# Theme Bug: checked sublist items get increasingly unreadable

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [9 March 2021 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435 "2021-03-09T12:42:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![KolyaKorruptis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/kolyakorruptis/32/6997_2.png) [@KolyaKorruptis](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/KolyaKorruptis)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2021 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/1 "2021-03-09T12:42:08Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/d/d5c12b783e34955efc15e96ff1e61ab1bfc1e79d.png)

In the default Light Theme checked subitems get increasingly unreadable as you descend down the list hierarchy.

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 21:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/2 "2021-03-10T21:23:49Z")

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@KolyaKorruptis welcome to the forum.

Before anyone can try to help it is useful to know what version of Joplin you are using and what OS.

I ask as Joplin v1.7.11 light theme on Windows 10 looks like this for me.

![checked](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/e/ec9125556fe4e3b0904c097e2f318e0f34270e78.png)

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**Author:** ![KolyaKorruptis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/kolyakorruptis/32/6997_2.png) [@KolyaKorruptis](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/KolyaKorruptis)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 21:48 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/3 "2021-03-10T21:48:45Z")

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I'm also using Joplin 1.7.11 on Windows 10.  
That is really weird, because your checkmarks also look different.  
I'm on the default "Light" theme without any custom styles.

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**Author:** ![KolyaKorruptis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/kolyakorruptis/32/6997_2.png) [@KolyaKorruptis](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/KolyaKorruptis)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 21:51 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/4 "2021-03-10T21:51:31Z")

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Also this seems to happen in all the themes. Here's a screenshot from the default "Dark".  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/9/90e678bd857caf5e25f2a40ec5dc2b9aaf1eeba1.png)

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**Author:** ![roman\_r\_m](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/roman_r_m/32/3297_2.png) [@roman\_r\_m](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/roman_r_m)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/5 "2021-03-10T21:52:38Z")

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Maybe you're using different editors - markdown vs WYSIWYG?

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**Author:** ![KolyaKorruptis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/kolyakorruptis/32/6997_2.png) [@KolyaKorruptis](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/KolyaKorruptis)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 21:54 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/6 "2021-03-10T21:54:18Z")

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Right. This only seems to happen when you switch to the WYSIWYG Editor (not split with markdown).

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**Author:** ![KolyaKorruptis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/kolyakorruptis/32/6997_2.png) [@KolyaKorruptis](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/KolyaKorruptis)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 21:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/7 "2021-03-10T21:59:52Z")

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It seems there are actually 3 views:

1. Mark Down
2. Rendered Mark Down
3. WYSIWYG

I wasn't aware of that that. I thought 2. & 3. were the same.  
Nevertheless this is a problem with the WYSIWYG editor then,

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**Author:** ![laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laurent](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/laurent)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 22:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/8 "2021-03-10T22:24:18Z")

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Yes this is expected behaviour on the rich text editor, except there should probably be a limit to how transparent the checkbox becomes.

I suppose not many people use that many level of indentations or if they do, once everything is ticked off it doesn't matter too much what's deep into the hierarchy.

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**Author:** ![KolyaKorruptis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/kolyakorruptis/32/6997_2.png) [@KolyaKorruptis](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/KolyaKorruptis)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 22:46 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/theme-bug-checked-sublist-items-get-increasingly-unreadable/15435/9 "2021-03-10T22:46:11Z")

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On the 3rd level it's already hardly readable, even for someone with good eyesight in good lighting conditions.

My use case is that I make notes about day to day work as a frontend webdev. And I check off what's done.  
During the daily standup meeting (yay, scrum!) I use these notes to remember what I did.  
So despite the fact that they are checked, I need to be able to read my notes.