fix css variables not updating correctly when system theme changes

Author: Onatcer

resources/js/Components/Common/Reporting/ReportingChart.vue

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
     TooltipComponent,
 } from 'echarts/components';
 import type { AggregatedTimeEntries, Organization } from '@/packages/api/src';
-import { useCssVar } from '@vueuse/core';
+import { useCssVariable } from '@/utils/useCssVariable';
 
 use([
     CanvasRenderer,
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ const xAxisLabels = computed(() => {
         formatDate(el.key ?? '', organization?.value?.date_format)
     );
 });
-const accentColor = useCssVar('--theme-color-chart', null, { observe: true });
-const labelColor = useCssVar('--color-text-secondary', null, { observe: true });
+const accentColor = useCssVariable('--theme-color-chart');
+const labelColor = useCssVariable('--color-text-secondary');
+const markLineColor = useCssVariable('--color-border-secondary');
+const splitLineColor = useCssVariable('--color-border-tertiary');
 
 const seriesData = computed(() => {
     return props?.groupedData?.map((el) => {
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ const option = computed(() => ({
         data: xAxisLabels.value,
         markLine: {
             lineStyle: {
-                color: 'rgba(125,156,188,0.1)',
+                color: markLineColor.value,
                 type: 'dashed',
             },
         },
@@ -135,9 +137,13 @@ const option = computed(() => ({
     },
     yAxis: {
         type: 'value',
+        axisLabel: {
+            color: labelColor.value,
+            fontFamily: 'Outfit, sans-serif',
+        },
         splitLine: {
             lineStyle: {
-                color: 'rgba(125,156,188,0.2)', // Set desired color here
+                color: splitLineColor.value,
             },
         },
     },

resources/js/Components/Common/Reporting/ReportingPieChart.vue

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     TooltipComponent,
 } from 'echarts/components';
 import { formatHumanReadableDuration } from '@/packages/ui/src/utils/time';
-import { useCssVar } from '@vueuse/core';
+import { useCssVariable } from '@/utils/useCssVariable';
 import type { Organization } from '@/packages/api/src';
 
 use([
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type ReportingChartDataEntry = {
 const props = defineProps<{
     data: ReportingChartDataEntry | null;
 }>();
-const labelColor = useCssVar('--color-text-secondary', null, { observe: true });
+const labelColor = useCssVariable('--color-text-secondary');
 
 const seriesData = computed(() => {
     return props.data?.map((el) => {

resources/js/Components/Dashboard/ActivityGraphCard.vue

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
     formatHumanReadableDuration,
     getDayJsInstance,
 } from '@/packages/ui/src/utils/time';
-import { useCssVar } from '@vueuse/core';
+import { useCssVariable } from '@/utils/useCssVariable';
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/vue-query';
 import { getCurrentOrganizationId } from '@/utils/useUser';
 import { api, type Organization } from '@/packages/api/src';
@@ -64,12 +64,9 @@ const max = computed(() => {
     }
 });
 
-const backgroundColor = useCssVar('--color-card-background', null, {
-    observe: true,
-});
-const itemBackgroundColor = useCssVar('--color-bg-tertiary', null, {
-    observe: true,
-});
+const backgroundColor = useCssVariable('--theme-color-card-background');
+const itemBackgroundColor = useCssVariable('--color-bg-tertiary');
+const borderColor = useCssVariable('--color-border');
 
 const option = computed(() => {
     return {
@@ -120,7 +117,7 @@ const option = computed(() => {
                 [],
             itemStyle: {
                 borderRadius: 5,
-                borderColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.05)',
+                borderColor: borderColor.value,
                 borderWidth: 1,
             },
             tooltip: {

resources/js/Components/Dashboard/DayOverviewCardChart.vue

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import VChart from 'vue-echarts';
-import { computed, ref } from 'vue';
-import { useCssVar } from '@vueuse/core';
+import { computed } from 'vue';
+import { useCssVariable } from '@/utils/useCssVariable';
 
 const props = defineProps<{
     history: number[];
 }>();
 
-const accentColor = useCssVar('--theme-color-chart', null, { observe: true });
+const accentColor = useCssVariable('--theme-color-chart');
+const markLineColor = useCssVariable('--color-border-secondary');
 
 const seriesData = computed(() => props.history.map((el) => {
     return {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ const seriesData = computed(() => props.history.map((el) => {
         },
     };
 }));
-const option = ref({
+const option = computed(() => ({
     grid: {
         top: 0,
         right: 0,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const option = ref({
         data: ['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'],
         markLine: {
             lineStyle: {
-                color: 'rgba(125,156,188,0.1)',
+                color: markLineColor.value,
                 type: 'dashed',
             },
         },
@@ -66,11 +67,11 @@ const option = ref({
     },
     series: [
         {
-            data: seriesData,
+            data: seriesData.value,
             type: 'bar',
         },
     ],
-});
+}));
 </script>
 
