💡 Feature request: allow setting of system theme for light and dark

[helmut72]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have problems reading red text on dark background. I have set redlib to use system theme to be in sync of my desktop and phone setting.

Describe the feature you would like to be implemented

Would be cool if light and dark theme can be set for system theme.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Don' use system theme and manually change theme regarding to my desktop or phone setting.

Additional context / screenshot

Thank you.

[DokterKaj]

Hey, not sure I really understand what's being requested here; can you elaborate in more detail?

If it's about customising the accent colour, I recommend using Stylus and adding something like this:

:root {
    --accent: <your dark colour>;
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
    :root {
        --accent: <your light colour>;
        color-scheme: light;
    }
}

[helmut72]

I have set redlib to use system theme:

Then, redlib automatically use theme "light" or theme "dark":

... up to my phone/desktop setting.

But redlibs theme "dark" is red text on dark grey background. It's very hard for me to read this.

Therefore I want to ask for an option what light or dark theme redlib use when set to "system". For a dark theme I prefer "libredditBlack".

ENV variables like this would be great:

THEME_SYSTEM_LIGHT="libredditLight" 
THEME_SYSTEM_DARK="libredditBlack"

If THEME="system" is set, above themes should be used for the light and for the dark theme.

[Tech-How]

Yeah I'd love to see this as well. Not sure why it was changed to red, but a separate "Default Dark Theme", and "Default Light Theme", would be appreciated. That way, the site would still switch between light and dark automatically, but we can control which light and dark theme it switches to. Adding simple options for text and background color would be amazing as well, instead of just the preset themes!