[Problem/Bug]: Inspect is defaulting to light theme

[ajtruckle]

What happened?

See:

Why is it defaulting to light?

If I go to the preferences of the inspector and say to use system preference then it goes back to dark:

Why is this?

Importance

Moderate. My app's user experience is affected, but still usable.

Runtime Channel

Stable release (WebView2 Runtime)

Runtime Version

127.0.2651.105

SDK Version

2592.51

Framework

Win32

Operating System

Windows 11

OS Version

No response

Repro steps

The pc should be using dark mode.
Right click your webpage and use Inspect.

Recording.2024-08-22.170512.mp4

Repros in Edge Browser

No, issue does not reproduce in the corresponding Edge version

Regression

Don't know

Last working version (if regression)

No response

AB#53587380

[frostius]

Same. Like a helicopter spotlight during night debug sessions! Please fix before I go blind!!!

[ajtruckle]

Now tested with:

• Runtime: 128.0.2739.42
• SDK: 2739.15

Same behaviour.

How come no response in a week?
@champnic

[champnic]

Added to the backlog - thanks!

[JaegerwaldDev]

Saaaaaaame. It's like a jumpscare if you aren't prepared for it.

[ajtruckle]

It seems OK now? I am getting dark theme. But no one has said anything about it being fixed?

[frostius]

@ajtruckle No, just buggy. Give it a few days, it'll go back to broke

[champnic]

It seems OK now? I am getting dark theme. But no one has said anything about it being fixed?

Our team doesn't directly own the devtools inspect tool, so it's possible that the devtools team put in a fix for this issue on their end. What runtime do you see it working with?

[ajtruckle]

@champnic
I spoke too early. Now I try again it persists white. Oh well.

[champnic]

Thanks for confirming.