alt Hacker NewsSurprised there was no mention of the old system theme colours (that I think still work in some browsers but are long-deprecated):
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/V...
I used these CSS styles in the late 90s to make internal browser-based apps for our call centre agents that looked & felt more like native Windows desktop apps.
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They exist but don't actually grab system colors (to prevent pages spoofing the system look).
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Shameless plug:
In neutrino (my webview wrapper), we grab those and inject them as prefixed CSS variables (--neutrino-NameOfSystemColor).
Works on windows/macos/gtk/qt, and except for qt it works live (if the user changes the accent tone, the CSS variable updates automatically).
https://alganet.dev/neutrino/ Screenshot of Mint: https://imgur.com/a/WyjpwsR
They’re still there for use in forced colors mode. I blogged about this a bit at https://medium.com/flat-pack-tech/ikea-windows-high-contrast...