Theme switcher: can I only 'light' and 'dark' options?

[athioak7]

I want to have a theme switcher to switch between the 'light' and 'dark' versions of the doc but the 'auto' option is a bit unnecessary and annoying.. How can I remove the 'auto' option?

I tried to copy the theme-switcher.html in my _templates folder and remove the 'auto' option but javascript still switched to auto and the site got stuck without a switcher.

[12rambau]

you would need to adapt the JS method compiled with the theme as it's expecting the 3 buttons. Not sure how to do it though.
The value you selected is remembered in your cookies, is it such a hassle to pass over the "auto" option ? It's quite standard.

[athioak7]

In chrome 'auto' doesn't seem to work, it's just light a second time. So just switching through the actual available options makes more sense.

I tried modifying the js by hand, didn't really work. Okay, thank you.

[12rambau]

Could you elaborate on "auto" doesn't work ? "auto" is reading your system parameters and applying them to the theme. On my personal computer using chrome I can switch from light to dark by changing the sytem color without any trouble

[athioak7]

On my centos7 computer I have set a dark theme, but the 'auto' makes the doc light

[12rambau]

then the problem is not coming from us but your OS that is not sharing the information to the browser. Is it working on other sites ? like this one: https://sphinx-themes.org/sample-sites/furo/

[trallard]

I can confirm the auto works as expected on Linux and MacOS across Brave and Chrome for me.
So this might be coming from somewhere else.
I am unsure if you're thinking about disabling it for you as a user or for some documentation you maintain but having the "auto" option is good from an accessibility point of view for those folks that rely on customisation or accessibility supporting settings.

[gabalafou]

I wonder... if we moved to something more like MDN docs, would that be better?

The MDN docs has a button labeled "Theme" and when clicked, it drops down a menu with three choices: OS Default, Light, and Dark.

[drammock]

that feels like a slightly nicer UX to me, compared to the current 3-element cycler

[trallard]

+1

[12rambau]

+1
I coded the cycler from Furo but I would be more than happy to see it evolve to something more complex like this. It will be easier to add extra colors if anyone wants to (e.g. high contrast).