Switching between light and dark in Server by Zaweba

Two themes come with Server by Zaweba: a navy dark theme and a light one. View, Theme switches between them. It is a small option, but you look at a control panel many times a day, and the right theme makes the status lights, port numbers and log lines easier to read in the light you work in.

Choosing between them

The navy dark theme suits dim rooms and long evenings of development, and it sits comfortably next to a dark code editor or terminal. Status lights stand out clearly against it, which is the main thing you want from a control panel at a glance. The light theme suits bright rooms, daytime work and screens that wash out dark colours. It also tends to be easier when you are sharing your screen or showing someone else what to click.

There is no wrong answer. Try each for a day and keep the one you stop noticing.

The choice is quick to undo, too. View, Theme is always in the same menu, so you can switch for a late session and switch back in the morning without hunting through Settings for it.

What changes and what doesn't

The theme changes how the app looks, not what it does. The control panel cards, the sites list, the PHP page, the Databases page, the Logs page and Settings all follow it. Every status light, port, process id and log line is still shown in the same place. Nothing about the services, your sites or your data is affected.

Reading the control panel in either theme

Whichever theme you choose, the layout stays the same. Each service has a card with its status light, its ports, its process id, Start, Stop and Restart buttons, a link to the dashboard, Adminer or the mail page, and the last lines of its log. The side bar repeats the lights, and the status bar lists every port. Once you know where those are, you can check the state of everything in a second, in either theme.

The log lines on the cards and on the Logs page are where a comfortable theme pays off most. You may read a lot of them on a bad day, and long stretches of text are easier on the eyes when the background suits the room.

Web pages are separate

The theme belongs to the desktop app. The dashboard web page, Adminer and Mailpit's mail page open in your browser, so they follow their own look rather than the app's setting. That is normal for anything served as a web page.

A tidy workspace

If you leave Server by Zaweba in the notification area most of the time, the theme matters less, because you mostly see the tray icon and its menu. If you keep the window open beside your editor all day, it is worth matching them: dark with dark, light with light. Small comforts like this make a tool you use every day feel like it belongs on your desk. The rest of Server by Zaweba is built with the same idea, plain words, clear lights and nothing hidden, so you spend your time on your sites rather than on the server.