dark mode based by hours

[giulia]

Hi
could be added to enable dark mode in specific hours , for example from 9pm to 8am ?
could be a nice new feature

thanks

[Gral]

Could be even better to adjust to Sunrise/Sunset and astronomical/nautical/civil twilight.

[Usher]

2Gral
Could be even more better to observe solar eclipses and meteorological info about cloudy weather and storms ;-P
But they all are LOCAL data, based on geographic coordinates, which aren't normally available in PC.

On the contrary, date, time and time zone are set by PC user and provided GLOBALLY for all apps by the operation system.

[hi5]

A simple script/task to restart TC at specific times with a command line parameter (/M=) would already suffice - either automatically or ask user to confirm.

[Gral]

2Usher
Although there was some humor in my earlier post, I am not entirely against such a solution. However, take into account that the setting of the time zone and the country is in most cases completely sufficient for a relatively precise setting of twilight, but not sufficient for providing weather forecasts. (yeah i can see there's some irony here too)

[Gral]

A simple script/task to restart TC at specific times with a command line parameter (/M=) would already suffice - either automatically or ask user to confirm.

No need for restart - it's enough to send "cm_SwitchDarkmode" to TC at specific time e.g. by AHK script.

[Usher]

2Usher
However, take into account that the setting of the time zone and the country is in most cases completely sufficient for a relatively precise setting of twilight

No, it isn't. Neither in Poland nor in Chile, for example. It depends on latitude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Duration

Example in details:

• You can't observe civil white nights in Poland.
• In most northern regions of Poland you can observe nautical white nights for several summer days.
• Astronomical white nights can already be observed on the whole Poland territory. See this map and note dates: https://www.facebook.com/ZGlowaWGwiazdach/photos/a.393791834012704/3058654000859794/?type=3

[ghisler(Author)]

Could someone try the following tool:
https://github.com/Armin2208/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode

It allows to switch the Windows 10 dark mode at sunrise and sunset.
If it works well, it should be sufficient to set the dark mode option in Total Commander to
"Only when enabled for Windows 10 apps".

[giulia]

Could someone try the following tool:
https://github.com/Armin2208/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode

It allows to switch the Windows 10 dark mode at sunrise and sunset.
If it works well, it should be sufficient to set the dark mode option in Total Commander to
"Only when enabled for Windows 10 apps".

hi
yes ,but some users still run tc under windows 7 or windows 8
thanks

[hi5]

No need for restart - it's enough to send "cm_SwitchDarkmode" to TC at specific time e.g. by AHK script.

Indeed

[Thany]

There should be a setting that has three options:
* Dark mode
* Light mode
* Listen to OS setting, if OS has such setting

Option 3 is the default for most programs.

Also light mode should not be called Normal, because dark mode is nothing abnormal.

[petermad]

2Thany

* Listen to OS setting, if OS has such setting

I think that it is what the option at "Configuration" -> "Options..." -> "Color" -> "Dark mode" -> "Only when enabled for Windows 10 apps" does?

See: https://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/darkmodewin10.png

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, that's exactly the idea of that third option.

[Usher]

Also light mode should not be called Normal, because dark mode is nothing abnormal.

Wrong. There is no special light mode in TC. You can call default mode "standard", if you don't like "normal". You can also call it "classic" as some people still use color palettes similar to Norton Commander or DOS Navigator - and they definitely are NOT light.
What is more, by default some colors in TC dark mode are calculated basing on standard mode colors, which is NOT normal. Dark mode is a slave, standard mode is a master in this solution.

[ghisler(Author)]

It's not called "Light" because it uses the default theme, which may also be a custom dark theme installed by the user.