Three-State Toggle
A copy-paste theme toggle component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
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HTML
<!-- Three-State Toggle — Light / System / Dark -->
<div class="nuda-three" role="radiogroup" aria-label="Theme">
<button class="nuda-three__opt" type="button" role="radio" aria-checked="false" data-theme="light">…</button>
<button class="nuda-three__opt is-active" type="button" role="radio" aria-checked="true" data-theme="system">…</button>
<button class="nuda-three__opt" type="button" role="radio" aria-checked="false" data-theme="dark">…</button>
<span class="nuda-three__pill"></span>
</div>CSS
/* Three-State Toggle
Segmented Light / System / Dark with sliding pill.
Customize: --three-accent, --three-size */
.nuda-three {
--three-accent: #e4ff54;
--three-size: 32px;
position: relative;
display: inline-flex;
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04);
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
border-radius: 999px;
padding: 4px;
}
.nuda-three__opt {
position: relative;
z-index: 2;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: var(--three-size);
height: var(--three-size);
background: transparent;
border: none;
color: #a1a1aa;
cursor: pointer;
border-radius: 999px;
transition: color 0.3s;
}
.nuda-three__opt svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; }
.nuda-three__opt.is-active { color: var(--three-accent); }
.nuda-three__pill {
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
top: 4px;
left: 4px;
width: var(--three-size);
height: var(--three-size);
background: rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.12);
border: 1px solid rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.25);
border-radius: 999px;
transform: translateX(var(--three-size));
transition: transform 0.35s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.2);
}
/* Move pill via inline transform: translateX(0) | calc(var(--three-size)) | calc(var(--three-size) * 2) */JavaScript
/* Three-State Toggle — Light / System / Dark with system-pref watch. */
(function () {
var group = document.querySelector('.nuda-three');
if (!group) return;
var opts = group.querySelectorAll('.nuda-three__opt');
var pill = group.querySelector('.nuda-three__pill');
var KEY = 'theme';
var size = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(group).getPropertyValue('--three-size')) || 32;
function apply(theme) {
opts.forEach(function (o, i) {
var active = o.dataset.theme === theme;
o.classList.toggle('is-active', active);
o.setAttribute('aria-checked', String(active));
if (active) pill.style.transform = 'translateX(' + (i * size) + 'px)';
});
var dark = theme === 'dark' ||
(theme === 'system' &&
window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches);
document.documentElement.classList.toggle('dark', dark);
}
opts.forEach(function (o) {
o.addEventListener('click', function () {
var theme = o.dataset.theme;
localStorage.setItem(KEY, theme);
apply(theme);
});
});
apply(localStorage.getItem(KEY) || 'system');
})();How to use Three-State Toggle
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.