You can add an event-listener with callback on the MediaQueryList
returned by Window.matchMedia():
function activateDarkMode() {
// set style to dark
}
// MediaQueryList
const darkModePreference = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)");
// recommended method for newer browsers: specify event-type as first argument
darkModePreference.addEventListener("change", e => e.matches && activateDarkMode());
// deprecated method for backward compatibility
darkModePreference.addListener(e => e.matches && activateDarkMode());
Note:
There are two method versions to register an event-listener:
- the recommended
addEventListener("change", listener))
which allows more fine-grained assignment to event-types - the deprecated
addListener(listener)
See also
Thanks to lukaszpolowczyk for pointing out that method addListener(listener)
has become deprecated and to AsukaSong for initiating a complete rewrite of this answer.