dark title bar in Qt

Get dark mode on your title bars, e.g. in Maya

All apps¶

Works on Windows 11- & Windows 10-
Windows now has this build in.

1. Personalization > Colors
2. choose your mode : select Dark from the drop-down
3. Choose a black accent color
4. Toggle show accent color on Title bars.
   all your toolbars are now darkmode.

Single app¶

Works on Windows 11- & Windows 10-
1. right click the app icon
2. open properties
3. in the target, add -platform windows:darkmode=1
4. also set windows to dark palette
1. Personalization > Colors
2. choose your mode : select Dark from the drop-down
5. launch the app, you now have dark title bars

useful for Qt5 since Fusion style doesn’t color the title bar to black, unlike in Qt6
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