Public bug reported: When creating a init file at ~/.chromium-browser.init chromium is supposed to read flags from there. However these do not work correctly.
What I expected to happen: Starting chromium with the --force-dark-mode flag in the init file should make it use a dark UI (as long as the GTK theme option in the settings is not used) What happened instead: Starting chromium with above configuration correctly echoes CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--force-dark-mode" to the terminal and it also appears under chrome://version but a normal non-dark UI is used. What does work: Starting chromium with the above flag as an argument from the terminal makes it use a dark UI (apparently not for everyone https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1851896/comments/5) What also does not work: This may affect all flags - so far I have tested the above and "--enable-features=WebUIDarkMode" Version: chromium version: 78.0.3904.97 rev: 937 tracking: stable ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853273 Title: --force-dark-mode flag in init file does not get recognized Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When creating a init file at ~/.chromium-browser.init chromium is supposed to read flags from there. However these do not work correctly. What I expected to happen: Starting chromium with the --force-dark-mode flag in the init file should make it use a dark UI (as long as the GTK theme option in the settings is not used) What happened instead: Starting chromium with above configuration correctly echoes CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--force-dark-mode" to the terminal and it also appears under chrome://version but a normal non-dark UI is used. What does work: Starting chromium with the above flag as an argument from the terminal makes it use a dark UI (apparently not for everyone https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1851896/comments/5) What also does not work: This may affect all flags - so far I have tested the above and "--enable-features=WebUIDarkMode" Version: chromium version: 78.0.3904.97 rev: 937 tracking: stable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1853273/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
