# The bottom of pages on the SDMB are always in the opposite (dark/light) theme

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bottom-of-pages-on-the-sdmb-are-always-in-the-opposite-dark-light-theme/1017164>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [April 18, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bottom-of-pages-on-the-sdmb-are-always-in-the-opposite-dark-light-theme/1017164 "2025-04-18T07:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![yarblek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bottom-of-pages-on-the-sdmb-are-always-in-the-opposite-dark-light-theme/1017164/1 "2025-04-18T07:36:51Z")

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I have an issue that the bottom of every page on the SDMB is in the opposite theme in terms of Light and Dark. I’m talking specifically about the area that comes after the “Powered by Discourse” text that has the “Welcome”, “Community”, “Forum Jump” and “Quick Links” headings. Screenshots:

**Dark to Light**

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/b/9/b94aba76edaef3c768e5236c8baa353ee68163be.jpeg) ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/b/9/b94aba76edaef3c768e5236c8baa353ee68163be.jpeg)

**Light to Dark**

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/1/8/1810715b15eee3434fb82a3ef334551a62933701.jpeg) ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/1/8/1810715b15eee3434fb82a3ef334551a62933701.jpeg)

I don’t want to be blasted by bright white light while browsing using a dark theme.

I _can_ make the whole page dark if I switch to a light theme on the SDMB and turn on the “Dark theme” button in my browser, but that inverts some images like emojis which makes them more difficult to read.

Themes are switched using “Theme” under the SDMB “Interface” settings with Cromite mobile browser on Android 9 OS.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bottom-of-pages-on-the-sdmb-are-always-in-the-opposite-dark-light-theme/1017164/2 "2025-04-18T15:59:55Z")

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yeah, I’ve always thought inverting the bottom was an odd design choice for the theme.

If your browser has extensions, I would get Dark Reader and use it on the SDMB Light theme. It has a few settings to allow you to avoid the inverted images problem you mention, if that shows up.

> **[GitHub - darkreader/darkreader: Dark Reader Chrome and Firefox extension](https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader)**
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> Dark Reader Chrome and Firefox extension

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bottom-of-pages-on-the-sdmb-are-always-in-the-opposite-dark-light-theme/1017164/3 "2025-04-18T16:06:32Z")

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I have the dark theme. I just never scroll down far enough for the footer to show, so it’s never bothered me. Even on desktop view with a single-post thread there’s still enough of the dark body of the page that I’d have to scroll up to see the footer. Maybe it’s different on some other aspect ratio view, like on a laptop or something, though.