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  • 1.  Theme Selection for PAW Dashboards

    Posted 04/09/26 09:41 AM

    Hi,

    This is regarding the background colors we use in PAW dashboard. Currently we define those colors. We created dashboards with light and dark background colors as we define. Both looks promising but at the end we need to choose just one to retain for business. 

    Can we have a toggle button just like "Dark Theme" in order to give option to user switch as per their choice ? I see this as limitation when I was reviewing this dashboard.

    Please share thoughts or anything in pipeline regarding this. Thanks,



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    RAVINDER SHARMA | | SENIOR MANAGER, CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT
    FINANCE DATA ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY
    AMERICAN EXPRESS

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  • 2.  RE: Theme Selection for PAW Dashboards

    Posted 2 days ago

    I think there are two slightly different requirements here: the PAW application theme and the styling defined inside an individual dashboard.

    A Light/Dark theme switch for the PAW UI would be useful, but it does not necessarily solve the dashboard case if the dashboard itself contains explicitly defined background and widget colors.

    For dashboards that are intended to support both modes, it would be useful if the dashboard styling could respond to the selected PAW theme - for example, allowing background/text/widget colors to use theme-aware values rather than fixed colors.

    That would let the same dashboard adapt to the user's Light/Dark preference instead of requiring separate dashboard designs.

    If theme-aware book colours are not on the roadmap, the practical path stays one published palette.



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    Vitalij Rusakovskij
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  • 3.  RE: Theme Selection for PAW Dashboards

    Posted 2 days ago

    Please check this out: https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/PAOC-I-2118

    Currently the theme setting feature is narrow and AFAIK, limited to only 1 at a time. I'd love to see a light/dark theme support in PAW, more importantly have the capability to detect device theme. Modern websites use CSS variables to support this. I am sure IBM devs have considered it. Semantic Tokens, Color palettes (array of colors) can help there.

    If developers have defined explicit colors (in background, charts, dashboards, font colors) rolling out the feature can be tricky. One option would be to revert to system default. Alternately, an AI generated dark palette button to support dual theme could be used. I am sure there are always the edge cases, nevertheless it is likely an opportunity, to adopt the corporate branding guidelines and accessibility standards ingrained.



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    Sachin Kulkarni
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  • 4.  RE: Theme Selection for PAW Dashboards

    Posted 2 days ago

    I agree with Sachin that this is broader than a Light/Dark toggle in the PAW UI.

    The useful split is between the application theme and the styling inside a book. If dashboards can use semantic / theme-aware colors instead of hard-coded background, text and widget colors, the same published book can follow the user's PAW or system theme. Device-theme detection and token-based palettes would also make branding and accessibility easier to keep consistent.

    The question for me is whether PAW is heading toward theme-aware book and widget styling, or only a global UI theme.



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    Vitalij Rusakovskij
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