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ThemeFamilySwitch

Core

One control that re-skins a page across theme families (concept §5a): a row of two-tone family chips with roving focus — Tab enters the row, arrow keys move, Enter/Space apply — plus an optional Light/Dark toggle.

import { ThemeFamilySwitch } from "@elabs-ai/components-ui";
Install
npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui

Skipping the @source line is the most common first failure: Tailwind does not scan node_modules, so every component renders unstyled. The one-time wiring

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Add the brand-ui ThemeFamilySwitch component (from @elabs-ai/components-ui) to this project.

1. Read https://elabs-ai.com/llms.txt first: it maps every package and the rules. If you can use MCP servers, connect https://elabs-ai.com/mcp and use its search, docs and tokens tools. If not, run the same lookups in the terminal: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli search "<what you need>"` and `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs <Component>`.
2. Look ThemeFamilySwitch up before writing code: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs ThemeFamilySwitch` prints its real props, variants, what it pairs with and what to avoid.
3. If @elabs-ai/components-ui is not installed yet: `pnpm add @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui` (or `npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui`). If this is the first brand-ui package in the project, wire it once: import `@elabs-ai/components-tokens/styles.css` plus the `themes/light.css` and `themes/dark.css` stylesheets in the CSS entry, add one Tailwind `@source` line per installed @elabs-ai package (Tailwind does not scan node_modules, so without it everything renders unstyled), and wrap the app root in `ThemeProvider` from `@elabs-ai/components-tokens`.
4. Use it here: [the screen or file, and what it should show]
5. Rules: use only @elabs-ai/components-* components and the semantic tokens — no raw colours, no raw font sizes, no arbitrary Tailwind values. Look up each component's real props with the docs tool before you use it; never guess a prop.
6. Done means: the typecheck passes, `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli audit src --strict` reports nothing, and you have opened the app and looked at every screen you touched in the light and the dark theme.

Examples

5 live examples

Small

Large

Families Only

Without `onModeChange` the switch shows the family row only.

Keyboard Interaction

Tab enters the row on the selected chip, arrows move focus without applying, Enter applies.

API

ThemeFamilySwitch

PropTypeDescription
familiesrequiredreadonly ThemeFamilySwitchFamily[]Families in display order.
valuerequiredstringId of the active family.
onChangerequired(familyId: string) => voidA family was applied (click, Enter or Space). Arrow keys only move focus.
modeThemeFamilySwitchModeActive mode; with `onModeChange`, renders the Light/Dark toggle after the swatches.
onModeChange(mode: ThemeFamilySwitchMode) => void
sizeThemeFamilySwitchSize
labelsPartial<ThemeFamilySwitchLabels>UI strings, for localisation.

Also accepts: Omit< HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>, "onChange" | "defaultValue" >