#1

Would it be possible to allows users to select a dark theme?

According to this it seems like there’s already a “Dark scheme” included with Discourse and it seems pretty simple to enable a theme using that “Dark scheme” https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-select-dark-light-theme/60857

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#2

Could also be done on a your browser level (and customized) via stylish.

https://userstyles.org/styles/browse?search_terms=discourse

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#3

I dislike browser styling overrides as they inevitably get out of sync with a site and require constant updating. I would also enjoy a darker theme for this site would it become available. A “warm monochrome” would be very nice.

#4

anyone have any luck with this? Would love to not be blinded at work here in the dark! :smiley: :crazy_face:

#5

Adding a +1. Brightest site that I use on a daily basis.

#6

+1 here too. Would love a dark mode.

#7

+1 for this idea, victim of #fffffff browser blindness

#8

head over to https://meta.discourse.org and see if it’s easy/possible and the admins here will make it happen

#9

Per Sam, it’s now a user selectable option that the admins can just enable.

#10

@tehn it looks pretty easy. simon already linked this
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-select-dark-light-theme/60857]

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#11

thanks— i missed simon’s first post somehow (or skimmed it back in june more likely)

checking this out

#12

enabled. go to user > preferences > interface

the lines graphic at the top is inverted.

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#13

20 characters of Thank You!

#14

Yes, many thanks. This is way easier on my eyes.

#15

Hamburger menu switch is also an easy add: https://meta.discourse.org/t/hamburger-theme-selector/61210?u=mikechristopher

(I run a Discourse community for my dayjob, so always happy to help if need be!)

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#16

Yea! My cube at work needs to be so dark, this is great!!

#17

Thanks v much! 20 char*

#18

by inverted, do you mean compared to the new dark background? the lines logo clashes badly with the new theme. here’s what i see on desktop firefox, and it’s displayed the same way on mobile chrome:

lineslogo1

lineslogo2

possible solution: offer an alternate logo in the dark theme stylesheet. would require creating a new graphic. or just switch to a single transparent svg/transparent png used in both themes, though that would be a light gray on dark gray for this dark theme. probably better to just do a second inverted-color logo from the beginning.

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#20

@laborcamp made some great logos.

can anyone volunteer to create transparent-background pngs of the correct size (matching the existing)? note there is a 8 line and 4 line version

bonus, favicon !!

lines_logo_1.1.ai (1.6 MB)

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#21

:raised_hand: I’ll give this a shot!