diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/capabilities/base.json b/examples/api/src-tauri/capabilities/base.json
index f5286a4ac..91b2d6b45 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/capabilities/base.json
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/capabilities/base.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       ]
     },
     "core:default",
+    "core:app:allow-set-app-theme",
     "fs:default",
     "core:window:allow-minimize",
     "core:window:allow-toggle-maximize",
diff --git a/examples/api/src/App.svelte b/examples/api/src/App.svelte
index b9b0fb8ea..3d9f4987a 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/App.svelte
+++ b/examples/api/src/App.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-<script>
+<script module lang="ts">
+  export type ViewProps = {
+    onMessage: (value: unknown) => void
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script lang="ts">
   import { onMount, tick } from 'svelte'
   import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
-  import { getCurrentWindow } from '@tauri-apps/api/window'
+  import { MediaQuery } from 'svelte/reactivity'
+  import { getCurrentWindow, type Theme } from '@tauri-apps/api/window'
   import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview'
+  import { setTheme } from '@tauri-apps/api/app'
   import * as os from '@tauri-apps/plugin-os'
 
   import Welcome from './views/Welcome.svelte'
@@ -148,79 +156,94 @@
       component: Haptics,
       icon: 'i-ph-vibrate'
     }
-  ]
+  ].filter(Boolean) as {
+    label: string
+    component: typeof Haptics
+    icon: string
+  }[]
+  let selected = $state.raw(views[0])
 
-  let selected = views[0]
-  function select(view) {
-    selected = view
+  // dark/light themes
+  const preferDark = new MediaQuery('prefers-color-scheme: dark')
+  let theme = $state<Theme | 'auto'>(
+    (localStorage.getItem('theme') as Theme | null) || 'auto'
+  )
+
+  async function switchTheme() {
+    switch (theme) {
+      case 'dark':
+        theme = 'light'
+        break
+      case 'light':
+        theme = 'auto'
+        break
+      case 'auto':
+        theme = 'dark'
+        break
+    }
+    applyTheme()
   }
 
-  // dark/light
-  let isDark = localStorage.getItem('theme') == 'dark'
-  onMount(() => {
-    applyTheme(isDark)
+  function applyTheme() {
+    const isDark = theme === 'auto' ? preferDark.current : theme === 'dark'
+    isDark
+      ? document.documentElement.classList.add('dark')
+      : document.documentElement.classList.remove('dark')
+    setTheme(theme === 'auto' ? null : theme)
+    localStorage.setItem('theme', theme)
+  }
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    applyTheme()
   })
-  function applyTheme(isDark) {
-    const html = document.querySelector('html')
-    isDark ? html.classList.add('dark') : html.classList.remove('dark')
-    localStorage && localStorage.setItem('theme', isDark ? 'dark' : '')
-  }
-  function toggleDark() {
-    isDark = !isDark
-    applyTheme(isDark)
-  }
 
   // Console
-  let messages = writable([])
-  let consoleTextEl
-  async function onMessage(value) {
+  const messages = writable<string[]>([])
+  let consoleTextEl: HTMLDivElement
+
+  // this function is renders HTML without sanitizing it so it's insecure
+  // we only use it with our own input data
+  async function insecureRenderHtml(html: string) {
     messages.update((r) => [
       ...r,
-      {
-        html:
-          `<pre><strong class="text-accent dark:text-darkAccent">[${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}]:</strong> `
-          + (typeof value === 'string' ? value : JSON.stringify(value, null, 1))
-          + '</pre>'
-      }
+      `<pre><strong class="text-accent dark:text-darkAccent">[${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}]:</strong> ${html}</pre>`
     ])
     await tick()
-    if (consoleTextEl) consoleTextEl.scrollTop = consoleTextEl.scrollHeight
+    consoleTextEl.scrollTop = consoleTextEl.scrollHeight
   }
 
