diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 6e3dbe76ae4..b2525025412 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Bug fixes
   calculating mean in rolling for correct operations (preserve float dtypes,
   correct mean of bool arrays) (:issue:`10340`, :pull:`10341`).
   By `Kai Mühlbauer <https://github.com/kmuehlbauer>`_.
+- Improve the html ``repr`` of Xarray objects (dark mode, icons and variable attribute / data
+  dropdown sections).
+  (:pull:`10353`, :pull:`10354`)
+  By `Benoit Bovy <https://github.com/benbovy>`_.
 - Raise an error when attempting to encode :py:class:`numpy.datetime64` values
   prior to the Gregorian calendar reform date of 1582-10-15 with a
   ``"standard"`` or ``"gregorian"`` calendar. Previously we would warn and
diff --git a/xarray/static/css/style.css b/xarray/static/css/style.css
index 3170d0a49c6..10c41cfc6d2 100644
--- a/xarray/static/css/style.css
+++ b/xarray/static/css/style.css
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ body.vscode-dark {
 
 .xr-section-item input + label {
   color: var(--xr-disabled-color);
+  border: 2px solid transparent !important;
 }
 
 .xr-section-item input:enabled + label {
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ body.vscode-dark {
 }
 
 .xr-section-item input:focus + label {
-  border: 2px solid var(--xr-font-color0);
+  border: 2px solid var(--xr-font-color0) !important;
 }
 
 .xr-section-item input:enabled + label:hover {
@@ -268,7 +269,9 @@ body.vscode-dark {
 .xr-var-item label,
 .xr-var-item > .xr-var-name span {
   background-color: var(--xr-background-color-row-even);
+  border-color: var(--xr-background-color-row-odd);
   margin-bottom: 0;
+  padding-top: 2px;
 }
 
 .xr-var-item > .xr-var-name:hover span {
@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@ body.vscode-dark {
 .xr-var-list > li:nth-child(odd) > label,
 .xr-var-list > li:nth-child(odd) > .xr-var-name span {
   background-color: var(--xr-background-color-row-odd);
+  border-color: var(--xr-background-color-row-even);
 }
 
 .xr-var-name {
@@ -328,8 +332,15 @@ body.vscode-dark {
 .xr-var-data,
 .xr-index-data {
   display: none;
-  background-color: var(--xr-background-color) !important;
-  padding-bottom: 5px !important;
+  border-top: 2px dotted var(--xr-background-color);
+  padding-bottom: 20px !important;
+  padding-top: 10px !important;
+}
+
+.xr-var-attrs-in + label,
+.xr-var-data-in + label,
+.xr-index-data-in + label {
+  padding: 0 1px;
 }
 
 .xr-var-attrs-in:checked ~ .xr-var-attrs,
@@ -342,6 +353,12 @@ body.vscode-dark {
   float: right;
 }
 
+.xr-var-data > pre,
+.xr-index-data > pre,
+.xr-var-data > table > tbody > tr {
+  background-color: transparent !important;
+}
+
 .xr-var-name span,
 .xr-var-data,
 .xr-index-name div,
@@ -401,3 +418,11 @@ dl.xr-attrs {
   stroke: currentColor;
   fill: currentColor;
 }
+
+.xr-var-attrs-in:checked + label > .xr-icon-file-text2,
+.xr-var-data-in:checked + label > .xr-icon-database,
+.xr-index-data-in:checked + label > .xr-icon-database {
+  color: var(--xr-font-color0);
+  filter: drop-shadow(1px 1px 5px var(--xr-font-color2));
+  stroke-width: 0.8px;
+}