Cloning Google Font's Light/Dark Mode Toggle
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2021-07-06

Not too long ago, someone asked me if I could clone the Google Font theme toggle button, and after looking at it, it looked like a lot of fun to try and do, so I took on the challenge!

🔗 Links 
✅ Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/
✅ My finished code: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/PomqjxO

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Getting everything ready
03:14 - Setting the stage with CSS
07:08 - Adding custom properties
10:36 - Changing the theme on click
15:01 - Changing the aria-label on click
18:04 - adding the tooltip
23:22 - Animating the tooltip
27:27 - Animating the icon
35:06 - Changing the icon on page load
40:48 - Adding the pulse animation
50:00 - Using focus-visible to improve the tooltip

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