-  // this function renders HTML without sanitizing it so it's insecure
-  // we only use it with our own input data
-  async function insecureRenderHtml(html) {
-    messages.update((r) => [
-      ...r,
-      {
-        html:
-          `<pre><strong class="text-accent dark:text-darkAccent">[${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}]:</strong> `
-          + html
-          + '</pre>'
-      }
-    ])
-    await tick()
-    if (consoleTextEl) consoleTextEl.scrollTop = consoleTextEl.scrollHeight
+  async function onMessage(value: unknown) {
+    const valueStr =
+      typeof value === 'string'
+        ? value
+        : JSON.stringify(
+            value instanceof ArrayBuffer
+              ? Array.from(new Uint8Array(value))
+              : value,
+            null,
+            1
+          )
+    insecureRenderHtml(valueStr)
   }
 
   function clear() {
     messages.update(() => [])
   }
 
-  let consoleEl, consoleH, cStartY
-  let minConsoleHeight = 50
-  function startResizingConsole(e) {
+  let consoleEl: HTMLDivElement
+  let consoleH = 0
+  let cStartY = 0
+  const minConsoleHeight = 50
+  function startResizingConsole(e: MouseEvent) {
     cStartY = e.clientY
 
     const styles = window.getComputedStyle(consoleEl)
     consoleH = parseInt(styles.height, 10)
 
-    const moveHandler = (e) => {
+    const moveHandler = (e: MouseEvent) => {
       const dy = e.clientY - cStartY
       const newH = consoleH - dy
-      consoleEl.style.height = `${
-        newH < minConsoleHeight ? minConsoleHeight : newH
-      }px`
+      consoleEl.style.height = `${newH < minConsoleHeight ? minConsoleHeight : newH}px`
     }
     const upHandler = () => {
       document.removeEventListener('mouseup', upHandler)
@@ -233,15 +256,16 @@
   let isWindows = os.platform() === 'windows'
 
   // mobile
-  let isSideBarOpen = false
-  let sidebar
-  let sidebarToggle
+  let isSideBarOpen = $state(false)
+  let sidebar: HTMLElement
+  let sidebarToggle: HTMLElement
   let isDraggingSideBar = false
   let draggingStartPosX = 0
   let draggingEndPosX = 0
-  const clamp = (min, num, max) => Math.min(Math.max(num, min), max)
+  const clamp = (min: number, num: number, max: number) =>
+    Math.min(Math.max(num, min), max)
 
-  function toggleSidebar(sidebar, isSideBarOpen) {
+  function toggleSidebar() {
     sidebar.style.setProperty(
       '--translate-x',
       `${isSideBarOpen ? '0' : '-18.75'}rem`
@@ -249,10 +273,9 @@
   }
 
   onMount(() => {
-    sidebar = document.querySelector('#sidebar')
-    sidebarToggle = document.querySelector('#sidebarToggle')
-
     document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+      if (!(e.target instanceof Node)) return
+
       if (sidebarToggle.contains(e.target)) {
         isSideBarOpen = !isSideBarOpen
       } else if (isSideBarOpen && !sidebar.contains(e.target)) {
@@ -261,6 +284,7 @@
     })
 
     document.addEventListener('touchstart', (e) => {
+      if (!(e.target instanceof Node)) return
       if (sidebarToggle.contains(e.target)) return
 
       const x = e.touches[0].clientX
@@ -292,22 +316,20 @@
     })
   })
 
-  $: {
-    const sidebar = document.querySelector('#sidebar')
-    if (sidebar) {
-      toggleSidebar(sidebar, isSideBarOpen)
-    }
-  }
+  $effect(() => {
+    toggleSidebar()
+  })
 </script>
 
 <!-- custom titlebar for Windows -->
 {#if isWindows}
-  <TitleBar {appWindow} {isDark} {toggleDark} />
+  <TitleBar {appWindow} {theme} {switchTheme} />
 {/if}
 
 <!-- Sidebar toggle, only visible on small screens -->
 <div
   id="sidebarToggle"
+  bind:this={sidebarToggle}
   class="z-2000 hidden lt-sm:flex justify-center absolute items-center w-8 h-8 rd-8
             bg-accent dark:bg-darkAccent active:bg-accentDark dark:active:bg-darkAccentDark"
 >
@@ -323,6 +345,7 @@
 >
   <aside
     id="sidebar"
+    bind:this={sidebar}
     class="lt-sm:h-screen lt-sm:shadow-lg lt-sm:shadow lt-sm:transition-transform lt-sm:absolute lt-sm:z-1999
       bg-darkPrimaryLighter transition-colors-250 overflow-hidden grid select-none px-2"
   >
@@ -330,13 +353,16 @@
       <img class="p-7" src="tauri_logo.png" alt="Tauri logo" />
     </a>
     {#if !isWindows}
-      <a href="##" class="nv justify-between h-8" on:click={toggleDark}>
-        {#if isDark}
-          Switch to Light mode
-          <div class="i-ph-sun"></div>
-        {:else}
+      <a href="##" class="nv justify-between" onclick={switchTheme}>
+        {#if theme === 'auto'}
           Switch to Dark mode
+          <div class="i-ph-circle-half-fill"></div>
+        {:else if theme === 'dark'}
+          Switch to Light mode
           <div class="i-ph-moon"></div>
+        {:else if theme === 'light'}
+          Switch to Auto mode
+          <div class="i-ph-sun"></div>
         {/if}
       </a>
       <br />
@@ -345,7 +371,7 @@
     {/if}
 
