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Auto Dark Mode for Windows
- mmwelt 1y agoA very similar function was just added to Microsoft PowerToys 0.95 recently, called Light Switch[1]. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but basically does the same task, including switching modes automatically based on sunrise and sunset times. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/light-switch https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/light-sw...
- mrkramer 1y agoI had similar idea of changing my PC's brightness according to the time of the day. It probably could've been implemented pretty easily using Windows API and some little hacking.
- sodaclean 1y agoLook at (Monitorian)[https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian] for that.
- lousken 1y agoIt's honestly surprising that it took this long even on KDE. I was switching themes automatically for years with a preference setting in f.lux. Every app on system preference, dark reader as well.
- gabrielsroka 1y agoYears ago, I wrote a very stripped-down version in a few lines of PowerShell. I'll upload it when I get home.
- lostmsu 1y agoI did the same just a few days ago based on webcam, 26 lines of PowerShell. See https://gist.github.com/lostmsu/cde4a8578d8e0ea1182f579f44bd4523 https://gist.github.com/lostmsu/cde4a8578d8e0ea1182f579f44bd...
- gabrielsroka 1y agomy minimal powershell code $old = -1 while ($true) { $d = Get-Date $hour = $d.Hour if ($hour -ge 6 -and $hour -lt 19) { $light = 1 } else { $light = 0 } if ($old -ne $light) { Set-ItemProperty HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize AppsUseLightTheme $light $old = $light echo $light $d } sleep -Seconds 2 }
- BoredPositron 1y agoDoes it really matter if 60% of system dialogs are still a flash bang?
- xaxaxb 1y agoAre you on Windows 11?
- BoredPositron 1y agoThey fixed the copy dialogs now but it's still not a full dark mode.
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- xaxaxb 1y agoThat's true tho