[GUI Plugin] Toggle Light & Dark

[Comfy.n]

Toggle Light & Dark

Toggle Calibre’s UI between light and dark modes instantly.

Features
- Switches interface colors (light/dark) with one click
- Toolbar button for quick access
- Shortcut ready

Installation
[Load from file]
Download the latest release zip.
- Preferences -> Plug-ins -> Load Plugin from File.
- Select the zip, install, and restart Calibre.

License
This plugin is licensed under the GNU GPL v3.

Compatibility
Calibre 7.5.0 or later
Windows, macOS, Linux

Release notes

Spoiler:

- v1.0.0: initial release — instant theme toggle, toolbar button.

[Comfy.n]

reserved

[BetterRed]

Thread rename - done

Setting the the Colour mode to Light or Dark is useful when assessing Colour palettes and Icon themes, but to set it back to System default the user will have to :



And if they forget, when they change the mode in their OS settings they'll be asking here -

"Why is calibre ignoring the Color mode I have in my Linux/MacOS/Windows system settings?"

Added: why not toggle around the three permissible values, if not that… what?


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[Comfy.n]

Well, the plugin provides informative messages for all such cases, I believe.

case 1: user is running caliber on 'system default'; plugin issues a message on first use.

case 2: user is *not* running calibre on 'system default'; in this case the plugin will just work; if user later decides to set calibre to 'system default', then when actioning the plugin, the informative message will pop.

BTW, there's 2 'system default' settings in calibre: one under 'User interface style'; other under 'User interface colors'

Toggle Light & Dark plugin handles both.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Well, the plugin provides informative messages for all such cases, I believe.

case 1: user is running caliber on 'system default'; plugin issues a message on first use.

case 2: user is *not* running calibre on 'system default'; in this case the plugin will just work; if user later decides to set calibre to 'system default', then when actioning the plugin, the informative message will pop.

BTW, there's 2 'system default' settings in calibre: one under 'User interface style'; other under 'User interface colors'

Toggle Light & Dark plugin handles both.

Didn't get the popup because Palette Switcher had left it in Dark - installed on a fresh 9.3.1 and got the popup.

But, the User interface style "System default" and the Color mode "System default" are not the same thing. On Windows, the UI style "System default" locks into Light mode, and disables User interface colors (palettes) - it's mainly there for some of the Linux distro's.

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[BetterRed]

Moderator Notice

I moved the replies that followed to Palette Switcher thread ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=50

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