Not planned Allow selecting dark mode as default

[AndyB]

Please add an option to the style page to allow selecting dark mode as the default.

 

[ekool]

This would be great, ideally there should be an option to allow ONLY the dark mode as well.

 

[CoinBit]

This addon does the job but it should be default option in Xenforo

K

Style Variation Default

Jul 20, 2024

Adds an option to set the style variation default for guests

• Kirby
• Add-ons [2.x]

 

[Kirby]

it should be default option in Xenforo

No, XenForo does it exactly right - it uses the users preference by default.

 

[CoinBit]

No, XenForo does it exactly right - it uses the users preference by default.

Most users have dark mode as the default style but many users prefer the light mode for forums.

I want to keep Light Style as default and give the option to users if they want to switch to the dark style because light style matches with the colour scheme of my forum’s content.

Admin should have the ability to choose the default style for guests similar to the functionality provided in this add on

 

[Konon]

No, XenForo does it exactly right - it uses the users preference by default.

This is not so obvious for mobiles as, for example, I prefer dark mode for my mobile browser's UI, and light themes for websites. And every time I visit a website with auto detection feature, or when I log out from such a website, I have to manually switch it back to light theme. So a website does not really know my preference by detecting my browser's theme. I would agree if it is about desktop theme though.

 

[javakhir]

very strange, even dark mode is ticked by default, light mode always used as default

 

[eDaddi]

No, XenForo does it exactly right - it uses the users preference by default.

That’s great for existing members. When your branding revolves around the dark theme Admins should be able to set that for Guests & Newbs

 

[beerForo]

That’s great for existing members. When your branding revolves around the dark theme Admins should be able to set that for Guests & Newbs

I mentioned brand identity here:

XF 2.3 Post in thread 'Set light variation as default for guests'

Jul 19, 2024

Hi!

Is there any way to set a light variation as the default for guests? Now it loads the System variation.

This should be possible and a suggestion should be launched.

If someone has set their OS preference to dark, why on earth would you force the opposite?

For brand identity purposes and uniformity. In fact what he is suggesting is the way most websites operate that I visit. Take Facebook for example. They offer Dark off/Dark on/Use system settings. Use system settings must be explicitly selected once a member, the default is Dark off. Guests and those...

• beerForo

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[Old Nick]

When your branding revolves around the dark theme Admins should be able to set that for Guests & Newbs

In this case just set your theme as dark and disable variations.

 

[woody]

Disappointed that 20 years of my sites "dark theme" branding is now thrown to the wind due to a forced change by the Xenforo team. Fails entirely to allow the ADMIN to make the decisions to what default/options exist for their business.

 

[beerForo]

Have you seen this?

K

Style Variation Default

Jul 20, 2024

Adds an option to set the style variation default for guests

• Kirby
• Add-ons [2.x]

 

[woody]

Have you seen this?

K

Style Variation Default

Jul 20, 2024

Adds an option to set the style variation default for guests

• Kirby
• Add-ons [2.x]

I have....only effects guests apparently, so every current user (10,000 active per month) would need to re-set their default - OR, I get stuck reworking everything to play nicely with a light theme. I'm gonna work with Russ again, I'm sure he's got some magic. Working on my dev site in the coming weeks to see how this all plays out.

 

[Chris D]

The default style is light with a dark variant. Styles do not need to have two variants. You can have a dark style with no ability to switch. It’s a per-style thing.

 

[eDaddi]

only effects guests apparently

Correct. If one of them signs up, they start one the dark theme as fill out the form, they submit for verification and it goes light, then dark once verified.

Existing members still get the default light no matter what XF or the add-on is set to.

You can have a dark style with no ability to switch

Now that the option is there and we spent the time making a light version I want to offer it to members. It’s a cool feature, it’s just not quite working as we expected.