Accessibility Support

Dark Mode

MinkNote applies a dark colour scheme to the screens, menus, and controls to reduce eye strain. The app follows your Mac's system appearance by default, or you can choose Light or Dark mode independently in Preferences > Appearance.

Dark Mode covers the main app shell, sidebar, editor, preferences, and other common surfaces you use while writing and organising notes.

Reduced Motion

MinkNote modifies or reduces certain types of animation that may cause motion sickness or discomfort. You can enable a Reduce Motion toggle in Preferences > Appearance > Display Options.

The in-app toggle is off by default. Effective reduced motion is active when either macOS Reduce Motion is enabled in System Settings, or the in-app toggle is turned on. If macOS Reduce Motion is already enabled, the in-app toggle may appear to have no effect because reduced motion is already active.

When reduced motion is active, the app removes slide, scale, and spring-heavy motion from a handful of UI interactions. In some places it still allows a subtle fade, so the change is intentionally understated rather than dramatic.

You may notice reduced motion in these areas:

• Note list filter and search Opening and closing the filter panel uses a fade or immediate change instead of a slide from the top.
• Global Search Moving through results with the arrow keys jumps the list without animated scrolling.
• Editor formatting toolbar Showing and hiding the toolbar uses a fade or immediate change instead of sliding up from the bottom.
• Sidebar tags section The ellipsis menu on the Tags header appears without a springy hover animation.
• First-launch onboarding The welcome overlay uses a fade only, without scale animation.

Because the implementation is subtle, reduced motion may not feel obvious during casual use. It is designed to be valid and non-intrusive - you may need to try the interactions above to see the difference.