On quite a few sites lately I’ve seen small buttons that let you instantly switch between dark and light themes. Is this possible with Discourse?

Yes, it can be done, see [image] Alien Night Theme - A free Dark Theme for Discourse Theme discourse2 Summary Discourse Alien Night is a dark focused clean theme with the Dark/Light toggle component in mind to enhance your forum! eyeglasses Preview Pr…

[image] Hamburger Theme Selector Theme component warning This theme component is end-of-life and is no longer supported This theme component no longer works in recent versions of Discourse. Please see Sidebar Theme Toggle as an alternative. d…

That’s neat, but not exactly what I’m looking for. What I meant was a separate toggle button with night/day icons, not something under the hamburger.

Button on header to toggle dark theme

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dax (Daniela) September 5, 2018, 12:54pm 4

Yes, it can be done, see

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Button on header to toggle dark theme

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