systemAppearance

Type

property

Summary

Determins if the system appearance is dark or light mode.

Syntax

get the systemAppearance

Description

The systemAppearance property returns either "dark" or "light" depending on whether the application is running in a dark mode context or not. On windows and linux the property will return "light".

Examples

if the systemAppearance is "dark" then
    set the backColor of me to "black"
    set the foreColor of me to "white"
else
    set the backColor of me to "white"
    set the foreColor of me to "black"
end if

Related

message: systemAppearanceChanged

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 9.6

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

web

Platforms

desktop

mobile