# Support dark mode

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/support-dark-mode/2273>\
**Category:** meta\
**Created:** [January 5, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/support-dark-mode/2273 "2023-01-05T15:47:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ws909](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/ws909/32/714_2.png) [@ws909](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/ws909)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/support-dark-mode/2273/1 "2023-01-05T15:47:43Z")

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Would it be possible to support dark mode on this site? 🙂

> **[Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593)**
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> 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 and off to see this new...

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**Author:** ![dougbinks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/dougbinks/32/39_2.png) [@dougbinks](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/dougbinks)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/support-dark-mode/2273/2 "2023-01-09T17:32:33Z")

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I can’t access the relevant admin panel as a moderator so it would need to be done by @elmindreda

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**Author:** ![elmindreda](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/elmindreda/32/26_2.png) [@elmindreda](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/elmindreda)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/support-dark-mode/2273/3 "2023-01-09T18:07:10Z")

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Oh, thank you! I’d added a manually selectable dark theme a while back, but had missed that there were better tools available. It should now be possible to select a dark or light color scheme instead (under Preferences \> Interface), as well as enable automatic switching between them.

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**Author:** ![ws909](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/ws909/32/714_2.png) [@ws909](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/ws909)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/support-dark-mode/2273/4 "2023-01-09T19:04:12Z")

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Thanks. 🙂 I wasn’t aware of that option. Thanks to @dougbinks as well. 🙂