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Add a shortcut to switch appearance mode (light/dark)

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#2,927 opened on Jun 24, 2024

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Description

Description

A shortcut to switch appearance mode (light/dark)

Who's implementing?

  • I'm willing to implement this feature myself

The problem

I'm always frustrated when daylight change happens.

Then I need to travel a long way of:

  1. "Customize and control Chromium" three dots button
  2. Settings
  3. Appearance
  4. "Mode" drop-down menu
  5. Close settings tab

Possible solutions

Add a switch button to the taskbar among the others, like "Extensions", not-useful-at-all-and-could-be-removed-replaced "Enable featured experiments" and three dots "Customize and control Chromium" buttons.

Alternatives

Installing an untrustworthy extension.

Additional context

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Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate Chromium's theme settings and shortcut registration. Look for existing code that handles light/dark mode and how keyboard shortcuts are added (e.g., in chrome/browser/ui/views/). Start by reading the Chromium documentation on contributing UI changes.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
C++Chromium development environment
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30