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Adding dark mode to your astro app.

Dark mode

Create an inline theme script

src/pages/index.astro
---
import '../styles/globals.css'
---

<script is:inline>
	const getThemePreference = () => {
		if (typeof localStorage !== 'undefined' && localStorage.getItem('theme')) {
			return localStorage.getItem('theme');
		}
		return window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches ? 'dark' : 'light';
	};
	const isDark = getThemePreference() === 'dark';
	document.documentElement.classList[isDark ? 'add' : 'remove']('dark');

	if (typeof localStorage !== 'undefined') {
		const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
			const isDark = document.documentElement.classList.contains('dark');
			localStorage.setItem('theme', isDark ? 'dark' : 'light');
		});
		observer.observe(document.documentElement, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['class'] });
	}
</script>

<html lang="en">
	<body>
      <h1>Astro</h1>
	</body>
</html>
</script>

Add a mode toggle

src/components/ModeToggle.tsx
import * as React from "react"
import { Moon, Sun } from "lucide-react"
 
import {
  Menu,
  MenuButton,
  MenuContainer,
  MenuItem,
} from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu"
 
export function ModeToggle() {
  const [theme, setThemeState] = React.useState<
    "theme-light" | "dark" | "system"
  >("theme-light")
 
  React.useEffect(() => {
    const isDarkMode = document.documentElement.classList.contains("dark")
    setThemeState(isDarkMode ? "dark" : "theme-light")
  }, [])
 
  React.useEffect(() => {
    const isDark =
      theme === "dark" ||
      (theme === "system" &&
        window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches)
    document.documentElement.classList[isDark ? "add" : "remove"]("dark")
  }, [theme])
 
  return (
    <MenuContainer>
      <DropdownMenuTrigger>
        <Sun className="h-[1.2rem] w-[1.2rem] rotate-0 scale-100 transition-all dark:-rotate-90 dark:scale-0" />
        <Moon className="absolute h-[1.2rem] w-[1.2rem] rotate-90 scale-0 transition-all dark:rotate-0 dark:scale-100" />
        <span className="sr-only">Toggle theme</span>
      </DropdownMenuTrigger>
      <Menu align="end">
        <MenuItem onClick={() => setThemeState("theme-light")}>Light</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem onClick={() => setThemeState("dark")}>Dark</MenuItem>
        <MenuItem onClick={() => setThemeState("system")}>System</MenuItem>
      </Menu>
    </MenuContainer>
  )
}

Display the mode toggle

Place a mode toggle on your site to toggle between light and dark mode.

src/pages/index.astro
---
import '../styles/globals.css'
import { ThemeSwitcher } from '@/components/theme-switcher';
---

<!-- Inline script -->

<html lang="en">
	<body>
      <h1>Astro</h1>
      <ThemeSwitcher client:load />
	</body>
</html>