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Re:Remembering Windows 3.1 themes and user empowerment by TeMPOraL on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:52AM (#25873326)
> Another issue as mentioned is that per-control CSS skinning breaks easily with custom themes. Instead of using system colors devs often hard-code a custom look.

Ironically, you used to be able to use system colors via CSS. Like it usually happens on the web, that feature was also removed because of security reasons - apparently it made it easier for scammers to render fake system popups.

Re:Remembering Windows 3.1 themes and user empowerment by nitrogen on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:33PM (#25874553)
Some UI toolkits use CSS or CSS-like styles for native widgets, hopefully those can still access system colors.