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Table background colors not appearing in Black theme
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HNordeenWMF
Oct 16 2024, 1:48 PM
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:

  • 3 columns are black text on grey background, making it difficult to read
  • Table colors are not portrayed

What should have happened instead?:

  • All columns high high-contrast between text and background
  • Table colors are portrayed

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
iOS 18

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

Page on iOS AppSame page in Mobile Dark Mode:
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Event Timeline

For web WikimediaMessages solves the issues of tables in content via this stylesheet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.wikimediamessages.styles&only=styles
You may want to copy it or include it in the apps rather than stripping colors from the tables.

HNordeenWMF renamed this task from Table text difficult to read in Black theme to Table background colors not appearing in Black theme.Oct 29 2024, 5:46 PM
HNordeenWMF triaged this task as Low priority.
HNordeenWMF moved this task from Needs Triage to Tracking on the Wikipedia-iOS-App-Backlog board.

@Jdlrobson appreciate the note. The engineers on the apps team are actively exploring the engineering direction for dark mode on the apps with a hope that PCS can benefit from the continous improvements made in Mediawiki itself.

+1 user through the iOS support email:
Version: WikipediaApp/7.6.2.4512 (iOS 18.1.1; Phone)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_roles_of_the_elements#

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ABorbaWMF subscribed.

Fixed on 7.8.0 (5589)

Tested on iPhone on iOS 26.0 and iPad on iPadOS 18.5. Tested on multiple articles with tables.

This is not a regression of this specific issue per se, but actually related to T402666, i.e. the way PCS handles site-specific styles. (This is specific to how Russian wikipedia uses colored table headers in infoboxes.)