Yes, you can force the color scheme with a command line argument on all platforms.  So, on Windows, edit the ChimeraX shortcut's properties and add "--color-scheme light" (without the quotes) at the end of the Target field.  For dark mode, use the "dark" color scheme.  Someday there will be a preference for that.

    -- Greg

Hi Greg,

Dark mode is great but doesn't work well with my display preferences on Windows - is there a way for me to disable it in ChimeraX without changing my Windows display preferences?

(I don't mind at all on my Mac - no accounting for taste...)

Best,

-da

On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 9:12 AM Greg Couch via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

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FYI, the ChimeraX daily build now has dark mode support.  So if you set
your desktop to use dark mode, ChimeraX should follow. It's a work in
progress, and it depends on developer's making their code dark mode
aware (eg., icons may need to be modified), but if you notice any black
text on a dark background, please let me know.

     -- Greg