Dark mode
As requested from many – whether as personal preference or for making the Panel more accessible with certain sight conditions – you are able to activate a dark theme for the Panel from your account view in Kirby 5.
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Enable/disable dark theme
Each Panel user can set their Panel theme from the theme dropdown in the account view: whether to always run that Panel with a light or dark theme - or to follow the OS setting.
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