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Fixes #1069

Problem:

Previously, the documentation site had no dark/light theme toggle button in the navbar, and the site was hardcoded strictly to dark mode without any option to switch to a light theme.

Solution:

  • Added the Layer5 signature sun/moon morphing theme toggle button to the top navbar.
  • Enabled seamless switching between dark and light themes.
  • Added persistent theme state via localStorage with multi-tab synchronization.
  • Added early script in <head> to prevent FOUC (flash of unstyled content) on page load.
  • Removed hardcoded dark theme attributes from templates so components dynamically inherit the selected theme.
  • Added clean light mode styles across navbar, sidebar navigation, TOC, landing cards, tables, and search.

Before vs After

Before (Dark Theme / No Toggle Button) After (Theme Toggle Added & Light Theme Support)
After - Light Mode Before - Dark Mode

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a light/dark theme toggle in the navigation bar.
    • Theme preference is saved, restored automatically, and synchronized across browser tabs.
    • Added accessible labels, keyboard focus indicators, and sun/moon visual states.
    • Added separate logos for light and dark themes.
  • Style

    • Added comprehensive light-theme styling across navigation, content pages, dashboards, cards, tables, alerts, search controls, and other interface elements.
    • Improved dropdown alignment, user-menu presentation, colors, borders, icons, and hover states.
    • Enhanced code blocks, blockquotes, links, tables, alerts, and callouts for light mode.

Signed-off-by: Mayank Sharma <sharmamayank01010@gmail.com>
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The change adds persistent dark and light theme switching. It initializes theme attributes early, adds a navbar toggle with cross-tab synchronization, removes hardcoded dark-theme containers, and defines light-theme styles across the site.

Changes

Theme toggle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Theme initialization and template wiring
layouts/_default/baseof.html, layouts/partials/head.html, layouts/_default/content.html, layouts/docs/..., layouts/release/..., layouts/video/..., layouts/partials/navbar.html
The document initializes both theme attributes from stored preferences. Content and navigation shells no longer force the dark theme.
Navbar theme control
layouts/partials/navbar.html, assets/scss/_navbar_project.scss
The navbar adds a theme toggle, logo switching, persistence, accessible labels, keyboard focus styling, and cross-tab synchronization.
Light-theme visual rendering
assets/scss/_navbar_project.scss, assets/scss/_styles_project.scss, assets/scss/_landing_project.scss, assets/scss/_search_project.scss, layouts/shortcodes/ecosystem-box.html
Light-theme overrides cover navbar elements, app-switcher controls, page content, navigation, cards, tables, dashboards, landing pages, search, media, and pagination.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f104b

The PR adds theme switching and persistence, but unsupported saved theme values can leave users with an incorrect theme state, while some light-theme controls and link hovers have insufficient contrast. The change is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up on these bounded accessibility and persistence issues.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant NavbarThemeController
  participant LocalStorage
  participant DocumentRoot
  User->>NavbarThemeController: Click theme toggle
  NavbarThemeController->>LocalStorage: Store selected theme
  NavbarThemeController->>DocumentRoot: Set data-theme and data-bs-theme
  DocumentRoot-->>User: Render selected theme
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: adding a dark/light theme toggle.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR adds a navbar toggle, theme switching, persistent state, and light-theme styling required by issue #1069.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The styling, template, persistence, and initialization changes directly support the dark/light theme objective.
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Inline comments:
In `@assets/scss/_navbar_project.scss`:
- Around line 297-324: Update the light-theme .theme-toggle styles to use darker
icon and hover colors that meet the required contrast against the white navbar,
and replace the inherited focus-visible outline color with a sufficiently
contrasting color. Preserve the existing sizing, shadow, transform, and
interaction behavior.

Apply the same fix in `@assets/scss/_navbar_project.scss` around lines 273 - 310.

In `@assets/scss/_styles_project.scss`:
- Around line 1125-1134: Update the .td-search__input placeholder color in
.td-navbar .td-search to a darker value that meets WCAG 2.1 AA’s 4.5:1 contrast
requirement against `#f3f4f6`, such as `#4b5563`.

In `@layouts/partials/head.html`:
- Around line 40-43: Normalize theme values to only “dark” or “light” in
layouts/partials/head.html lines 40-43 before setting either document attribute,
falling back to the existing default for invalid persisted values. In
layouts/partials/navbar.html lines 395-429, update applyTheme to normalize
incoming values before setting attributes or persisting them.
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@MAYANKSHARMA01010 Can u share a screen recording that how this button works when clicking and how all things looks like in light mode, and can u also check how this button is behaving in the mobile view.

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@dhruveshmishra the light mode color are not set properly currently i am fixing the CSS of all the pages

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@MAYANKSHARMA01010 ohk , make sure to use meshery brand kit for the color selection

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Inline comments:
In `@assets/scss/_styles_project.scss`:
- Around line 891-896: Update the hover color in the link selector’s &:hover
rule to an AA-compliant darker color, such as `#007a6c`, achieving at least 4.5:1
contrast against the existing background while preserving the current hover
styling.

Apply the same fix in `@assets/scss/_navbar_project.scss` around lines 340 - 374:
Covers the light-theme toggle icon, hover, and focus contrast issue at the
navbar styles.
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