HOW-TO: Workaround for a pure black background

[synthead]

The README.md mentions that a background image can be applied, but changing the background color is very difficult with Wikipedia's CSS. As a workaround, you can use a base64-encoded image of a single black pixel, and ensure the "Background Image Type" is set to the default "Tiled".

Here's the base64 URL for the black background. Put this in the field for "Custom background; include url()":

url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=")

It's not perfect, but it is black! 😉

I thought I'd leave this issue here in case it adds any creative ideas for touching up the README or future PRs. Perhaps there is a way to generate this base64 in a JS library based off of user-supplied CSS colors? 🔥

[the-j0k3r]

Thanks.

[MattSuda]

Something changed in the most recent updates this week. This pure black background workaround doesn't work anymore. The header, sidebar, and footer are black, but the main article area is back to the default grey. When I downgrade back to version v3.4.17 it works. So some change between v3.4.17 and v3.4.20 broke this.

[the-j0k3r]

So some change between v3.4.17 and v3.4.20 broke this.

Only by looking at the diffs https://github.com/StylishThemes/Wikipedia-Dark/commits/master could we tell.

Looks like it was the addition at 1fef1e4

  .mw-body[role="main"] {
    background: var(--gray-2) !important;
  }

[the-j0k3r]

It was a simple fix, will merge when I have time. Meanwhile feel free to remove that and place .mw-body[role="main"] in

Wikipedia-Dark/wikipedia-dark.user.css

Line 390 in d4030ca

html, body {

When I release a fix youll need to force update the style, local edits trump auto updates,

[MattSuda]

Thanks! I appreciate it