# Is there a way to detect dark mode usage?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 16, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-detect-dark-mode-usage/261821 "2023-04-16T02:45:02Z")\
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Is there a way in a plugin / theme component to detect if the current theme is using dark mode?  
Alternately, is there a way to get the active theme ID?  
Or should we create different theme components for light themes and dark themes?

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