Microsoft is still making improvements to the Dark Mode experience in Windows 11, and this newest update to the Dev Channel brings in dark mode support. This is one of those small, steady improvements that combine to make the entire operating system feel much better overall.
The Run dialog is one of those classic Windows features that power users rely on, so having it suddenly pop up with a bright white box when the rest of your system is set to dark mode was always a little jarring. This is one of many smaller components in Windows that haven’t received much attention over the last few decades, so it’s great to see dark mode support finally show up.
Beyond the Run dialog finally catching up to the dark side, this new build is full of other gradual rollouts, fixes, and improvements for Insiders who have the toggle on to get the latest updates. For example, the OneDrive icon is being updated in the Accounts and Homepages sections of Settings. Also, the ability to turn on Administrator Protection in Windows Security under Account protection is available again.
Microsoft is also tweaking the UI to make finding and changing settings even easier. When you use the search function in Settings, you’ll now see more available results in the search flyout, letting you quickly modify those settings. In cases where you can’t adjust the settings further, a dialog will pop up to let you know why, while still giving you an option to modify the settings if needed. This is great because it gets rid of the guesswork and lets you interact with content without delay.
The Click to Do feature is getting a small but important usability boost as well for those running Copilot+ PCs. Visual cues now make key entities, like emails and tables, light up on your screen when you launch Click to Do. You can then click on these highlighted entities to find actions that can help you work faster and smarter.
As with any Insider Preview build, there are a bunch of fixes to keep things running smoothly. Users who dealt with the File Explorer crashing a lot in the previous flight should find that the issue is now resolved. Microsoft also fixed an issue where pressing WIN + [Number] repeatedly wasn’t cycling through an app’s windows as expected.
Even the Start menu got some attention, fixing a bug where the context menu wouldn’t open with touch and another where the menu would unexpectedly scroll to the top when you interacted with it. Also, if you were dealing with a large number of apps crashing in the last flight, that should no longer be happening with this update.
Unfortunately, the animations on taskbar previews have been temporarily turned off because they were messing with the ability to share a window from its preview. However, Microsoft said that it would let users know when they’re brought back.
Source: Microsoft Blog