Themes

3. Themes

Oxide currently provides three application themes:

• Kiwano
• Dark
• Light

Kiwano

Kiwano is the custom Oxide theme and the default visual identity.

Its goal is to give the project a stronger personality than a generic dark theme.

Characteristics:

• warm dark red / burgundy UI chrome
• custom widget colors
• custom menu and popup styling
• dedicated theme icon in the top bar

Dark

Dark uses the standard egui::Visuals::dark() base.

It provides a neutral fallback dark UI without the custom Kiwano branding.

Light

Light uses the standard egui::Visuals::light() base.

It is the brightest and most neutral theme available in Oxide.

Theme switching

Themes can currently be changed in two places:

• top bar theme cycle button
• Settings -> Emulator tab

Theme persistence

The selected theme is part of persisted application settings.

That means Oxide restores your theme between launches.

Theme coverage

Themes affect:

• top bar
• bottom bar
• main panel
• settings window
• debug terminal
• popup and menu visuals

Kiwano has the most custom styling work compared to the built-in Dark and Light themes.