Solving Theme Inconsistencies in React, Remix, NextJS Handling Dark Mode with TailwindCSS

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Ok you added you theme, as well but the issue is your style are not working when the color theme of system is light mode, and then if you change your application to dark it might not work properly.

If you haven't used the theme checkout https://tailwindcss.com/docs/dark-mode for implementing in your application.

The issue arises because the system's color scheme can interfere with the theme you set in your application. When your system is in light mode, and you change your application to dark mode, the system's color scheme might override your styles if you don't explicitly set the color-scheme meta tag. This meta tag ensures that the browser respects your chosen theme, rather than deferring to the system's color scheme. Without it, the browser might still apply light mode styles, even when your application is set to dark mode, leading to inconsistencies in the appearance.

<meta name="color-scheme" content={theme === 'light' ? 'light' : 'dark'} />

You explicitly inform the browser which color scheme to use, preventing the system theme from interfering with your app's theme settings.

export async function loader({ request, context }: LoaderFunctionArgs) {
const { getTheme } = await themeSessionResolver(request);
return defer({
theme: getTheme(),
});
}

Now let's implement the app component,

export function App() {
const data = useLoaderData<typeof loader>();
const [theme] = useTheme();
return (
<html lang="en" className={clsx(theme)}>
<head>
<meta charSet="UTF-8" />
<Meta />
<Links />
<PreventFlashOnWrongTheme ssrTheme={Boolean(data.theme)} />
</head>
<body>
<Outlet />
<ScrollToTopButton />
<Scripts />
</body>
</html>
);
}

If you do so, it won't work properly, like if you are in the light mode and you change the theme to dark, your styling will not be working properly. To resolve this issue you need to use the meta tag of color-scheme.

<meta name="color-scheme" content={theme === 'light' ? 'light' : 'dark'} />

You can also checkout https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/dark-mode/remix if you are using shadcn ui in your application.







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