# Autotomatic Dark Mode only changes colour palette, not theme

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/autotomatic-dark-mode-only-changes-colour-palette-not-theme/278612
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** auto-dark
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autotomatic-dark-mode-only-changes-colour-palette-not-theme/278612 "2023-06-23T18:59:31Z")
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### Author: ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autotomatic-dark-mode-only-changes-colour-palette-not-theme/278612/2 "2023-06-23T19:04:07Z")

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Unfortunately theme switching can’t just work™.

> [@Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593/36):
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> We cannot switch themes on-the-fly, themes can have custom javascript code, and it’s not possible to switch the javascript code without reloading the page.

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