# Data selector for themes

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-selector-for-themes/152019>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-selector-for-themes/152019 "2020-05-19T23:51:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheDarkWizard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thedarkwizard/32/177913_2.png) [@TheDarkWizard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheDarkWizard)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-selector-for-themes/152019/3 "2020-05-20T00:09:28Z")

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But editing remote themes causes your edits to be lost the next time it updates, no?

This isn’t just about colors, it’s about doing specific changes to specific themes from one component without needing to make more components and applying them to only some themes.

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