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Full dark mode needed for disabled person

Mail’s Dark and Light themes do not affect the way the WebKit layout engine renders HTML content such as newsletters because custom formatting overrides macOS Dark Mode.

So many incoming emails in Mail are BRIGHT WHITE for the content, even when entire OS is set to dark mode. Changing View: Message: Show with dark/light background, does not change HTML mails. They remain bright white. Kind of like this forum page… :-(

Is there a Mail extension or other email program that does remove HTML from Mail so it can be read fully in dark mode?

The only off switch for WebKit is to turn off Java in Safari. But this does not turn it off for Mail. There is no global WebKit off switch or one specific for Mail or an app specific off switch for this on macOS in System Settings.

Mac mini, macOS 14.5

Posted on Jul 2, 2024 12:16 PM

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Jul 2, 2024 5:21 PM in response to Ataraxy01

Hi Ataraxy01,

Re: Full dark mode needed for disabled person


Thank you for your post, and welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community!


Haven't used WebKit myself, so do not have much to offer on that.

Wondering if there may be something in the "Mail User Guide for macOS Sonoma" that can help.


Neither have I set up Mail "rules" myself, so do not know much about the capabilities offered:

An article from above guide: Use rules to manage emails you receive in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

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Re: Is there a Mail extension or other email program that does remove HTML from Mail so it can be read fully in dark mode?


Sorry I don't know of one, but doesn't mean there aren't any:

How to: Use Mail extensions in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

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Apple does provide some Accessibility tips and tools that may prove more fruitful ... if WebKit allows.



You can quickly turn accessibility features on or off with Accessibility Shortcuts,

Learn more about macOS general accessibility features


For more help with any specific Accessibilty feature(s):

You may want to contact Apple's Accessibility Support Team:

How to contact Apple for accessibility support - Apple Support

or

Apple's Accessibility Support Website

(NB: You can "Get Support" from the link at the bottom of their website:)

Accessibility Support - Official Apple Support


All the best :-)

Jul 3, 2024 7:29 PM in response to Ataraxy01

Are you sure inverting colours would not help:


Best suggestion offered by community experts so far:


perhaps inverting colors would help?


If you want to quickly invert your Mac’s display colors, you can also use Siri or a keyboard shortcut.

To use Siri, make sure Ask Siri is enabled in System Preferences… > Siri and then click the Siri icon in your menu bar.

Once Siri is active, ask Siri to invert colors.

To turn the inversion off, ask Siri to turn off Invert Colors:


To turn on the standard keyboard shortcut for color inverter on your Mac, go to System Preferences… > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Accessibility and check Invert Colors:

Jul 3, 2024 7:53 AM in response to brbo

- You have used WebKit if you used Safari or Mail.

- Nothing in the guide (checked before posting this issue)

- Rules probably do nothing for this problem and if they do, I'd need to be told how.

- There is nothing in Accessibility that deals with this hole in the OS and UI.

- I spoke extensively with the Accessibility Support Team and they had nothing.

Hence, why posting my question here is the last on a journey to turn the dang HTML custom formatting that overrides macOS Dark Mode off.

Full dark mode needed for disabled person

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