DarkMode

Example

A simple JavaScript class for enabling dark mode on a website.

Made by Rosux.

Installation

To use this class on your website, include the DarkMode.js file in your project and instantiate a new DarkMode object with the required parameters.

<script src="DarkMode.js"></script> <!-- no defer needed -->
<script>
    const dark = "--background-color: black;";
    const light = "--background-color: white;";
    const darkMode = new DarkMode(dark, light);
</script>

Usage

To toggle dark mode on and off, simply call the toggle() method on the DarkMode object.

darkMode.toggle();

You can also set dark mode to be on or off by calling the on() or off() methods, respectively.

darkMode.on(); // sets dark mode to on
darkMode.off(); // sets dark mode to off

You can set the theme to the user's preferred color scheme by calling the defaultColorScheme() method.

darkMode.defaultColorScheme();

You can check the current state of dark mode by accessing the getMode() method, which returns a Boolean (true if dark, false if light).

if (darkMode.getMode()) {
  console.log('Dark mode is on');
} else {
  console.log('Dark mode is off');
}

Customization

You can customize the colors used in dark mode by passing an strings of css variables to the DarkMode constructor.

const darkMode = new DarkMode(
  'css variables for dark theme',
  'css variables for light theme'
);

You can also add event listeners to elements with darkmode-button and darkmode-selector attributes to control the dark mode state.

<button darkmode-button="switch">switch</button>
<button darkmode-button="on">make it dark</button>
<button darkmode-button="off">make it light</button>
<button darkmode-button="default">default to prefered color scheme</button>
<input type="checkbox" darkmode-selector="true"><!-- if its checked its dark (defaults to true) -->
<input type="checkbox" darkmode-selector="false"><!-- if its checked its light (defaults to true) -->

You can add eventListeners to new elements with darkmode-button and darkmode-selector attributes. This also automatically updates the buttons state.

darkMode.applyListener();

Contributing

We welcome contributions to this project! If you have an idea for a new feature or a bug to report, please open an issue. If you want to submit a fix or a new feature, please create a pull request.

Before submitting a pull request, please make sure to:

Write tests for any new code (simple examples on a page to prove it works)
Follow the existing code style
Document any changes in a log file

Thank you for considering contributing to DarkMode!

Let's make dark the new standard.