Use of a --theme argument for more flexibility

Added possibility to set the theme (light or dark)

javascript/ui.js

 // various functions for interation with ui.py not large enough to warrant putting them in separate files
 
-function go_dark_mode(){
+function set_theme(theme){
     gradioURL = window.location.href
-    if (!gradioURL.endsWith('?__theme=dark')) {
-      window.location.replace(gradioURL + '?__theme=dark');
+    if (!gradioURL.includes('?__theme=')) {
+      window.location.replace(gradioURL + '?__theme=' + theme);
     }
 }
 

modules/shared.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--gradio-img2img-tool", type=str, help='gradio image upload
 parser.add_argument("--opt-channelslast", action='store_true', help="change memory type for stable diffusion to channels last")
 parser.add_argument("--styles-file", type=str, help="filename to use for styles", default=os.path.join(script_path, 'styles.csv'))
 parser.add_argument("--autolaunch", action='store_true', help="open the webui URL in the system's default browser upon launch", default=False)
-parser.add_argument("--dark-mode", action='store_true', help="launches the UI in dark mode", default=False)
+parser.add_argument("--theme", type=str, help="launches the UI with light or dark theme", default=None)
 parser.add_argument("--use-textbox-seed", action='store_true', help="use textbox for seeds in UI (no up/down, but possible to input long seeds)", default=False)
 parser.add_argument("--disable-console-progressbars", action='store_true', help="do not output progressbars to console", default=False)
 parser.add_argument("--enable-console-prompts", action='store_true', help="print prompts to console when generating with txt2img and img2img", default=False)

modules/ui.py

@@ -1783,8 +1783,8 @@ for filename in sorted(os.listdir(jsdir)):
     with open(os.path.join(jsdir, filename), "r", encoding="utf8") as jsfile:
         javascript += f"\n<script>{jsfile.read()}</script>"
 
-if cmd_opts.dark_mode:
-    javascript += "\n<script>go_dark_mode();</script>\n"
+if cmd_opts.theme is not None:
+    javascript += f"\n<script>set_theme('{cmd_opts.theme}');</script>\n"
 
 if 'gradio_routes_templates_response' not in globals():
     def template_response(*args, **kwargs):