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dpa
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Status: Trending idea

Hello everyone...

I use Firefox a lot of years and i am very happy with the interface.

But i saw that there is no built-in option to change  the Mode of Embedded PDF Viewer in to Dark

Is possible to be implemented in the near Future...?

Thanks in advanced.

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Agentvirtuel
Contributor

Hello

If you'd like to try (and see) ui.systemUsesDarkTheme

Configuration Editor for Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox#w_adding-preferences
Adding preferences ui.systemUsesDarkTheme Number value 1

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JTkwNDFEViM

Toni
Making moves

@Agentvirtuel 

Thanks, but that does not change pdf to black background.

ETL
Making moves

@jscher2000 After Firefox v121 the pdfjs.viewerCssTheme pref does not work when resistFingerprinting is enabled.

buhbuhbob
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PDF viewing has an "invert colours" option

It would be nice to be able to invert the colours of PDFs, to be able to read white text on black backgrounds. Firefox extensions that invert colours are blocked on PDF viewing.

Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

mozzer
New member

Bookmarklet to force Dark Mode for Firefox PDF view

Add two scripted bookmarks, e.g. via Bookmark Manager in the URL field.

Name: force PDF Dark Mode
Url:

 

javascript:(()=>{window.PDFViewerApplication.pdfViewer.container.style.filter = "invert(85%) grayscale(0)" })();

 

 

Name: remove overrides; show PDF's styles
Url:

javascript:(()=>{window.PDFViewerApplication.pdfViewer.container.style.filter = "" })();

The advantages (if you like them):

  • Apply on a per-window basis, so you only restyle documents that need it
  • Sync bookmarks to multiple machines
  • Forget machine-specific folder digging
  • No Firefox restart required

Thanks to @Ethab83 for the script. I modified to use 85% contrast and to make it a button-click instead of opening the dev console.

Agentvirtuel
Contributor

Hello

Of course, this is not the expected answer, however, this possibility to come.
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/black-background-for-reader-view/idc-p/56833#M33280

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alexfromapex
New member

I tried to create an add-on for this but it's not able to run on the PDF viewer pages, so for now the bookmark looks like the only option