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Can barely see outlines for text entry boxes on some sites

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Hi. It's hard to see where to enter text on some sites. How do I make text entry boxes easier to identify please?

For example, I had to look hard to figure out that there's a text entry box on the following page around the words Share an Update...

https://community.morningstar.com/s/profile/0053o00000A9t7k

Hi. It's hard to see where to enter text on some sites. How do I make text entry boxes easier to identify please? For example, I had to look hard to figure out that there's a text entry box on the following page around the words Share an Update... https://community.morningstar.com/s/profile/0053o00000A9t7k

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Can you attach a screenshot?


Make sure you haven't enabled High Contrast mode in the OS settings. Make sure you allow pages to choose their own colors.

  • Settings -> General -> Language and Appearance -> Colors -> Manage Colors
    "Override the colors specified by the page with your selections above"

Try "Never" if the default "Only with High Contrast themes" isn't working.

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Thanks. I already selected Never and the problem remains. Looks like disabling high contrast mode is the same as choosing Never.

I attached a screenshot below.

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I can only check the login page that I get if I click the link you provided and that gives a grayish background color to email and password fields.

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Thanks for checking the login page. That was nice of you. Guess I'll just live with it.

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How do those fields that do not have a background show in the Inspector ?

It is possible to fix/override CSS rules via a userContent.css file, but that requires to know a unique ID or class name to select such a filed.

You can right-click and select "Inspect" to open the built-in Inspector with this element selected.

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Thanks for the information. After I opened inspector, the text field showed with more contrast, like it was faintly highlighted in pink. Thanks for the tip.

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what you can do is install an extension its called dark side extension i think it makes your pages darker which makes you see text boxes easier it solved my problems