Toggle dark theme in Angular Material
Dharmen Shah
Posted on September 24, 2023
In one of our previous articles, we saw how to lazy load a dark theme. If you haven't already, please check it first:
Save some bytes when using multiple themes in angular material components
Dharmen Shah for Angular Material Dev ・ Sep 17 '23
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Now, to load the "dark-theme.css" based on user's choice, we will create a simple service called "StyleManager":
// style-manager.service.ts
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
export class StyleManager {
isDark = false;
toggleDarkTheme() {
if (this.isDark) {
this.removeStyle('dark-theme');
document.body.classList.remove('dark-theme');
this.isDark = false;
} else {
const href = 'dark-theme.css';
getLinkElementForKey('dark-theme').setAttribute('href', href);
document.body.classList.add('dark-theme');
this.isDark = true;
}
}
removeStyle(key: string) {
const existingLinkElement = getExistingLinkElementByKey(key);
if (existingLinkElement) {
document.head.removeChild(existingLinkElement);
}
}
}
function getLinkElementForKey(key: string) {
return getExistingLinkElementByKey(key) || createLinkElementWithKey(key);
}
function getExistingLinkElementByKey(key: string) {
return document.head.querySelector(
`link[rel="stylesheet"].${getClassNameForKey(key)}`
);
}
function createLinkElementWithKey(key: string) {
const linkEl = document.createElement('link');
linkEl.setAttribute('rel', 'stylesheet');
linkEl.classList.add(getClassNameForKey(key));
document.head.appendChild(linkEl);
return linkEl;
}
function getClassNameForKey(key: string) {
return `style-manager-${key}`;
}
Then you can inject the "StyleManager" service, and call "toggleDarkTheme" whenever you want!
// src/app/app.component.ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { StyleManager } from './services/style-manager.service';
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
title = 'my-app';
isDark = this.styleManager.isDark;
private styleManager = inject(StyleManager);
toggleDarkTheme() {
this.styleManager.toggleDarkTheme();
this.isDark = !this.isDark;
}
}
That's it!!! For more information, read full article at:
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Dharmen Shah
Posted on September 24, 2023
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