#1109392 nextcloud-desktop: Unable to read error message text when using dark theme

Package:
nextcloud-desktop
Source:
nextcloud-desktop
Description:
Nextcloud folder synchronization tool
Submitter:
Krystal Clarke
Date:
2025-07-19 20:59:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1109392#5
Date:
2025-07-16 13:10:37 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

When attempting to add a new Folder Sync Connection, the error message text that
the selected local folder is already used is unreadable when using the Adwaita-Dark
theme within the MATE desktop environment.
The error message "Please choose a different location. <location> is already being
used as a sync folder." follows the theme's text colour correctly, and so switching
to the Adwaita theme (which is a 'light' theme) makes the foreground text black/dark,
so becomes readable on the light-yellow background of the error message box.

Refer to the attached screenshots for clarification.

Regards,
Krystal.

#1109392#10
Date:
2025-07-19 20:58:39 UTC
From:
To:
Hey,

thax for your bugreport. It is a know issue upstream.
Plasma Desktop is not affected by it.

A  workaround is to use another platformtheme.
Run nextcloud-desktop with an environment variable e.g.:

QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk3  nextcloud-desktop

(replace gtk3 with kde, breeze etc.) [1]

Regards,

hefee

[1] https://github.com/flathub/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud/pull/
130#issuecomment-2727183625
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