Dark Mode is here!

[community-team@ebay]

Hi all,

We have been working behind the scenes and are happy to announce we will now have the option of Dark Mode across our communities.

Some benefits of dark mode include, less strain on your eyes, less exposure to blue light from screens and it can help to save some battery life on your device. 

To turn on dark mode go to My Settings > Preferences > Display > tick "Turn on Dark Mode". It will take a few seconds to load and then the whole site will be transformed.

Thank you for being apart of the UK Community.

The Community Team

[kylej76a]

is this on pc too?

[dmonicdom]

but how do I do this on the website?????????????????????????

[blackroseskulls]

Given the "improved" (or corupted as I think it is) create a listing view we now desperately need a dark mode for desktop. If we're going to forced to look at it much more closely than before then I'm sure most of us don't want to be destroying our eyesight in the process.

[houseoftheyuccas]

there is no My Settings > Preferences > Display > tick "Turn on Dark Mode". on my computer--this is  just yet another way to waste people's time by Ebay

[dmonicdom]

First they change everything with the listing mechanisms and make the UX
realllyyy bad..

[zen2618]

i guess this is only for the mobile version? what about desktop?

[huts1024]

Dark mode is on PC!

While you are on this page just click on your profile on top of the page then (my settings - under the big MY SETTINGS you will have preferences - display - and click on the Turn on Dark Mode box and save the changes below.

[stevbodl_0]

No such thing as "my settings"

[quantotrader]

as many others have said. there is no such setting. Ebay is wasting peoples time as usual.

[quantotrader]

where ?     if it is there... point it out.  There is no MY SETTINGS which contains a dark mode option.

So where is it ?

[stevbodl_0]

Call Ebay customer service, they will put you through to the right department, to which they will make a complaint for you, wait a couple of weeks and check up to find your complaint doesn't exist followed by confirmation no neither does this trolled dark mode lol

Probably the only mainstream website that doesn't have a dark mode. 🙂 terrible design.

[fourier2000]

I beleive this is Dark Mode for communities, not Dark Mode for the auction website .... 

[paul2cr1982]

Add this to the desktop PC www.ebay.co.uk please. 

My eyes are hurting with all the white. 

[angel_8gr]

Any chance we're getting Dark Mode on the auction site as well? This is a long wanted and needed feature that many requested and it's only available on Community pages. There is no such thing as Dark Mode or My Settings in the Auction site for desktop pc.

[lotte-ladybird]

bleep! come on ebay !!!!!

[magik-limbo]

This really needs to be put on the ebay main page for PC not just for smartphones. Not everyone with older eyes like to have so much white glare when using the website, it's even worse now that they have just recently changed the nectar points link for an even whiter screen with a lot less text.

[bg_2060]

Only a lawsuit for destroying people's eyesight will work for these guys

[magik-limbo]

It's bad enough that some bits of the eBay main page look like they have been done on the cheap using html basic, but at least give us a Dark Mode option...guess i need to invest in a pair of sunglasses to wear while using the standard version until they do. >.<

[desktopdiddies]

Great that it's available on the community pages, but still seemingly not available on the main site yet Finding I dont use ebay as much as I once did, as the white website burns my eyeballs out when searching, so many other sites support dark themes already....... 😞

[ups-trader]

I would benefit from dark mode on the website.

I think The problem is eBay have been encouraging sellers to have white background images, which will look silly with dark mode. 

I didnt waste any time taking photots with a white background.

[logicman_ic]

Re: "Thank you for being apart of the UK Community."

Mambers of the Grammar Police and of The Association of Rivet-Counters are asking: did you mean "a part"?

I will soon be "apart" if the get-login-code-by-voice problem isn't fixed soon.

For many Ebayers it's a hassle.

For we, the hearing impaired, it's a nightmare.

[apjrees]

Is this still not sorted out? I keep ending up back here every year in the hope that eBay will allow this obvious option. I just don't understand why they won't allow it. I bet if they trialled it people would stay on the ebay website for longer if it didn't waste power and hurt your eyes so much.

[westoe333]

After reading Emails and reading the news in Dark Mode i go onto eBay and it is like looking at the sun 😎 ,i find that the big money makers like eBay are not coming in line with what the user requires , a few little tweaks here and there make all the difference ,if eBay has an common interested in presentation of their web page on the desktop then Dark Mode should be a priority.

[ups-trader]

As before - until they make sellers take the main image with a transparency layer that can then be black or white they are not going to give a dark mode!

Perhaps they could auto flip anything white to black - the images would have white halos but I dont think I'd mind that. 

[matarchdal0]

How has it been 2 years since this community post and still no sign of an official dark mode for the desktop version of the site? Absolutely mind boggling.

