Ask HN: Why does Chrome's Dark Mode extension not work on HN?

Posted by GalenErso on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:33PM
from the ask-hn dept.

The extension in question: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-mode/dmghijelimhndkbmpgbldicpogfkceaj

It works on 99% of websites, but not on HN. The white background turns dark, but the HN box in the middle remains the same color. Why is that?

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Chrome's Dark Mode extension not work on... by battles on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:39PM (#34270674)

It looks like hn uses the deprecated 'bgcolor' attribute for that part of the page which overrides the css for the extension. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/tr...

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Chrome's Dark Mode extension not work on... by dredmorbius on Sunday January 08, 2023 @03:58AM (#34297343)

As an alternative, you can hack HN's CSS directly using Stylus.

My "Madhackery" theme isn't dark, but could be with reasonable ease:

And here's something I've hacked together quickly based on the previous style, for an HN dark mode:

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