Learn to create a lights out for earth day script that uses light switch graphics and contrasting style sheets to allow the user to enter dark energy saving or dark theatre mode. You can choose to use dark overlays that disable all page content, or you can use this approach which darkens the page exactly the way you want and all page elements remain fully active.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link id="pagestyle" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="default.css">
<style type="text/css">
img#lightSwitch {
background:url(images/light_switch_down.jpg) no-repeat;
cursor:pointer;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var mode = "default";
function swapStyleSheet(){
var pagestyle = document.getElementById('pagestyle');
var lightSwitch = document.getElementById('lightSwitch');
if(mode == "default"){
pagestyle.setAttribute('href', 'dark.css');
lightSwitch.src = "images/light_switch_down.jpg";
lightSwitch.title = "Turn the lights back on";
mode = "dark";
} else {
pagestyle.setAttribute('href', 'default.css');
lightSwitch.src = "images/light_switch_up.jpg";
lightSwitch.title = "Turn the lights off";
mode = "default";
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>CSS Javascript Lights Out Example</h1>
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<div id="special">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BLKiMbC6s2k?autoplay=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
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</body>
</html>
Lights Out For Earth Day CSS Javascript Tutorial Dark Page Switch