     <a
-      class="nv justify-between h-8"
+      class="nv justify-between"
       target="_blank"
       href="https://tauri.app/v1/guides/"
     >
@@ -353,7 +379,7 @@
       <span class="i-codicon-link-external"></span>
     </a>
     <a
-      class="nv justify-between h-8"
+      class="nv justify-between"
       target="_blank"
       href="https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri"
     >
@@ -361,7 +387,7 @@
       <span class="i-codicon-link-external"></span>
     </a>
     <a
-      class="nv justify-between h-8"
+      class="nv justify-between"
       target="_blank"
       href="https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/tree/dev/examples/api"
     >
@@ -372,22 +398,20 @@
     <div class="bg-white/5 h-2px"></div>
     <br />
     <div
-      class="flex flex-col overflow-y-auto children-h-10 children-flex-none gap-1"
+      class="flex flex-col overflow-y-auto children-flex-none gap-1"
     >
       {#each views as view}
-        {#if view}
-          <a
-            href="##"
-            class="nv {selected === view ? 'nv_selected' : ''}"
-            on:click={() => {
-              select(view)
-              isSideBarOpen = false
-            }}
-          >
-            <div class="{view.icon} mr-2"></div>
-            <p>{view.label}</p></a
-          >
-        {/if}
+        <a
+          href="##"
+          class="nv {selected === view ? 'nv_selected' : ''}"
+          onclick={() => {
+            selected = view
+            isSideBarOpen = false
+          }}
+        >
+          <div class="{view.icon} mr-2"></div>
+          <p>{view.label}</p></a
+        >
       {/each}
     </div>
   </aside>
@@ -399,11 +423,7 @@
       <h1>{selected.label}</h1>
       <div class="overflow-y-auto">
         <div class="mr-2">
-          <svelte:component
-            this={selected.component}
-            {onMessage}
-            {insecureRenderHtml}
-          />
+          <selected.component {onMessage} />
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -413,9 +433,10 @@
       id="console"
       class="select-none h-15rem grid grid-rows-[2px_2rem_1fr] gap-1 overflow-hidden"
     >
-      <!-- svelte-ignore a11y_no_static_element_interactions -->
       <div
-        on:mousedown={startResizingConsole}
+        role="button"
+        tabindex="0"
+        onmousedown={startResizingConsole}
         class="bg-black/20 h-2px cursor-ns-resize"
       ></div>
       <div class="flex justify-between items-center px-2">
@@ -426,7 +447,7 @@
                 hover:bg-hoverOverlay dark:hover:bg-darkHoverOverlay
                 active:bg-hoverOverlay/25 dark:active:bg-darkHoverOverlay/25
           "
-          on:click={clear}
+          onclick={clear}
         >
           <div class="i-codicon-clear-all"></div>
         </button>
@@ -435,8 +456,8 @@
         bind:this={consoleTextEl}
         class="px-2 overflow-y-auto all:font-mono code-block all:text-xs select-text mr-2"
       >
-        {#each $messages as r}
-          {@html r.html}
+        {#each $messages as messageHtml}
+          {@html messageHtml}
         {/each}
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/examples/api/src/app.css b/examples/api/src/app.css
index bbf0fdd9a..20df36aa1 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/app.css
+++ b/examples/api/src/app.css
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+:root {
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
 *:not(h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6) {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
diff --git a/examples/api/src/lib/TitleBar.svelte b/examples/api/src/lib/TitleBar.svelte
index ec927d12b..c1e425316 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/lib/TitleBar.svelte
+++ b/examples/api/src/lib/TitleBar.svelte
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import type { Window } from '@tauri-apps/api/window'
+  import type { Theme, Window } from '@tauri-apps/api/window'
   import { ask } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog'
   import { onMount } from 'svelte'
 
   let {
     appWindow,
-    toggleDark,
-    isDark
-  }: { appWindow: Window; toggleDark: () => void; isDark: boolean } = $props()
+    switchTheme,
+    theme
+  }: { appWindow: Window; switchTheme: () => void; theme: Theme | 'auto' } =
+    $props()
 
