In this tutorial, we use a div element with the CSS class container to be our page background, but in real projects, this could be the body element or your parent element. It is also where the box-shadow will live. card: The parent div element of our entire card.container: Div element that wraps around all elements.Some CSS class to note before we continue: Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Getting the HTML readyįor the HTML, besides from container div elements, we only need to care about the toggler element and the card element. We will be looking at a small card example, but the concept is the same and can be easily adjusted to suit your own business case. In this tutorial, I will walk you through the complete process of creating a light / dark mode toggle using only plain Javascript and CSS. It is clever to add this feature to your webpages.As dark mode becomes one of the major trends in 2020, more and more people start to integrate dark mode into their new projects due to its high accessibility and the low to zero pressure it brings to audiences’ eyes. Dark mode is said to reduce battery life in smartphones and also eye strain. In this article, we have gone through implementing dark mode in a webpage using Tailwind CSS. Here is our page in both light and dark mode: To switch between themes, we need to call our function then add an event listener.It means that, when the checkbox is checked, the HTML file will add the class dark and will remove it when the checkbox is unchecked. It tells us how the dark theme will be applied. We created a function and named it toggleDarkMode.First, we have used the querySelector() method to get the element HTML and an id we created for our checkbox.addEventListener( 'click', toggleDarkMode) querySelector( '#checkbox') Ĭonst html = document. Let’s add some custom CSS to the ball for it to move when we click on it!įor the custom CSS, let us name the ball switch-ball and add style using element under the tag. This will help us see if the checkbox is checked or unchecked since it is hidden.Īt this point, our switch should look like the one below:

The second element creates a ball inside the round-shaped item.

The item has a gray background and a round shape.

Under, there is another element that creates an item for us to click on.

The class cursor-pointer enables that feature. It will allow us to click anywhere on the switch to turn it on or off. The checkbox will apply the “ON” and “OFF” style to our switch it is hidden using the hidden class.

First, we have created a checkbox we have used element to do so.

Under the element that adds “Light” text, create another div element like the one below:

With the words “light” and “dark” acting like icons on our page, let us add the switch which will be clickable.

This means that the words will not affect the layout of the page or anything around them. relative class positions the items to the right.The element adds the words “light” and “dark”.In this case, we have used words instead of icons for easy understanding. space-x-2 adds some space between the toggle switch and the words “light” and “dark”.flex will align content vertically on the same line, while justify-end will align the switch to the end of the container’s space.This is how it should look like at this point: We do this by creating a div container with the following classes: Our first task is to ensure that the switch is at the top-right corner of the webpage. We will use the input element for the switch. Others include this feature on the top-right corner of the page.įor our case, we will place it on the right corner because it is much simpler. Some web pages have the dark mode feature in the “Settings” tab of the navigation bar. Step 3: Building the switchīefore you begin, ensure you have a clear idea of how you want your switch to look like and where you want it to be. Now that we have a page to practice on, let’s move to the next step. Reprehenderit deleniti perferendis debitis ullam quos praesentium, esse Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.

Dark mode switch icon