Adding dark mode to your vite app.
import { createContext, useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react" type Theme = "dark" | "light" | "system" type ThemeProviderProps = { children: React.ReactNode defaultTheme?: Theme storageKey?: string } type ThemeProviderState = { theme: Theme setTheme: (theme: Theme) => void } const initialState: ThemeProviderState = { theme: "system", setTheme: () => null, } const ThemeProviderContext = createContext<ThemeProviderState>(initialState) export function ThemeProvider({ children, defaultTheme = "system", storageKey = "vite-ui-theme", ...props }: ThemeProviderProps) { const [theme, setTheme] = useState<Theme>( () => (localStorage.getItem(storageKey) as Theme) || defaultTheme ) useEffect(() => { const root = window.document.documentElement root.classList.remove("light", "dark") if (theme === "system") { const systemTheme = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)") .matches ? "dark" : "light" root.classList.add(systemTheme) return } root.classList.add(theme) }, [theme]) const value = { theme, setTheme: (theme: Theme) => { localStorage.setItem(storageKey, theme) setTheme(theme) }, } return ( <ThemeProviderContext.Provider {...props} value={value}> {children} </ThemeProviderContext.Provider> ) } export const useTheme = () => { const context = useContext(ThemeProviderContext) if (context === undefined) throw new Error("useTheme must be used within a ThemeProvider") return context }
Add the ThemeProvider to your root layout.
ThemeProvider
import { ThemeProvider } from "@/components/theme-provider" function App() { return ( <ThemeProvider defaultTheme="dark" storageKey="vite-ui-theme"> {children} </ThemeProvider> ) } export default App
Place a mode toggle on your site to toggle between light and dark mode.
import { Moon, Sun } from "lucide-react" import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button" import { DropdownMenu, DropdownMenuContent, DropdownMenuItem, DropdownMenuTrigger, } from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu" import { useTheme } from "@/components/theme-provider" export function ModeToggle() { const { setTheme } = useTheme() return ( <DropdownMenu> <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild> <Button variant="outline" size="icon"> <Sun className="h-[1.2rem] w-[1.2rem] rotate-0 scale-100 transition-all dark:-rotate-90 dark:scale-0" /> <Moon className="absolute h-[1.2rem] w-[1.2rem] rotate-90 scale-0 transition-all dark:rotate-0 dark:scale-100" /> <span className="sr-only">Toggle theme</span> </Button> </DropdownMenuTrigger> <DropdownMenuContent align="end"> <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => setTheme("light")}> Light </DropdownMenuItem> <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => setTheme("dark")}> Dark </DropdownMenuItem> <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => setTheme("system")}> System </DropdownMenuItem> </DropdownMenuContent> </DropdownMenu> ) }