Chameleon
Chameleon is an extension that changes the theme to a light or a dark one
based on day/night hours provided in the settings or by calculating sunset/sunrise
based on latitude and longitude provided in the settings.
Features
- Change light/dark themes based on provided hours
- Auto calculate the hours based on latitude/longitutde
Requirements
None
Extension Settings
chameleon.lightTheme: Light theme to be used during the daychameleon.darkTheme: Dark theme to be used during the nightchameleon.day: A number representing the start of the day (24h format)chameleon.night: A number representing the start of the night (24h format)chameleon.latitude: Latitude of your positionchameleon.longitude: Longitude of your position
Notes
When latitude and longitude are set chameleon.day and chameleon.night
have a number of options that can be set to get different hours,
see below the available options and their meaning.
| Property |
Description |
sunrise |
sunrise (top edge of the sun appears on the horizon) |
sunriseEnd |
sunrise ends (bottom edge of the sun touches the horizon) |
goldenHourEnd |
morning golden hour (soft light, best time for photography) ends |
solarNoon |
solar noon (sun is in the highest position) |
goldenHour |
evening golden hour starts |
sunsetStart |
sunset starts (bottom edge of the sun touches the horizon) |
sunset |
sunset (sun disappears below the horizon, evening civil twilight starts) |
dusk |
dusk (evening nautical twilight starts) |
nauticalDusk |
nautical dusk (evening astronomical twilight starts) |
night |
night starts (dark enough for astronomical observations) |
nadir |
nadir (darkest moment of the night, sun is in the lowest position) |
nightEnd |
night ends (morning astronomical twilight starts) |
nauticalDawn |
nautical dawn (morning nautical twilight starts) |
dawn |
dawn (morning nautical twilight ends, morning civil twilight starts) |
Example Configurations
Manual hours
{
....
"chameleon.darkTheme": "...",
"chameleon.lightTheme": "...",
"chameleon.day": 8,
"chameleon.night": 20
....
}
Calculated hours
{
....
"chameleon.darkTheme": "...",
"chameleon.lightTheme": "...",
"chameleon.latitude": 44.426767,
"chameleon.longitude": 26.102538
....
}
Calculated hours with overriden night hour
{
....
"chameleon.darkTheme": "...",
"chameleon.lightTheme": "...",
"chameleon.latitude": 44.426767,
"chameleon.longitude": 26.102538,
"chameleon.night": 20
....
}
Release Notes
1.1.0
- Removed
chameleon.time option
- The time is automatically calulated whenever you have set the
chameleon.latitude and chameleon.longitude options.
- You can now override the automatically calculated hours by setting
chameleon.day or chameleon.night to your preferred hours
(e.g. have day hour be at sunrise and night hour be at 17 or any other hour)
1.0.0
Initial release!
