feat: add toggle-theme extension #74
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- add toggle-theme extension for vicinae (toggles gsettings color-scheme) - extension is self-contained with env var override for nix integration - script in user/scripts/, symlinked to user/vicinae/toggle-theme/ - submitted to vicinae store: vicinaehq/extensions#74 Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-37b3eb9e-917f-4d3f-a741-f0ed8e139975
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| "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vicinaehq/vicinae/refs/heads/main/extra/schemas/extension.json", | |||
| "name": "toggle-theme", | |||
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I think this should have a more specific name, like 'toggle-system-theme' because this can be confused with the native vicinae set theme command
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| export default async function ToggleTheme() { | ||
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| const overrideCmd = process.env.VICINAE_TOGGLE_THEME_CMD; |
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Requiring that the user sets an environment variable is very impractical. You should either use a preference for that, or prompt the user to set their custom command using a Form component if gsettings is not available. I very much prefer the latter.
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Toggle Theme
Toggle system color scheme between light and dark mode via GNOME's gsettings.
How it works
This extension toggles
org.gnome.desktop.interface color-schemebetweenprefer-darkandprefer-light.By default, it calls
gsettingsdirectly. This works on most GNOME-based desktops whereDBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESSis properly set.Environment override
For setups where the default doesn't work (e.g., Hyprland on NixOS), set:
Requirements
gsettingscommand availableorg.gnome.desktop.interfaceschema installed (comes with GNOME or gtk3)