Hi, the default seems to be dark mode on some devices. Is there a way to change this?
I see this on:
- Ubuntu budgie desktop - default color scheme is always dark.
- Android mobile (Firefox browser) defaults to dark.
Details about my setup:
- Only one theme (Air) active with a Light color palette enabled and default.
- One additional Dark Color scheme (Air Dark) set to be selected by users (under Colors).
- Default dark scheme color id set to Air Dark in Settings.
- Dark-Light Toggle theme component enabled.
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I think it may be this last one that’s causing some issues:
Does disabling that help?
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No, disabling Dark/Light Mode Toggle has not effect on discourse identifying the system dark/light state.
Also, the Dark/Light Mode Toggle was showing up and working correctly.
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Is this for anons, or for you personally?
Perhaps you have this set as dark in your preferences on those two browsers? Would removing this as user selectable clear this up?
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For anons, it is dark.
For me, the moment I change the Profile - Color Scheme - Dark Mode to a Dark scheme (switching away from ‘Same as regular’), the default becomes dark.
So it appears the system scheme is somehow being read as dark by default.
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With my two swings and two misses, I’ve split this off into its own support topic to try and get some more eyes on it.

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pmusaraj
(Penar Musaraj)
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Can you post the URL to your site and screenshots of the theme settings relating to color schemes?
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Here please. I will PM you the URL.
I had switched off dark mode due to the issue earlier and have enabled it for you to see. So please let me know after you take a look, thanks.
Enabled theme:
Active Theme Settings:
Light Color Scheme:
Dark Color Scheme:
Default Dark Mode Setting:
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pmusaraj
(Penar Musaraj)
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Thanks. Can you do the following:
- disable the dark-light toggle component
- test on different browsers in Ubuntu/Android but using incognito/private mode (so that no cookies) are loaded
And please post the results here, per browser. (I tested on macOS Chrome and Android 11 via BrowserStack and see no issues.)
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Tested and have just the same results.
Default is dark mode in both Ubuntu Budgie and Android.
Did you see Light in Android 11 Anonymous?
Thank you.
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pmusaraj
(Penar Musaraj)
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Yes. What are the details of your Android system (device/OS versions)?
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I managed to test this a little more on Android 11 and it appears different browsers behave differently.
The good news is that this works on:
- Android 11 / Chrome and Edge
- iPhone 7 Plus - iOS 15.6.1 / Safari (also tested now)
It does not work on:
- Android 11 / Firefox
- Ubuntu Budgie - Dark mode
(I corrected the browser name Firefox and dark mode option in Ubuntu Budgie in OP to avoid future confusion)
I believe these are to do with the respective OS/browser, so we could drop the case here. Most appreciate your time and proactive support.
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system
(system)
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