Framer Update: Light & Dark Mode | Summary and Q&A

TL;DR

Framer introduces color styles with theming support, allowing users to easily design websites that match the appearance settings of their device or operating system.

Key Insights

• 🎨 The new color styles with theming support in Framer allow designers to create a color palette for both light and dark modes, ensuring websites match the appearance settings of the user's device or operating system.
• 🏠 Designers can use the new color styles to create both light and dark mode versions of a blog template, making it easy to switch between the two and ensuring a consistent design across the site.
• 🎛️ The redesigned UI in Framer places color styles front and center, making it easier for designers to customize colors while keeping the picker open.
• 🌗 Color styles can be defined with different values for light and dark mode, allowing for a single color style to have unique versions for each mode.
• 🔣 Color styles can be used not only for fills but also within textiles, allowing for consistent text colors across different modes.
• ⚡️ Color styles can be used within effects, enabling designers to easily animate the fill property of layers to a color style with different values for light and dark mode.
• ✨ The assets panel in Framer has been improved, making it easier to differentiate between textiles and link styles, and allowing designers to create, edit, and customize color styles directly within the panel.
• 🌙 The new toggle icon in the canvas toolbar allows designers to quickly switch between dark and light mode, updating all color styles to their respective themes and providing an instant preview of the website's appearance in each mode.

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Questions & Answers

Q: How does Color Styles with Theming in Framer help in designing websites for different modes?

Color Styles with Theming in Framer allows users to easily define a color palette for both light and dark modes, ensuring websites match the appearance settings of the device or operating system. This feature enables designers to create a seamless visual experience across different modes without the need for extensive customization.

Q: Can Color Styles with Theming be used in animations?

Yes, Color Styles with Theming can be used in animations and effects within Framer. Users can animate the Fill property to a color style with different themes, allowing for smooth transitions between light and dark mode in interactive elements.

Q: How has the assets panel in Framer been improved?

The assets panel in Framer has been updated to make it easier to differentiate textiles, link styles, and color styles. Users can now find all their color styles within the assets panel, allowing for quick access and customization. Additionally, color styles can be created, edited, or deleted directly from the Styles menu.

Q: How does the new toggle icon in the canvas toolbar work?

The new toggle icon in the canvas toolbar allows users to switch between dark and light mode. This not only changes the app UI but also updates all color styles to their matching theme. It provides a convenient way to preview how a website will look in each respective theme without the need to preview or publish. Even outside of web pages, the canvas can be designed to work well in both dark and light mode.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Framer has introduced a new feature called Color Styles with Theming, allowing users to define a color palette for both light and dark modes.

• Designing websites with matching appearance settings is made easier by using these color styles throughout the entire project, including animations and effects.

• The assets panel in Framer has also been enhanced, making it easier to differentiate textiles, link styles, and color styles.