# Kibana Global Dark Mode

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-global-dark-mode/180036>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-global-dark-mode/180036 "2019-05-07T17:13:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ehcar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ehcar/32/45759_2.png) [@ehcar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ehcar)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-global-dark-mode/180036/1 "2019-05-07T17:13:51Z")

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I'm configuring a new ES 7 cluster for our Analytics team and discovered that the ability to switch dashboards between light and dark modes has been removed in favor of a "global" dark mode setting for each space.

Please consider re-introducing this feature, as it was very helpful in the 6.x product. For example, some of our users prefer light mode for reading text (e.g. Discover) and dark mode for visualizations. The ability to set this at the dashboard level was a great feature in our opinion. (Switching back and forth between spaces for the sake of color is kind of a pain.)

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**Author:** ![lukeelmers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukeelmers/32/35230_2.png) [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-global-dark-mode/180036/2 "2019-05-07T20:33:55Z")

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Hi @ehcar - thanks for the feedback! We were excited to roll out global dark mode as it has been a frequent request from our users, but I can understand the use case for the older implementation.

As you've mentioned, the best workaround for the time being (though not ideal) is configuring different spaces. That said, I'd encourage you to [post a feature request](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new?template=Feature_request.md) in Github, and we can make sure it gets in front of the right stakeholders for further discussion and tracking.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-global-dark-mode/180036/3 "2019-06-04T20:33:56Z")

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