Enable SysListView32 in folder views causes dark file name text on dark background

[chip33]

Hi, thanks for enabling Win 11 to actually be usable!
Using 22000.318.36.1 on a fairly clean win 10 upgrade to win 11 22000.318 using Glow (dark) theme at 4K 350% dpi scaling
I tried the new Enable legacy list view feature and the File Explorer filenames become illegible dark text on a dark background. Also (possibly not important) my desktop icons become unarranged every time the new setting is applied and require repositioning.
Just thought I should let you know. I suspect this is just an incompatibility between legacy list view and dark themes so it is not really a bug but a feature for customizers.
However, if a setting will break usability for the many users with a dark theme (and possibly cause support questions) is it not better to just list it as an optional user choice registry configuration setting?
Steps to reproduce, unless it is a quirk of my setup, just use a dark theme and Enable Legacy list view in EP properties and Restart File Explorer.

I really appreciate all the work and interesting coding you are doing to achieve this. It blows my mind that MS have made this necessary. I am a long time user of the Quick Launch toolbar so that absence alone made Win 11 unusable for me.

[Anixx]

Removal of this setting from the GUI would mean removal of it altogether, because Explorer Patcher does not do anything except changing that registry value.

[Anixx]

Do you experience the same problems when you install Folder Options X and check any of the first 3 options?

[chip33]

Removal of this setting from the GUI would mean removal of it altogether, because Explorer Patcher does not do anything except changing that registry value.

Hi, yes I am suggesting it be removed from the GUI as possibly problematic and just have the registry edit to Enable SysListView32 in folder views linked to in the FAQ for reference for those that may find it useful.
Also I knew it was possible that Valinet may find a solution to the issues I mentioned or decide they were not important.

[Anixx]

It seems you are just complaining to remove an option for which people were searching a solution for years, were writing complicated programs and tweakers to implement and all that only because it looks bad with your theme (even though you can uncheck it any time).

[chip33]

It seems you are just complaining to remove an option for which people were searching a solution for years, were writing complicated programs to implement and all that only because it looks bad with your theme (even though you can uncheck it any time).

I am quite happy to leave it to the community to discuss and the developer to decide.

[Anixx]

Why you do not go to the Folder options X github then and not ask to delete that program altogether because it is not compatible with your theme?

[Anixx]

Well, this is legacy SysListView with dark theme. Just change the font color:

If you are using a dark theme, it is logical to use light font, is not it?

[chip33]

Well, this is legacy SysListView with tark theme. Just change the font color:

Hi, yes, I did think maybe Valinet might implement a font colour change if a dark theme can be detected but that is up to him as it is his work to do it if he thinks it is a good addition.
Also he may have an idea why the desktop icons get rearranged and have a fix for that which would be nice too.

[Anixx]

As to the desktop icons, I have no idea really, because it uses SysListView control anyway by default.

[Anixx]

The dark theme is not even fully implemented in Windows 11 yet: you have dark theme in half of windows and light theme in others. If ExplorerPatcher would implement automatic font color change, there is a chance that it would fix explorer but break Explorer's dialogs, where the background is white.

[chip33]

The dark theme is not even fully implemented in Windows 11 yet: you have dark theme in half of windows and light theme in others. If ExplorerPatcher would implement automatic font color change, there is a chance that it would fix explorer but break Explorer's dialogs, where the background is white.

Fair point, I don't have the knowledge of exactly where the tweak is applied but other people do. I appreciate it may not be practical or easy to accomplish.

[Anixx]

Fair point, I don't have the knowledge of exactly where the tweak is applied.

What "tweak" are you referring to?

[chip33]

Fair point, I don't have the knowledge of exactly where the tweak is applied.

What "tweak" are you referring to?

"Enable SysListView32 in folder views" and your response to the effectiveness of changing (tweaking) font colour to white to match a dark theme.