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Add ability to default to dark mode when users prefer it #8874

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Problems

  • When using an app with two themes, it defaults to the light theme even though the user has a system preference for dark theme
  • When developers change the theme, if a user has used the theme toggle in the past, they won't get the theme change
  • Themes must be serializable to JSON to use the ToggleThemeButton, which forbids themes with functions

Solution

  • If the developer specifies an <Admin darkTheme> prop, and a user prefers dark mode, the app defaults to dark mode
  • The useTheme hook now saves a theme mode ('light' or 'dark') in the preferences rather than a theme object
  • <ToggleThemeButton> no longer needs theme props

The solution is made backwards compatible by keeping the old <ToggleThemeButton>.

Example

// in src/MyAppBar.js
import { AppBar, TitlePortal, ToggleThemeButton } from 'react-admin';

export const MyAppBar = () => (
    <AppBar>
        <TitlePortal />
        <ToggleThemeButton />
    </AppBar>>
);

// in src/App.js
import { Admin, Layout } from 'react-admin';
import { MyAppBar } from './MyAppBar';
import { darkTheme, lightTheme } from './themes';

const MyLayout = (props) => <Layout {...props} appBar={MyAppBar} />;

const App = () => (
    <Admin
        dataProvider={dataProvider}
        layout={MyLayout} 
        theme={lightTheme}
        darkTheme={darkTheme}
    >
        ...
    </Admin>
);

Closes #8670

  • Add <Admin darkTheme> prop
  • Add <Admin defaultToLighTheme> prop
  • Create ThemesContext
  • Update <ToggleThemeButton> to use it
  • Update the AppBar to display the <ToggleThemeButton> by default when a dark mode is defined
  • Use a media query to default to the user preferred theme
  • Make it backwards compatible
  • Write documentation
  • Add tests
  • Use the <ToggleThemeButton> in one of our demos (ecommerce)

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I moved and rewrote a lot of things in there. Best to read the new version rather than read the diff.

return (
<CoreAdminContext {...rest}>
<ThemeProvider theme={theme}>{children}</ThemeProvider>
<ThemesContext.Provider
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I'm not fond of this syntax (ThemesContextProvider wraps ThemeProvider), but it's a good way to make the whole change backwards compatible.

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Add a fixme in v5?

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I think the existing FIXMEs introduced in this PR will suffice

@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ const theme = createTheme({

declare module '@mui/material/styles' {
interface Palette {
userDefined: PaletteColor;
userDefined?: PaletteColor;
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This was making TS compilation fail in other tests

@fzaninotto fzaninotto added the RFR Ready For Review label May 7, 2023
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Switching to RFR

@djhi djhi removed the WIP Work In Progress label May 9, 2023
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Looks good!

return (
<CoreAdminContext {...rest}>
<ThemeProvider theme={theme}>{children}</ThemeProvider>
<ThemesContext.Provider
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Add a fixme in v5?

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export interface ThemesContextValue {
darkTheme?: RaThemeOptions;
lightTheme?: RaThemeOptions;
defaultToLightTheme?: boolean;
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Why no a defaultTheme instead, allowing you to default to the dark theme if you want?

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👍 You're right, it's better. Added in the next commit.

@djhi djhi added this to the 4.11.0 milestone May 9, 2023
@djhi djhi merged commit 906af62 into next May 9, 2023
@djhi djhi deleted the theme-dark-mode branch May 9, 2023 12:28
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