A simple script to add the mkdocs material sponsors only system theme feature

extra.js

/**
 * Set the data-md-color-scheme property on the body element to "slate" or "default"
 * depending on the browser's preferred color scheme.
 */
window
  .matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)")
  .addEventListener("change", function (e) {
    var colorScheme = "default";
    if (e.matches) {
      colorScheme = "slate";
    }
    document.body.setAttribute("data-md-color-scheme", colorScheme);
  });

Mkdocs-system-theme.md

Installation

Simply add the previous mkdocs configuration to your mkdocs.yml (only the palette field is important if you want your page to have a theme toggle button). Then, proceed to create a new file named extra.js in the same directory as the one mentioned in the mkdocs config file (extra_javascript field).

This is pretty much it, feel free to suggest any modifications by commenting on this gist.

mkdocs.yml

theme:
  name: material
  logo: img/logo.png
  favicon: img/favicon.ico
  palette:

   # Palette toggle for light mode
    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: light)"
      primary: teal
      scheme: default
      toggle:
        icon: octicons/sun-16
        name: Switch to dark mode

    # Palette toggle for dark mode
    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"
      primary: teal
      scheme: slate
      toggle:
        icon: octicons/moon-16
        name: Switch to light mode

extra_javascript:
  - js/extra.js