. Thanks
Yes, Dark Mode has been in Scapple since shortly after 10.14 was released. It’s not an option in the software itself, rather like most software, it follows the global Mac setting.
Thank you AmberV. That’s strange, I’ve had dark mode active since installing Mojave a few years ago and Scapple has never opened or appeared in Dark Mode.The only thing that changes in Scapple when I switch from Light to Dark mode is the window around my Scapple document but not the document itself.
Oh, that’s normal! It’s not going to change your board appearance because there would be no good way of doing that dynamically. Think of it more like how Preview works with PDF in dark mode. The window, menus and everything are dark, but the PDF isn’t going to change.
You can make dark themed boards and style sets though. I use dark mode exclusively, so my default Scapple setup is geared toward that by using a dark background and styles that look good with it. Here’s one such example board:
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If you set up something you would like to work with as a default, rather than the shock light defaults:
- In the Inspector: Document Settings area, click the
Set As Defaultsbutton after picking a background colour, and optionally a default text/line colour (note that “Clear” means black or white depending upon the background). - In settings, General tab, click the
Set From Current Documentbutton to make the board’s styles your defaults for new boards.
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Ah I didn’t know that function in the Inspector, sorry! That’s brilliant, I’ve now changed my defaults and changed my current document to a dark grey background and the text changed to white automatically. Thanks so much for that tip!!
Hi Amber, when I add all these settings, new documents still have a white background. What am I doing wrong?
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Sorry, I don’t know, you would have to describe what operation you are using to change the settings, and then what is being done to test them. I can’t really tell what you’re doing in between the screenshots, and most of them don’t relate to the instructions given above so I’m not sure what I’m supposed to be looking for in them.
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Fair enough. Is there a switch that changes the color of the canvas? Because of recent vision problems, if I can’t darken it Scapple is unusable.
That would be the Background Color, at the top of the Document Settings section of the inspector, as noted here:
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I’ve made all my desired setting changes, and set as default, as described here. It all works fine, except strangely I cannot change the note ‘fill’ color. It remains the color it was before. Why would only one setting refuse to be changed?
Do you mean the default for new notes (and shapes)? If so, those are not document settings. I.e, there is one default for new notes that all Scapple documents share—found in the main Settings panel.
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