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 Preview on theme-cr…

[image] Hamburger Theme Selector theme-component warning This theme component currently only works with the Legacy sidebar setting, which is going to be discontinued . Please see Sidebar theme toggle as an alternative. discourse2 Summary Hamburger Theme Select…

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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