Dark mode toggle in user preferences

Aisha Khan Aisha Khan 2 months ago

It would be great if users could switch to a dark color scheme directly from their profile preferences, independent of the system theme. Many of us work late and dark mode reduces eye strain.

Ideally it respects the theme's dark palette and falls back to a sensible default.

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Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.