Desktop app (Windows/Mac): no theme toggle — CLI has `/theme`, desktop users are locked to default
Feature request
The Claude Code CLI supports a /theme slash command to switch between light, dark, and other themes. The desktop app (Windows & Mac) has no equivalent:
- No theme selector in Settings
- No
/themeslash command in the input - No menu option
Desktop users are locked to whatever theme ships by default, with no in-app way to change it.
Why this matters now
See #48158 — the current dark theme on claude.ai/code has real readability issues (saturated blue bubbles on near-black background), and desktop-app users have no workaround available from within the app. They can't opt into the previous theme, a light theme, or anything else.
Even if #48158 is resolved by reverting the dark theme, the underlying gap persists: any future theme change affects desktop users with zero escape hatch. This is a parity gap with the CLI and, for users with visual-accessibility needs, a hard block.
Ask
Parity with the CLI:
- Ship a theme selector in the desktop app's Settings, or
- Wire up the
/themeslash command inside the desktop app's input
Either one would give desktop users a way out when a theme change doesn't work for them.
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