# \#auto-dark **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/auto-dark/643.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-themes-and-plugins-to-support-automatic-dark-mode/161595)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-themes-and-plugins-to-support-automatic-dark-mode/161595 "2025-11-14T10:45:01Z")
Previously, all colors in Discourse were stored as SCSS variables. To support automatic dark mode color scheme switching, we have converted these colors in core to custom CSS properties. You can easily see the full list … --- ## [Sync light / dark choice when signing up on a new site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sync-light-dark-choice-when-signing-up-on-a-new-site/306623)
**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sync-light-dark-choice-when-signing-up-on-a-new-site/306623 "2024-05-03T10:05:42Z")
I was just wondering, let’s say we are about to join 100 separate Discourse sites. Will there someday be some technology available to allow us to automatically sync the light / dark mode choice with, let’s say our brows… --- ## [Auto dark mode only working on Chromium-based browser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-dark-mode-only-working-on-chromium-based-browser/281124)
**Author:** [@Sarah\_Jane\_Obligar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sarah_Jane_Obligar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-dark-mode-only-working-on-chromium-based-browser/281124 "2023-11-06T20:49:45Z")
hello, I need some help with the theme in my forum. so I set it on default dark mode, but it only works on a Chrome basis web browser. Are there any settings on the admin panel that allow it to work on different web brow… --- ## [Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593 "2021-12-07T08:20:30Z")
You can now set up your Discourse site to automatically switch color schemes when the user’s device is in dark mode. For a quick preview, head over to the try.discourse.org instance and toggle your device’s dark mode on … --- ## [Automatic Dark Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode/278606)
**Author:** [@kynic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kynic)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode/278606 "2023-09-13T15:32:36Z")
How should I enable the “automatic dark mode color scheme” for all users overriding their account settings? --- ## [Automatic dark/light theme logo switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-light-theme-logo-switching/277791)
**Author:** [@Aaron\_Walsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aaron_Walsh)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-light-theme-logo-switching/277791 "2023-09-05T04:43:58Z")
Good evening, For the life of me, I cannot seem to get this working. I am trying to get how the Discourse logo changes from light to dark. I’ve added our logos in the image boxes; we use white for the dark theme a… --- ## [Autotomatic Dark Mode only changes colour palette, not theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autotomatic-dark-mode-only-changes-colour-palette-not-theme/278612)
**Author:** [@Wingtip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wingtip)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autotomatic-dark-mode-only-changes-colour-palette-not-theme/278612 "2023-06-23T22:08:26Z")
We previously used an addon to automatically switch themes based on the user’s OS dark mode setting. This was deprecated and is no longer developed, so we tried to switch to this feature. It seems it only switches color… --- ## [Is there a CSS way to modify specific items in dark mode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-css-way-to-modify-specific-items-in-dark-mode/278613)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-css-way-to-modify-specific-items-in-dark-mode/278613 "2023-04-17T13:28:52Z")
There is a way for use dark selector within CSS to modify specific items on dark mode? Secondary color looks weird in our palette and a simple fix could be use a selector but I don’t see that Discourse uses something li…