   // Window controls
   let isWindowMaximized = $state(false)
@@ -58,14 +59,16 @@
   >
     <button
       aria-label="Toggle dark mode"
-      title={isDark ? 'Switch to Light mode' : 'Switch to Dark mode'}
+      title={theme ? 'Switch to Light mode' : 'Switch to Dark mode'}
       class="border-none hover:bg-hoverOverlay active:bg-hoverOverlayDarker dark:hover:bg-darkHoverOverlay dark:active:bg-darkHoverOverlayDarker"
-      onclick={toggleDark}
+      onclick={switchTheme}
     >
-      {#if isDark}
-        <div class="i-ph-sun"></div>
-      {:else}
-        <div class="i-ph-moon"></div>
+      {#if theme === 'auto'}
+        <div title="Switch to Dark mode" class="i-ph-circle-half-fill"></div>
+      {:else if theme === 'dark'}
+        <div title="Switch to Light mode" class="i-ph-moon"></div>
+      {:else if theme === 'light'}
+        <div title="Switch to Auto mode" class="i-ph-sun"></div>
       {/if}
     </button>
     <button
diff --git a/examples/api/src/views/Clipboard.svelte b/examples/api/src/views/Clipboard.svelte
index f16a7d716..2bc0fcc33 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/views/Clipboard.svelte
+++ b/examples/api/src/views/Clipboard.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   import { readFile } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs'
 
   export let onMessage
-  export let insecureRenderHtml
   let text = 'clipboard message'
 
   function writeText() {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
       const image = await clipboard.readImage()
       arrayBufferToBase64(await image.rgba(), function (base64) {
         const src = 'data:image/png;base64,' + base64
-        insecureRenderHtml('<img src="' + src + '"></img>')
+        onMessage('<img src="' + src + '"></img>')
       })
       return
     } catch (_) {}
diff --git a/examples/api/src/views/Dialog.svelte b/examples/api/src/views/Dialog.svelte
index 7cad5250e..7c1b6163a 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/views/Dialog.svelte
+++ b/examples/api/src/views/Dialog.svelte
@@ -1,131 +1,138 @@
-<script>
-  import { open, save, confirm, message } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog";
-  import { readFile } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-fs";
+<script lang="ts">
+  import {
+    open,
+    save,
+    confirm,
+    message,
+    type PickerMode,
+    type FileAccessMode
+  } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog'
+  import { readFile } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs'
+  import type { ViewProps } from '../App.svelte'
 
-  export let onMessage;
-  export let insecureRenderHtml;
-  let defaultPath = null;
-  let filter = null;
-  let multiple = false;
-  let directory = false;
-  let pickerMode = "document";
-  let fileAccessMode = "scoped";
+  let { onMessage }: ViewProps = $props()
 
-  function arrayBufferToBase64(buffer, callback) {
+  let defaultPath: string | undefined = $state()
+  let filter = $state('')
+  let multiple = $state(false)
+  let directory = $state(false)
+  let pickerMode: PickerMode = $state('document')
+  let fileAccessMode: FileAccessMode = $state('scoped')
+
+  function arrayBufferToBase64(
+    buffer: ArrayBuffer,
+    callback: (base64: string) => void
+  ) {
     var blob = new Blob([buffer], {
-      type: "application/octet-binary",
-    });
-    var reader = new FileReader();
+      type: 'application/octet-binary'
+    })
+    var reader = new FileReader()
     reader.onload = function (evt) {
-      var dataurl = evt.target.result;
-      callback(dataurl.substr(dataurl.indexOf(",") + 1));
-    };
-    reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
+      var dataurl = evt.target!.result as string
+      callback(dataurl.split(',')[1])
+    }
+    reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
   }
 
   async function prompt() {
-    confirm("Do you want to do something?")
-      .then((res) => onMessage(res ? "Yes" : "No"))
-      .catch(onMessage);
+    confirm('Do you want to do something?')
+      .then((res) => onMessage(res ? 'Yes' : 'No'))
+      .catch(onMessage)
   }
 
