Matlab online docs showing in dark mode

The Matlab online docs (e.g., https://www.mathworks.com/help/?s_tid=user_nav_help ) showing in dark mode on mathworks.com are showing in dark mode for me. Is there a site setting to switch them back to light mode?

Answer 1

[Stefanie Schwarz]

Hi Felix,

The R2026a MATLAB online documentation follows the appearance settings of your web browser. So if your browser uses a Dark theme, or is configured to inherit the mode from your operating system (for example, Windows Dark mode), then the MATLAB Help Center page (https://www.mathworks.com/help/) will now also use Dark mode.

If you are not actually using MATLAB R2026a, you can select a previous release of the MathWorks documentation from our doc archive, which should still display as a Light theme, for example:

• R2025b documentation: https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2025b/index.html
• R2024b documentation: https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2024b/index.html

If you need to access the R2026a documentation specifically, you can adjust your browser’s appearance settings to use a Light theme. Here are the instructions for some common browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Appearance > Overall appearance > Light
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Appearance > Theme > Light
• Firefox: Settings > General > Language and Appearance > Website appearance > Light

HTH, Stefanie

[Stefanie Schwarz]

There is a workaround to view the R2026a documentation in Light mode by overriding the prefers-color-scheme browser setting for the current tab in Chrome. You can use Chrome extensions such as Prefers Color Scheme Toggle to achieve this, or your can follow these steps:

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+I to open DevTools
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+P and select "Show Rendering" in the command control.
3. In the Rendering panel, set Emulate CSS media feature prefers-color-scheme → "prefers-color-scheme: light"
4. Reload the R2026a documentation page

The override applies to all navigations within that tab while DevTools remains open, but won't persist across tabs or browser restarts.

Answer 2

[Star Strider]

I am not sure what you are seeing.

If you go to the 'Home' tab, then click 'Settings', you can then choose the 'Appearance' that you want as 'Desktop Theme' --

Scroll through the options and experriment. (I cannot locate a specific command line option to do the same thing.)

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