fix: https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/9918

less/header.less

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 		overflow-y: auto;
 		max-height: 250px;
 		padding: 0;
-		color: @gray-dark;
 
 		li.no-notifs {
 			text-align: center;
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@
 					.pointer;
 				}
 			}
-			
+
 			&.unread {
 				.bg-variant(@state-warning-bg);
 
@@ -78,12 +77,8 @@
     			padding-right: 10px;
 			}
 
-			&:hover {
-				background: @gray-lighter;
-			}
-
 			&:not(:last-child) {
-				border-bottom: 1px solid @gray-lighter;
+				border-bottom: 1px solid @dropdown-border;
 			}
 
 			&.no_active a {

less/search.less

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 				font-weight: 400;
 				line-height: 1.42857143;
 				white-space: nowrap;
-				color: @gray-dark;
 			}
 		}
 		.quick-search-title {

less/style.less

@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ a.permalink {
 	}
 }
 
+.deco-none, .deco-none:link, .deco-none:hover {
+	color: inherit;
+	text-decoration: inherit;
+}
 
 .disabled a {
 	pointer-events: none;

templates/partials/notifications_list.tpl

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<!-- ENDIF notifications.image -->
 
 	{{{ if ./nid }}}<div class="pull-right mark-read" aria-label="Mark Read"></div>{{{ end }}}
-	<a href="{notifications.path}">
+	<a href="{notifications.path}" class="deco-none">
 		<span class="pull-right relTime">{notifications.timeago}</span>
 		<span class="text">{notifications.bodyShort}</span>
 	</a>

templates/partials/quick-search-results.tpl

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <ul id="quick-search-results" class="quick-search-results">
 {{{each posts}}}
 <li data-tid="{posts.topic.tid}" data-pid="{posts.pid}">
-	<a href="{config.relative_path}/post/{posts.pid}">
+	<a href="{config.relative_path}/post/{posts.pid}" class="deco-none">
 		{buildAvatar(posts.user, "sm", true)}
 		<span class="quick-search-title">{posts.topic.title}</span>
 		<br/>