If it's not technically possible for your team to implement a dark mode, then just say so! The best way forward would be, at the very least, honest with the buyers and sellers on this site that ebay would be absolutely nothing without!

If your team can't do it, then maybe use a small portion of the many billions of dollars ebay has to outsource it??? 

This reeks of a management problem and the issue not being properly escalated to the right part of the business.

[houseoftheyuccas]

Just install Dark Reader--this works on all sites including Ebay

[matarchdal0]

Installing random extensions is not an option. These frequently become loaded with malicious code, quite commonly being removed from their respective extension stores.

All servcies I use online either have a default view thats easy on the eyes or a dark mode toggle. Ebay needs to take responsibility for their community and get with the times!

[mothhour]

this browser extension works on ebay! highly reccomend 🙂

Dark Mode

 

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Dark Mode is an add-on that helps you quickly turn the screen (browser) to dark at night time.

Toolbar button serves as an ON|OFF switch which enables you to easily and quickly turn the extension ON or OFF. If you do not like the current dark theme, please visit the options page and choose a different theme from over 50 available options.

There is also a white-list feature which enables you to exclude a desired domain from dark mode. Simply add a domain(s) to the designated area (comma separated) in the options page and the websites will be excluded from night mode. Alternatively, you can use the context-menu item in mouse right-click to exclude desired websites.

To report bugs, please fill the bug report form on the add-on's homepage...

[ramus2006]

The best way i have figured out to get Ebay working in dark mode is to use the hidden feature in the  Edge browser if you use it.

Type the following  in the address bar 

edge://flags/#enable-force-dark

Then select "Enabled" from the dropdpwn box. Then press the restart button at the bottom. Dark mode should now be active on every website. Hope this helps anyone.

[raising-vibrations]

 To turn on dark mode:  Click your profile picture on desktop / pc (top right) > My Settings > Preferences > Display > tick "Turn on Dark Mode"

or click the link below

(1) Preferences - My settings - UK eBay Community

Hope this helps and is more clear than OP

[ups-trader]

This is not right - it might work on the APP but not the website

The Profile picture does not have a "my settings" section.

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[raising-vibrations]

This dark mode is only for the community forum. To enable it for ebay.co.uk you need to search how to force dark mode via flags for example in microsoft edge:

1. type in search window:  edge://flags

2. search dark

3. click enable

Now all websites including ebay will be forced to use dark mode

[jdem6872]

yep no dark mode still for pc version.... 

[jdem6872]

comment above did the trick, thanks too raising-vibrations 👍🏻

[ups-trader]

For vivaldi I found this URL

<<vivaldi://flags/#enable-force-dark>>

and could make the page display something like what dark should be. Thank you!

[pr3dat0rz]

For Chrome you'll need to use the following,

Enter the following in address bar: chrome://flags

Search for dark

Then enable the setting (Auto Dark Mode for Web Contents)

[olgr2385]

I use the "Night Eye" browser extension, works great.

[monmm-m57xccush]

Dark mode in settings do not have an options button so how do I get dark mode ????

[3ampfuse]

It's 2024 and still no update from ebay. Sheesh.

[rebecckekista_0]

As was suggested by  pr3dat0rz post (4 ones above this one) if you want it on Chrome type the following into your search bar:

chrome://flags

At the top of the page is the option to search. Look for 'dark'. One option should come up. When it does on the right hand side of the screen there is the option set to 'default'. Click this box and choose the option 'Auto Dark For Web Contents' or whatever option works best for you and the sites you use. Bookmark this page and anytime you want to switch back to non-dark, return the settings to default again.

[bittyboy101]

We're well and truely in "Dark Mode" with NO VIEWS AND NO SALES FOR MANY WEEKS 

When is eBay going to revert the searches like they were before this new horrible PAY FOR MORE VISIBILITY SCHEME you've now introduced to fleece sellers of even MORE MONEY and DENY small sellers their rightful visibility which they always had before Item specifics and promoted listings was smartly introduced ?????????

Oh, I see this IS Dark Mode then ! where my listings are GOHSTED and most of my listings remain on ZERO VIEWS ! 😞 😞 😞

[1956glyn]

I honestly do not see the point of this as most devices (including my pc) already have the dark mode feature on them.

[jurassifon]

platform is so old, no one is adjusting it...

[lucifersmotorbike]

Strange. This page is turned dark but my e-bay account hasn`t. The search and summary etc are still bright white. Have looked in account settings etc but no preferences. perhaps next time I use it, it will change

[bittyboy101]

My regular sales seems to have gone away into a big black hole... I think this is the Dark Mode eBay are saying about...

[bigsausage69]

Not helpful for PC or laptop users, please make available this white background is horrible on the eyes.

People have been asking eBay of dark mode for desktop computers, why have you not listen ??