Darken articles is always set

[tripplehelix]

What happened?
The checkbox Darken articles doesn't do anything. Colours are based on the Zimi theme.

Steps to reproduce

1. Be in dark mode
2. Uncheck Darken articles
3. View article.

or vice versa

Your setup

• Install method: UV Linux
• Zimi version: 1.9.1
• The ZIM(s) involved, if relevant: Any

Logs or screenshots
Anything from the server output or the browser console that helps.

[epheterson]

You're right, and 1.9.2 didn't actually fix this — it fixed the checkbox for captured websites and left the case you reported alone. The problem is that it only ever added darkening to a light page, so on a ZIM that has its own dark mode (any recent Wikipedia one follows your OS) there was nothing to add and nothing to remove, in either direction. The next release makes it decide both ways: unticked, Zimi asks the article for its light face, so the box does something whichever way you set it. Thanks for the clear steps, they're what made it findable!

[tripplehelix]

Nope, the setting is stuck and doesn't do anything. Also doesn't respect the theme the site was crawled in.

v1.9.2

2026-09-08T11.51_wf-recorder.mp4