Detect if user has prefers-dark-mode setting on

[coliff]

Requirements:

• dark-mode-switch should detect the users system preference and use that unless they have already made a change to the switch (which is saved in local storage). So if someone has already set the dark mode switch on, but they have a light-mode set on their OS or browser preference it would prioritise the dark-mode-switch setting
• I think this 'Detect if user has prefers-dark-mode setting on' feature should be enabled as standard in a v2 of this script, but open to suggestions if it should be an option.

[AlexanderMorou]

I think this is something browsers will adopt sooner than later: See this stackoverflow answer.

In a cursory search, to check this via JavaScript you may follow this website's advice on a reactive JavaScript approach.

[telecomsxchange]

would be cool if we add a line of code to auto switch dark mode depending on time of the day. IF user local time passed sunset enable dark mode, else Light Mode.

[filipe-gomes]

I'd love to help out with this, if no one else is already working on it

[coliff]

Hi @filipe-gomes - yes, go for it! I updated my original post with a couple of thoughts on the requirements.

[filipe-gomes]

Hi @filipe-gomes - yes, go for it! I updated my original post with a couple of thoughts on the requirements.

Thanks! I'm working on a project where I just implemented that. I will start looking into implementing this with the switch tonight after work.

[cullub]

Hi @coliff -- looks like @popoway found a pretty easy solution to this ^^. Is that something you/we can add to the main source here?

[Priya19999]

I would like to work on it.

[rugk]

Is anyone already working on that? We may, as we have a downstream issue at https://github.com/coliff/dark-mode-switch/issues/2 implement this.