Svelte Dark Mode Toggle
A simple dark mode toggle for Svelte and SvelteKit app.
Features
- In-app toggle between light and dark mode
- System toggle between light and dark mode
- Persist user preference in cookies
- Server-side rendering supported
- No dependencies
Installation
npm i @friendofsvelte/toggle
Usage
In your src/+layout.svelte (recommended) or +page.svelte file, add the following code:
<script>
import {ThemeToggle, appearance} from "@friendofsvelte/toggle";
import "@friendofsvelte/toggle/styles/Toggle.css";
</script>
<ThemeToggle/>
Is dark mode: {appearance.dark}
In your src/hooks.server.ts file, add the following code:
import {sequence} from "@sveltejs/kit/hooks";
import {handleAppearance} from "@friendofsvelte/toggle";
export const handle = sequence(
handleAppearance
);
Add class="%appearanceMode%" in your app.html file:
<html lang="en" class="%appearanceMode%">
Done 🎉, you can now toggle between light and dark mode.
Previews
System toggle

In-app toggle

Custom action
You can also use the toggle action to toggle the theme programmatically. Use
the follow utility function to achieve this:
import {
apperance
} from "@friendofsvelte/toggle";
appearance is a class object that stores dark boolean state on it.
- setting
appearance.dark = false with automatically update the UI to light mode.
ThemeToggle is the default component that uses appearance to toggle the theme.
<script lang="ts">
import {scale} from "svelte/transition";
import Moon from "$lib/toggle/icons/Moon.svelte";
import Sun from "$lib/toggle/icons/Sun.svelte";
import { appearance } from "@friendofsvelte/toggle";
import TrackAppearance from '@friendofsvelte/toggle';
let {class: className = ''} = $props();
</script>
<TrackAppearance/>
{#if appearance.dark !== null}
<button
class="dark-mode-button {className}"
class:isDarkMode={appearance.dark}
in:scale
onclick={()=>appearance.dark=!appearance.dark}>
{#if appearance.dark}
<Moon/>
{:else}
<Sun/>
{/if}
</button>
{:else}
<div class="dark-mode-button"/>
{/if}
Now, add the following code in your tailwind app.css:
@variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *));
this works for Tailwind V4 users.
About Friend Of Svelte

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and
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