# Lab theme choice based on Mac OS system theme

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/lab-theme-choice-based-on-mac-os-system-theme/3889>\
**Category:** JupyterLab\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/lab-theme-choice-based-on-mac-os-system-theme/3889 "2020-04-06T00:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![banesullivan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/banesullivan/32/14118_2.png) [@banesullivan](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/banesullivan)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/lab-theme-choice-based-on-mac-os-system-theme/3889/1 "2020-04-06T00:50:20Z")

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Is it possible to have Jupyter Lab automatically detect the system theme on Mac OS and switch between light/dark?

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**Author:** ![vidartf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/vidartf/32/300_2.png) [@vidartf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/vidartf)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/lab-theme-choice-based-on-mac-os-system-theme/3889/2 "2020-04-06T13:20:22Z")

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There was talk recently in a lab dev meeting about this. This isn’t currently supported, but it is something we want to add support for.