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🐞 Auto change theme is not working properly

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, swift
Domain
desktop

Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by checking the auto theme behavior on CodeEdit 0.1.0-alpha under macOS 14.5, using a light system preference at app startup. Done means the app detects the preferred light theme without requiring the setting to be toggled off and on.

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Description

bug theme
Description

hi, there seems to be something wrong with the auto change theme mode, it keeps putting dark mode when i have light mode enabled, i have to manually turn it off and on again for it to detect light mode.

To Reproduce

I'm not sure how you can reproduce this

Expected Behavior

To detect my systems preffered theme mode when I start up the app

Version Information

CodeEdit: Version 0.1.0-alpha (38)
macOS: 14.5 (23F79)

Additional Context

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Screenshots

https://github.com/CodeEditApp/CodeEdit/assets/146845123/e921e5f3-6020-4c48-b3c7-ed8efd46f206

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