Editing Project:Village pump (technical) (section)

== Question about &lt;math> markup element bug ==

There is a known bug in the ''&lt;math> ''markup element.  The bug is:  https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268279   This bug is a couple of years old.  The bug is:  when a mobile user is viewing a Wikimedia page in dark mode (white text on a black background), the ''&lt;math> '' element sometimes draws black text on a black background.  That is bad, because the formula is invisible.   I suppose this bug doesn't get much attention because (a) it only happens when a user has Dark Mode enabled; (b) only on phones & iPads; and (c) only if the ''&lt;math>'' element is used in certain ways. 

One solution I found that works in many cases is to change the markup from ''&lt;math display="block''>  to '':&lt;math> ''.   That fixes the issue in my test cases.  This change is only proposed for simple formulae that take a single line (so the "block" display option is not significant).  The change appears to have no downsides (provided the formula is a single line).
 
My question is:  is there an expert in the Wikimedia ''&lt;math> ''markup element that I can ask to confirm that my suggested solution won't impact the display of formulae?  And also to ask why adding ''display="block"'' changes the text color?  I posted a note in   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268279 , but how can I ask the folks responsible for the ''&lt;math>'' markup element about this?  [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 21:21, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
: I looked thru the archives of Village Pump, and found this discussion:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_138#Math_block_display      This was a proposal to prohibit indenting ''<math>'' with a colon, but the proposal was not adopted.  The consensus seems to be that ''<math display="block">'' is generally desirable (for accessibility reasons) but is not a requirement, and '':<math>'' is acceptable.    That discussion aside, my key question remains:   why does adding ''display="block"'' to ''<math>'' change the text color in dark mode within Wikipedia app? [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 23:11, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
::Please avoid [[WP:MULTI|posting in multiple locations]]. For others, see discussion at [[Template_talk:Math#"Display=Block"_does_not_work_with_Dark_Mode|template talk:Math]]. [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 04:43, 15 August 2022 (UTC)