Make WhatsApp follow the system theme

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David Heinemeier Hansson
2026-08-01 12:53:30 -07:00
parent 66427571bc
commit 3d59f9127e
3 changed files with 39 additions and 3 deletions
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{
"manifest_version": 3,
"name": "WhatsApp Slim",
"version": "1.0",
"description": "Collapse WhatsApp Web's chat list to an avatar rail in narrow windows, this extension is installed by Omarchy",
"version": "1.1",
"description": "Make WhatsApp Web follow the system theme and collapse its chat list in narrow windows, this extension is installed by Omarchy",
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["https://web.whatsapp.com/*"],
"css": ["whatsapp.css"]
"css": ["whatsapp.css"],
"js": ["system-theme.js"],
"run_at": "document_start"
}
]
}
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if (localStorage.getItem("system-theme-mode") !== "true") {
localStorage.setItem("system-theme-mode", "true");
location.reload();
}
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#!/bin/bash
source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/base-test.sh"
require_command jq
require_command node
EXT_DIR="$ROOT/default/chromium/extensions/whatsapp-slim"
jq -e '
.content_scripts[0].js == ["system-theme.js"] and
.content_scripts[0].run_at == "document_start"
' "$EXT_DIR/manifest.json" >/dev/null || fail "WhatsApp enables system theming before startup"
mode=$(node - "$EXT_DIR/system-theme.js" <<'JS'
const fs = require("fs")
const values = new Map()
let reloaded = false
global.localStorage = {
getItem: key => values.get(key),
setItem: (key, value) => values.set(key, value),
}
global.location = { reload: () => { reloaded = true } }
eval(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], "utf8"))
process.stdout.write(`${values.get("system-theme-mode")}:${reloaded}`)
JS
)
[[ $mode == "true:true" ]] || fail "WhatsApp selects its system theme mode" "$mode"
pass "WhatsApp follows the system theme through its existing slim extension"