Firefox Options and Add-ons manager receive dark mode support in Windows 10

Firefox Options and add-ons manager still appear white in Firefox browser when the dark mode is enabled, Mozilla has introduced a new pref, which when enabled, makes them look completely dark.

Firefox already supports dark mode and respects Windows 10 theme settings (but do know, built-in themes doesn’t honor accent color setting for title bars). Apparently, the company has added a new pref to Firefox Nightly to make in-content preferences and about:addons to go black, here is how you can enable that preference.

Firefox Preferences supports windows 10 dark mode

Enable dark mode for Firefox options and add-ons manager in Windows 10

1. Ensure you’re using Firefox 68 Nightly

2. Visit about:config

3. Find and toggle browser.in-content.dark-mode to “true”.

4. Restart the browser, open about:addons and about:preferences in new tabs and leave Firefox open aside

5. In Windows 10, click on Start > Settings > Personalization

6. Colors > Dark mode

Now switch to options and add-ons manager tabs in Firefox to notice the change.

Firefox add-ons manager dark

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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