# Dark theme **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum Feedback\ **Created:** [May 21, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139 "2022-05-21T02:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joepeaches](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/joepeaches/32/41974_2.png) [@joepeaches](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/joepeaches)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/1 "2022-05-21T02:26:00Z")
Hi Moderators! Would you please consider enabling Dark theme on this Discourse instance? > **[Beginner's guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966)** > > This is a crash course in Discourse theme basics. The target audience is everyone who is not familiar with Discourse themes. If you’ve already used Discourse theme / theme components, this guide is probably not something you need to read. What are... Should be supported by the theme engine now, there is even auto switching: > **[Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593)** > > You can now set up your Discourse site to automatically switch color schemes when the user’s device is in dark mode. For a quick preview, head over to the try.discourse.org instance and toggle your device’s dark mode on and off to see this new... The white theme is can be quite hard on sensitive eyes while reading the forum. Thank you, Mate ---
**Author:** ![descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/descartes/32/47220_2.png) [@descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/descartes)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/2 "2022-05-21T08:21:54Z")
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**Author:** ![descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/descartes/32/47220_2.png) [@descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/descartes)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/3 "2022-05-21T08:30:22Z")
As this is on a per-user basis there’s no reason to not have this enabled. However the moderators don’t change the settings, so we’ll have to page @michaelcompton and @michalborkowski96 to get this sorted, hence moving this to a public topic. ---
**Author:** ![michalborkowski96](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/michalborkowski96/32/36566_2.png) [@michalborkowski96](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/michalborkowski96)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/4 "2022-05-23T13:19:42Z")
@descartes Just wanted to let you know that I added this task to my queue. I can’t “just enable dark theme” because the navigation bar at the top doesn’t have dark theme, so this will take a while. But it’s in progress. ---
**Author:** ![kersing](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/kersing/32/44777_2.png) [@kersing](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/kersing)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/5 "2022-05-23T13:59:37Z")
> [@michalborkowski96](#): > > I can’t “just enable dark theme” Please make it user selectable, not the forum default. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff-UK](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/jeff-uk/32/35697_2.png) [@Jeff-UK](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/Jeff-UK)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/6 "2022-05-23T14:18:30Z")
> [@kersing](#): > > Please make it user selectable, not the forum default. Agree 👍 ---
**Author:** ![descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/descartes/32/47220_2.png) [@descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/descartes)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/7 "2022-05-23T17:24:04Z")
> [@michalborkowski96](#): > > I can’t “just enable dark theme” because the navigation bar at the top doesn’t have dark theme I think that those that would prefer dark theme as their option would get more from the accessibility benefit far more than any finesse in the navigation bar. First time visitors would still see the forum design with the custom nav bar in all its original glory … ---
**Author:** ![michalborkowski96](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/michalborkowski96/32/36566_2.png) [@michalborkowski96](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/michalborkowski96)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/8 "2022-05-24T06:44:00Z")
> Please make it user selectable, not the forum default. Yes, of course. > I think that those that would prefer dark theme as their option would get more from the accessibility benefit far more than any finesse in the navigation bar. I don’t agree, but even if I did, I don’t have the decision power to remove the navbar. I know that the navbar is problematic, and it’s not very popular, but it serves very important purpose of linking together different parts of The Things Network and The Things Industries. We realized at some point that the forum started to diverge from the rest of our web content. My personal opinion is that most communication issues between forum and TTI have roots in this divergence, where the forum exists in its own bubble. This is not sustainable long-term, and putting the navbar makes it a little bit smaller: people can now easily jump between different webpages of The Things Network and The Things Industries. ---
**Author:** ![joepeaches](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/joepeaches/32/41974_2.png) [@joepeaches](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/joepeaches)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/9 "2022-05-28T10:11:34Z")
Thank you for looking into this! ---
**Author:** ![michalborkowski96](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/michalborkowski96/32/36566_2.png) [@michalborkowski96](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/michalborkowski96)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/10 "2022-05-31T13:05:04Z")
You should be able to choose dark theme now. If something doesn’t work, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Johan\_Scheepers](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/johan_scheepers/32/46550_2.png) [@Johan\_Scheepers](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/Johan_Scheepers)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/11 "2022-05-31T13:45:57Z")
We are now at the dark side 😃 ![image](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/uploads/default/original/3X/d/8/d8af4d8f1e8466619e025ddbd92803eb913c263d.png) ---
**Author:** ![joepeaches](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/joepeaches/32/41974_2.png) [@joepeaches](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/joepeaches)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/12 "2022-06-06T03:09:38Z")
Thank you, works great! ---
**Author:** ![nbogdan](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/nbogdan/32/35697_2.png) [@nbogdan](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/nbogdan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/dark-theme/57139/13 "2022-07-15T18:52:28Z")
Thanks for the dark theme. Enabled. 👍