element-hq / element-hq/element-web

Switching theme from dark to light does not change UI

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A-Themes-Official A-Theming O-Occasional S-Minor T-Defect
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

0. Use Chromium browser
1. Go to Settings -> Appearance
2. Click "Dark" to choose the dark theme. Note that the screen changes colour.
3. Click "Light". The button is selected, but the screen does not change.

![theme-switch](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/76812/138882756-2fd90f78-8537-490c-8475-e89db79b37ef.gif)

4. Note: if you refresh the browser, the light theme is displayed.

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
I expected the screen to change back to light theme.

#### What happened instead?
The screen did not change.

### Operating system

Ubuntu 21.10

### Browser information

Chromium Version 95.0.4638.54 (Official Build) snap (64-bit)

### URL for webapp

develop.element.io

### Application version

Latest, but also confirmed in January 2021 version.

### Homeserver

matrix.org

### Will you send logs?

Yes

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