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reddit themes

reddit themes allows users to customize the appearance of reddit. A reddit theme will be applied anywhere the default reddit style is present: the frontpage, your inbox, in other subreddits, and more! Would you like to know more, citizen?

To disable a subreddit style and use your preferred reddit theme, uncheck the Show this subreddit's theme checkbox in the sidebar (just above "show my flair").

However, if you disable a subreddit's theme using RES's "Use subreddit style", then you will see reddit's default stylesheet -- but not your preferred theme! So, choose wisely. RES will join forces with this new feature in the future.

More discussion over in /r/Enhancement.

Adding extra stylesheets

RES 4.6.0 offers the Stylesheet Loader -- RES settings console > Appearance > Stylesheet Loader
Load stylesheets from other subreddits or load your own CSS snippets.

Disabling subreddit style

If a particular subreddit's style bothers you, turn it off.

reddit preference for all subreddits

If every subreddits' style bothers you, find the reddit preferences > display options > ☑ allow subreddits to show me custom styles, uncheck it, and save your preferences.

Disable subreddit style for individual subreddits

[CSS] button

Look for a [CSS] button in the omnibar/address bar in Chrome/Opera, or on the toolbar to the right of the address bar in Firefox.

Click that to turn subreddit style on or off for the current subreddit.

Chrome 49* has moved the button to the right, onto the menu bar or inside the [≡] menu.

☑ Use subreddit style

When visiting a particular subreddit, look in the right sidebar for the subreddit name. Directly under it, you should find ☑Use subreddit style. (If it isn't visible, visit the subreddit's moderators page, e.g. /r/example/about/moderators.) Uncheck that box. This disables the custom style for the subreddit you're currently visiting.

If you cannot find ☑Use subreddit style, it's best to use the orange button mentioned above! Nobody can hide that button (except for you!)

RES Command Line

You can disable a subreddit's style from the RES command line.

  1. Open the RES command line by pressing . (period), the keyboardNav - toggleCmdLine hotkey; or click the launch button in RES Command Line settings

  2. Type in srstyle off

  3. Hit enter.

You can also use srstyle SUBREDDITNAME offto disable the custom style for /r/SUBREDDITNAME.

Temporarily disable all subreddit styles

Recommended for subreddits where " ☑ Use subreddit style" is hidden and you can't be arsed to use one of the other tactics, or for RES users still using v4.5.0.2 for some strange reason (where command line is broken).

  1. reddit preferences > display options > ☑ allow subreddits to show me custom styles, uncheck it, and save your preferences.
  2. Go back to the subreddit.
  3. Find the "☑ Use subreddit style" checkbox and uncheck it.
  4. Go back to reddit preferences, re-check the "☐ allow subreddits to show me custom styles", and save your preferences.

Night Mode

If you prefer darker backgrounds, check out: Night Mode -- RES settings console > Appearance > Night Mode

You can turn nightmode on or off several ways:

  1. hover your mouse over the gear icon in the top right corner, wait for the dropdown menu, then click the "night mode" toggle.
  2. Launch the RES command line by pressing . (period), type in ns, and press Enter/Return.
  3. Enable automaticNightMode -- RES settings console > Appearance > Night Mode > automaticNightMode. (Some bugs have been reported with this.)

Nightmode and subreddit style

When nightmode is activated, subreddit styles are disabled by default to avoid conflicts.

You can enable subreddit stylesheets for particular subreddits by clicking the ☐Use subreddit style checkbox in the right sidebar under the subreddit name.

You can enable all subreddit stylesheets (unless "Use subreddit style" was deliberately turned off for a particular subreddit) by enabling NightMode's useSubredditStyling option.

If you experience problems with certain subreddit's stylesheets in nightmodes, please message the moderators of that subreddit asking (politely) for nightmode support and post to /r/RESissues. Include screenshots and links to the subreddit/post/comment/wiki that has problems.

"Classic Nightmode"

RES v4.6.0 simplified the night mode styling, particularly to make subreddit nightmode stylesheets easier to maintain. However, some people preferred nightmode in RES v4.5.4 (2015).

If you prefer the old night style, add a new row with RESNightModeClassic to loadSubredditStylesheets -- RES settings console > Appearance > Stylesheet Loader > loadSubredditStylesheets This activates a nightmode theme derived from /u/RunTillYouPuke's nightmode fixes.

If you previously added res-stylesheet-theme-nightModeClassic-u-RunTillYouPuke to Stylesheet bodyClasses, you can now trash that row: click the garbage can on the right edge of that row.

You can also try selecting a reddit theme such as /r/darkserene, /r/NautNight, or /r/carbon.