JavaScript Dark Mode is Affecting My AOS?

Question

hello, newbie here.

So I'm working on my portfolio website(local) and I've added AOS(https://michalsnik.github.io/aos/) and a dark mode(https://dev.to/ananyaneogi/create-a-dark-light-mode-switch-with-css-variables-34l8) in my scripts.

Before adding the dark mode, the animated scrolls worked.

After I added the dark mode, my website no longer animates the fades automatically when it's first loaded or when it's refreshed.

Ex. My About Me section is shown when the site is loaded/refreshed; when it should have been hidden and only fades in when scrolled into.

How do I fix this? (if there's no solution I can just live with this minor bug lmao)

Example of the fade on the h2 tag:

<div data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-duration="1000" data-aos-easing="ease-in-out"
     data-aos-mirror="true" data-aos-once="false" class="aos-init aos-animate">
     <h2>About Me</h2>
</div>

My JavaScript file:

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
    setTimeout(function() { AOS.refresh(); }, 500);
});

// Dark Mode Switcher
// Source: https://dev.to/ananyaneogi/create-a-dark-light-mode-switch-with-css-variables-34l8
var toggleSwitch = document.querySelector('.theme-switch input[type="checkbox"]');
const currentTheme = localStorage.getItem('theme');

if (currentTheme) {
    document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', currentTheme);

    if (currentTheme === 'dark') {
        toggleSwitch.checked = true;
    }
}

function switchTheme(e) {
    if (e.target.checked) {
        document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark');
        localStorage.setItem('theme', 'dark');
    }
    else {
        document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'light');
        localStorage.setItem('theme', 'light');
    }
}
window.addEventListener('load', AOS.refresh)
toggleSwitch.addEventListener('change', switchTheme, false);

Answer 1

If you use any kind of switch then try it,

             <DarkModeSwitch
              className={darkMode ? 'dark__icon' : 'light__icon'}
              checked={darkMode}
              onClick={() => toggleTheme() + window.location.reload()}
              />
           

Answer 2

It is a common issue of AOS, when you first load a website it may happen after a change in css, in your case when your trigger dark mode.

try forcing the page to reload after you change to dark mode with window.location.reload()

function switchTheme(e) {
    if (e.target.checked) {
        document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark');
        localStorage.setItem('theme', 'dark');
        window.location.reload()

    }
    else {
        document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'light');
        localStorage.setItem('theme', 'light');
        window.location.reload()
    }
}