A simple mistake that can screw up your light/dark theme (and how to fix it)
Kevin Powell Kevin Powell
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 Published On Feb 27, 2024

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✅ More in-depth video on creating a light/dark toggle:    • Cloning Google Font's Light/Dark Mode...  

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - Following system preferences for color-scheme
00:30 - emulating light and dark modes
01:10 - using preferes-color-scheme
02:00 - Letting a user change the color scheme can cause a problem
03:33 - The solution to this problem

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