On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:45:28 GMT, Michael Strauß <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you use > [MicaController](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-app-sdk/api/winrt/microsoft.ui.composition.systembackdrops.micacontroller?view=windows-app-sdk-2.0) > from the Windows App SDK, you can pass in a > [SystemBackdropConfiguration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-app-sdk/api/winrt/microsoft.ui.composition.systembackdrops.systembackdropconfiguration?view=windows-app-sdk-2.0) > object to toggle light/dark mode independently from the OS, or alternatively > manually set TintColor, TintOpacity, LuminosityOpacity, and FallbackColor of > the Mica material. Ah wow, I have never seen an app that uses that. If that is also available from the win32 API, then I retract my statement about backdrops not being configurable on Windows. > Most software developers have no special accessibility needs, which is > reflected in the software they create and its lack of consideration for > people who do. We don't need to overthink this, but we need to think before > we act. There are obvious interactions of this proposed new feature with > existing features; it may be that in the end, we'll just acknowledge those > friction points and move on, but we can't skip the thinking. That is true. As long as everything at least honors the OS settings though wrt accessibility, it should be good enough ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2048#issuecomment-4972288927
