---
title: "How to Create Animated Toggle Switches with Just CSS and Implement a Dark Mode Feature"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-animated-toggle-switches-with-just-css-and-implement-a-dark-mode-feature-nmb6suhv2
source_url: https://daveyhert.hashnode.dev/how-to-create-animated-toggle-switches-with-just-css-and-implement-a-dark-mode-feature
type: article
source: "Hashnode"
author: "David Herbert"
published: 2021-10-17T02:19:11.521Z
updated: 2021-10-17T14:37:47.809Z
tags: ["css"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 39
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# How to Create Animated Toggle Switches with Just CSS and Implement a Dark Mode Feature

**[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@daveyhert](https://daily.dev/daveyhert) · 12 min read · 39 upvotes · 6 comments

## Summary

In this article, we'll learn how to make a toggle switch with just CSS. We'll also learn how a pseudo-element is used to inject content into a page. The end result will give you the ability to change a website's theme from a light to a dark mode.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://daveyhert.hashnode.dev/how-to-create-animated-toggle-switches-with-just-css-and-implement-a-dark-mode-feature>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ignusg** · 3 upvotes

> Well done. Doesn’t forgo semantic syntax, CSS only and keeps the element accessible while looking pretty.

**@ben44** · 2 upvotes

> Thank you for this simple and clear article, very interesting.

**@nimishjn** · 2 upvotes

> Much needed

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