[Bug]: Minor: PDF Preview in Darkmode has Black Background
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Description
⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
- I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description
In Darkmode the Preview of PDFs Changes the Background of PDFs from white to Black.
This only applies to Text (Black on white), pictures are not affected.
Lightmode:
Darkmode:
Steps to reproduce
- Upload PDF with plain text
- Upload PDF with pictures e.g. book with colored cover
- Change to Darkmode
- Check Preview Icons
Expected behavior
No Changes to Previews
Nextcloud Server version
30
Operating system
None
PHP engine version
None
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None
Database engine version
None
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
None
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
None
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with a text-only PDF and an image-containing PDF while switching between light and dark mode, then trace the PDF preview rendering and theme handling. Done means text-based PDF previews retain their original white background in dark mode while image previews remain unaffected.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100