Last modified: 2014-11-06 06:42:08 UTC
Intention: Use certain UI elements, because they are part of the functionality of Wikipedia. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set a dark theme for the window manager on Linux 2. Go to either Flow or the search bar underneath "Search results" when your result is not immediately redirected (These two forms both have the issue - not sure if there are other UI elements that also do). 3. Type any text into the box Actual Results: The text is barely readable; dark grey text on a dark grey background. Expected Results: Light grey text on a dark grey background, as one would see in the Wikitext editor when following the same steps detailed above. Dark text on a light background would also suffice. Reproducible: Always A discussion of the issue, with a screenshot, is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Dark_colour_schemes_and_the_interface_between_the_system.2C_browser_and_Wikipedia OS: Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon
Created attachment 16799 [details] The screenshot for posterity
(In reply to thennicke from comment #0) > 2. Go to either Flow or the search bar underneath "Search results" when > your result is not immediately redirected (These two forms both have the > issue - not sure if there are other UI elements that also do). Thanks for the report. Let's split it into two bugs, one for each issue, that'll make it easier to find by people who can fix it. I split the search results page issue to bug 72188; let's keep this one about Flow.
(I split the other issue to bug 72192, actually; linked the wrong one above.)
Probably caused by overriding foreground but not background color in CSS. There is a standard rule (for reasons like this) to override both or neither (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F24.html)
Added to the Flow backlog: https://trello.com/c/acy1ekZN Thanks for the report.
Testing indicates that the core fix also fixed Flow (I'm using a dark theme, but not the exact same setup as the reporter). If not, feel free to re-open. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 72192 ***
