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Standard compliant stylesheet switcher for HTML5. Works on iOS5 and all modern browsers.
$(document).ready(function()
{
/* Check to see if we have saved a style already, a bit verbose but you get the drift! */
var theme = localStorage.getItem('style');
if (!theme) {
localStorage.setItem('style', 'light');
};
updateTheme();
$('.js-change-style').click(function()
{
theme = localStorage.getItem('style');
if (theme === 'light') {
theme = 'dark';
} else {
theme = 'light';
}
localStorage.setItem('style', theme);
updateTheme();
return false;
});
}
function updateTheme()
{
currentTheme = localStorage.getItem('style');
$('meta[http-equiv=Default-Style]')[0].content = currentTheme;
}
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="Default-Style" content="">
<title>Stylesheet Switcher</title>
<!-- CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/darktheme.css" title="dark">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/lighttheme.css" title="light">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World</h1>
<a href="#" class="js-change-style">change style</a>
</body>
</html>
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I'm trying to implement this code, but it's not working. I can get the js to correctly modify the meta tag, but this does not change the stylesheet in the browser. Alternatively I can use the View > Page Syle menu in Firefox correctly. I'm not sure what the problem is.. can you suggest anything? I've tried pasting your code verbatim and that still doesn't work.

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