Hi, I have two themes, one “Clear” and the other “Dark”, each of them having one matching color scheme “Clear” and “Dark”. Non registered people browsing my site on Android see the Dark theme by default though I set the Clear one by default, how come? How can I change this behavior? Thanks

Do they see the other theme or your default theme in dark colors? Maybe they use their phone in dark mode and see a dark version because of Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching

Yes that was this setting thanks. I changed it to Clear and now it’s ok. I never did that because I thought dark mode mobile users would never see the dark mode but I think there is confusion between the word dark that can be the mobile operating system term, the color scheme and the theme name.

I think if I set a “Clear” theme matching a “Clear” color scheme by default, this setting should be respected regardless of what people have as setting in their phone operating system, other ways what’s the purpose of having a setting for the default theme? What do you think ?

Did you also configure the default dark mode color scheme id in your site settings? Then it makes sense that users using dark mode see your site in that color scheme.

[image] Moin: default dark mode color scheme id I set it now to clear and it solved my problem, but I think there is a conflict in the parameters: even if the default dark mode color scheme id is set to Dark, the setting “Default theme” should take precedence, and it does not, because a theme uses a color scheme, not the opposite.

[image] Patrick EMIN: I set it now to clear and it solved my problem Now using the dark theme in dark mode will show the forum in the light color scheme. Why don’t you leave it blank? Without a default dark color scheme, the theme color scheme will be used.

I tried setting it to “none” but that does not work, the Dark color scheme is used in that case, only solution: setting default dark mode color scheme id to Clear which is a logical problem, how a dark mode can be clear? :roll_eyes:

This is because choosing dark mode on your mobile means you have a preference for apps (or sites) which are fully compatible with dark mode. Dark mode on my Discourse site is a choice I give to registered users (they can choose it in their settings), after they are registered and logged with the default theme, me, the admin has chosen. As you know not every app is taking into account the operating system dark mode. I would like people browsing my site are presented with what me the admin has chosen, then, and only then, what they have chosen, not the other other way around. Who is the boss? :grin:

[image] Moin: default dark mode color scheme id So to summarize, I wish that setting default dark mode color scheme id would apply only to registered members. (this could be a choice given to the admin)

[image] Patrick EMIN: I would like people browsing my site are presented with what me the admin has chosen, then, and only then, what they have chosen, not the other other way around. Couldn’t they just change the theme colors in their user preferences regardless since it sounds like you have some form of dark color scheme?

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Jagster (Jakke Flemming) September 5, 2024, 12:10pm 9

Theme and color palette are two different things. But I can’t understand why you don’t want to respect users’ choise

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