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There is currently no way in BW to do a true dark mode. Do a google search on "negative screen" or go to https://github.com/mlaily/NegativeScreen. This is a little free utility that will allow what you are looking for. There is an older version that allows you to invert the screen on a per monitor basis. After inverting you can use the setup option in BW to get what you want. I have two monitors and use the older version to just invert one monitor for BW and other programs that work better inverted.
Mike
Make sure you have Tools:Scaling options set to "BibleWorks Scales Itself". Also there is a Windows setting that may be causing a problem. Google "windows text rendering settings". When you invert the text using Negative Screen windows won't be aware that the background color has changed snd it renders text depending on the background.
Leabeater wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 3:42 pm
Is there a way to change the browse, analysis or search window backgrounds to dark mode (assuming the text turns white as it does on the tabs)?
I ask because my eyes have taken on a lot of floaters over the years (black and hazy spots) that make white backgrounds more difficult to read.
None of the Program Color options provide a means to change those backgrounds - unless I'm missing something.
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How I have mine set up: I set it to specifically "BW Yellow", then in Windows 10 (which 11 will have also), under Windows' internal "Color filters" in settings (you don't need any 3rd party applications but keep in mind it inverts everything), I set it to "Greyscale inverted". Greyscale is important if you're like me and cannot stand Cleartype, but need it to be enabled for font antialiasing (I don't really have anything nice to say about Microsoft these days, so I won't say anything ).
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