 <template>

resources/js/Components/Dashboard/ProjectsChartCard.vue

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     TooltipComponent,
 } from 'echarts/components';
 import { formatHumanReadableDuration } from '@/packages/ui/src/utils/time';
-import { useCssVar } from "@vueuse/core";
+import { useCssVariable } from '@/utils/useCssVariable';
 import type { Organization } from "@/packages/api/src";
 
 use([
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use([
 ]);
 
 provide(THEME_KEY, 'dark');
-const labelColor = useCssVar('--color-text-secondary', null, { observe: true });
+const labelColor = useCssVariable('--color-text-secondary');
 
 const props = defineProps<{
     weeklyProjectOverview: {

resources/js/Components/Dashboard/ThisWeekOverview.vue

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import ProjectsChartCard from '@/Components/Dashboard/ProjectsChartCard.vue';
 import { formatHumanReadableDuration } from '@/packages/ui/src/utils/time';
 import { formatCents } from '@/packages/ui/src/utils/money';
 import { getWeekStart } from '@/packages/ui/src/utils/settings';
-import { useCssVar } from '@vueuse/core';
+import { useCssVariable } from '@/utils/useCssVariable';
 import { getOrganizationCurrencyString } from '@/utils/money';
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/vue-query';
 import { getCurrentOrganizationId } from '@/utils/useUser';
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const weekdays = computed(() => {
     }
 });
 
-const accentColor = useCssVar('--theme-color-chart', null, { observe: true });
+const accentColor = useCssVariable('--theme-color-chart');
 
 // Get the organization ID using the utility function
 const organizationId = computed(() => getCurrentOrganizationId());
@@ -176,10 +176,8 @@ const seriesData = computed(() => {
     });
 });
 
-const markLineColor = useCssVar('--color-border-secondary', null, {
-    observe: true,
-});
-const labelColor = useCssVar('--color-text-secondary', null, { observe: true });
+const markLineColor = useCssVariable('--color-border-secondary');
+const labelColor = useCssVariable('--color-text-secondary');
 const option = computed(() => {
     return {
         tooltip: {
@@ -215,6 +213,10 @@ const option = computed(() => {
         },
         yAxis: {
             type: 'value',
+            axisLabel: {
+                color: labelColor.value,
+                fontFamily: 'Outfit, sans-serif',
+            },
             splitLine: {
                 lineStyle: {
                     color: markLineColor.value,

resources/js/utils/theme.ts

@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@ import { computed, watch } from "vue";
 
 type themeOption = "system" | "light" | "dark";
 const themeSetting = useStorage<themeOption>("theme", "system");
-// reload page when themeSettingChanges
-watch(
-    themeSetting,
-    () => {
-        location.reload();
-    }
-)
 const preferredColor = usePreferredColorScheme();
 const theme = computed(() => {
     if(themeSetting.value === "system"){

resources/js/utils/useCssVariable.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { ref, onMounted, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
+
+export function useCssVariable(variableName: string) {
+  const value = ref('')
+  let observer: MutationObserver | null = null
+  let mediaQuery: MediaQueryList | null = null
+  
+  const updateValue = () => {
+    const computedStyle = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
+    const cssValue = computedStyle.getPropertyValue(variableName).trim()
+    value.value = cssValue
+  }
+  
+  onMounted(() => {
+    // Initialize with current value
+    updateValue()
+    
+    // Watch for class changes on document.documentElement (where theme classes are applied)
+    observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
+      mutations.forEach((mutation) => {
+        if (mutation.type === 'attributes' && mutation.attributeName === 'class') {
+          updateValue()
+        }
+      })
+    })
+    
+    observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+      attributes: true,
+      attributeFilter: ['class']
+    })
+    
+    // Also watch for system color scheme changes
+    if (window.matchMedia) {
+      mediaQuery = window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)')
+      mediaQuery.addEventListener('change', updateValue)
+    }
+  })
+  
+  onUnmounted(() => {
+    if (observer) {
+      observer.disconnect()
+    }
+    if (mediaQuery) {
+      mediaQuery.removeEventListener('change', updateValue)
+    }
+  })
+  
+  return value
+}