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Dark Mode: questions and answers

Answers to the questions people ask: 41 of them, free to read before you buy.

  1. Do I have to restyle my theme?No.
  2. Will it slow my site down?Not for the people who never use it.
  3. My theme already has a dark styleIf your theme is a block theme with a dark style of its own (Twenty Twenty-Five has Evening, Twilight, Sunrise and Midnight), choose Your theme's own dark style under…
  4. My logo disappears in dark modeIt is almost certainly dark type on a transparent background, which vanishes on a dark page.
  5. The Images and Elements screen does nothing on the Invert or Basic methodIt used to.
  6. Photographs look wrongYou are probably on Invert colours, which flips everything and then flips pictures back — and cannot flip back a picture that is set as a CSS background, which is how most theme…
  7. A chart / badge / brand colour comes out wrongThe quickest way: choose Fix dark mode here in the toolbar while looking at the page, click the badge or chart, and choose Keep its own colours.
  8. A map or chart on my site stays lightDark mode re-colours what your theme's stylesheets draw.
  9. A diagram looks better inverted than re-colouredThat happens with black-on-white line art and scanned signatures.
  10. Can I put the switch in my header?Yes, three ways.
  11. Is there a keyboard shortcut?There can be.
  12. Can I send somebody a link that opens the site dark?Turn Enable URL parameter on, and add ?dark=1 to any address.
  13. Does it work with my page cache?Yes, and nothing needs excluding.
  14. The button covers my checkout button on phonesHide on cart and checkout, on the Toggle Button screen, is on by default: the floating button is left off the cart and the checkout, while dark mode carries on there.
  15. The button is hard to find on a dark pageOn a dark page the lighter of your two button colours becomes the button, so it stands out from the page.
  16. True black does not look blackOn a site set up before version 1.2.14, Fine-Tuning starts at Contrast 90 and Warmth 10, and the engine applies both to the palette too, which lifts black to a very dark grey.
  17. Does it set a cookie?No.
  18. Can I put the switch in my menu instead of the corner?Yes, if your theme has a Menus screen — a block theme has none.
  19. The switch does not appear for some visitorsIt is shown whenever scripting works, including in a browser that blocks cookies and site data.
  20. Nobody can turn dark mode onCheck the Toggle Button screen.
  21. Can I force the whole site dark?Yes: set Dark Mode's General → Default Mode to Dark, and every visitor who has not chosen otherwise gets your site dark.
  22. Will it turn dark by itself in the evening?If you ask it to.
  23. A reader pressed the switch once and the site stays that wayUnder General → Visitor Preference, set How long to Until their device or your schedule next switches.
  24. Does it track my visitors?No.
  25. Is it accessible?The switch is a real button: it can be reached by keyboard, it announces its state, and its label is read out whether or not you show it on screen.
  26. Which colour scheme should I pick?Ink unless you have a reason.
  27. The Basic method changed my theme's tinted boxesIt did, and that is the trade that method makes.
  28. What happens when I print a dark page?When a dark page is printed, Dark Mode sets the page's own background back to white and its text to black, so the printer does not lay down a solid black rectangle.
  29. Does it work on multisite?Yes.
  30. What happens if my licence lapses?The plugin keeps working exactly as it did.
  31. Can one page be different from the rest of the site?Yes.
  32. Can a customer keep their choice across their phone and their laptop?Yes, for anyone signed in.
  33. Can I copy my settings to another site?Yes.
  34. Photographs are too bright on a dark pageTurn up Image dimming (%) on Images and Elements.
  35. Is there a switch for me while I am checking the site?Under Toggle Button, turn on Show in admin toolbar.
  36. I do not know what a CSS selector isYou do not need to.
  37. Can I see my site dark without changing my own setting?Yes.
  38. The button's words are in the wrong languageClear both text fields under Toggle Button → Button Text and save.
  39. I have used all my activations. Which sites are they?The plugin's Licence screen lists them.
  40. What happens to a site I free?Its copy of the plugin keeps working exactly as it is.
  41. The licence screen says "Not activated on this site"Your key is fine — this site simply is not one of the sites using it.

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