   async function promptCustom() {
-    confirm("Is Tauri awesome?", {
-      okLabel: "Absolutely",
-      cancelLabel: "Totally",
+    confirm('Is Tauri awesome?', {
+      okLabel: 'Absolutely',
+      cancelLabel: 'Totally'
     })
       .then((res) =>
         onMessage(
-          res ? "Tauri is absolutely awesome" : "Tauri is totally awesome"
+          res ? 'Tauri is absolutely awesome' : 'Tauri is totally awesome'
         )
       )
-      .catch(onMessage);
+      .catch(onMessage)
   }
 
   async function msg() {
-    await message("Tauri is awesome!").then((res) => onMessage(res));
+    await message('Tauri is awesome!').then((res) => onMessage(res))
   }
 
-  async function msgCustom(result) {
-    const buttons = { yes: "awesome", no: "amazing", cancel: "stunning" };
+  async function msgCustom() {
+    const buttons = { yes: 'awesome', no: 'amazing', cancel: 'stunning' }
     await message(`Tauri is: `, { buttons })
       .then((res) => onMessage(`Tauri is ${res}`))
-      .catch(onMessage);
+      .catch(onMessage)
   }
 
   async function openDialog() {
     try {
       const result = await open({
-        title: "My wonderful open dialog",
+        title: 'My wonderful open dialog',
         defaultPath,
         filters: filter
           ? [
               {
-                name: "Tauri Example",
-                extensions: filter.split(",").map((f) => f.trim()),
-              },
+                name: 'Tauri Example',
+                extensions: filter.split(',').map((f) => f.trim())
+              }
             ]
           : [],
         multiple,
         directory,
         pickerMode,
-        fileAccessMode,
+        fileAccessMode
       })
 
       if (Array.isArray(result)) {
-        onMessage(result);
+        onMessage(result)
       } else if (result === null) {
         onMessage('user cancelled the selection')
       } else {
-        const pathToRead = result;
-        const isFile = pathToRead.match(/\S+\.\S+$/g);
+        const pathToRead = result
+        const isFile = pathToRead.match(/\S+\.\S+$/g)
 
-        await readFile(pathToRead)
-          .then(function (res) {
-            if (isFile) {
-              if (
-                pathToRead.includes(".png") ||
-                pathToRead.includes(".jpg") ||
-                pathToRead.includes(".jpeg")
-              ) {
-                arrayBufferToBase64(
-                  new Uint8Array(res),
-                  function (base64) {
-                    const src = "data:image/png;base64," + base64;
-                    insecureRenderHtml('<img src="' + src + '"></img>');
-                  }
-                );
-              } else {
-                // Convert byte array to UTF-8 string
-                const decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
-                const text = decoder.decode(new Uint8Array(res));
-                onMessage(text);
-              }
+        await readFile(pathToRead).then(function (res) {
+          if (isFile) {
+            if (
+              pathToRead.includes('.png')
+              || pathToRead.includes('.jpg')
+              || pathToRead.includes('.jpeg')
+            ) {
+              arrayBufferToBase64(res.buffer, function (base64) {
+                const src = 'data:image/png;base64,' + base64
+                onMessage('<img src="' + src + '"></img>')
+              })
             } else {
-              onMessage(res);
+              // Convert byte array to UTF-8 string
+              const decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8')
+              const text = decoder.decode(res)
+              onMessage(text)
+            }
+          } else {
+            onMessage(res)
           }
         })
       }
-    } catch(exception) {
+    } catch (exception) {
       onMessage(exception)
     }
   }
 
   function saveDialog() {
     save({
-      title: "My wonderful save dialog",
+      title: 'My wonderful save dialog',
       defaultPath,
       filters: filter
         ? [
             {
-              name: "Tauri Example",
-              extensions: filter.split(",").map((f) => f.trim()),
-            },
+              name: 'Tauri Example',
+              extensions: filter.split(',').map((f) => f.trim())
+            }
           ]
-        : [],
-      })
+        : []
+    })
       .then(onMessage)
-      .catch(onMessage);
+      .catch(onMessage)
   }
 </script>
 
@@ -173,15 +180,16 @@
 <br />
 
 <div class="flex flex-wrap flex-col md:flex-row gap-2 children:flex-shrink-0">
-  <button class="btn" id="open-dialog" on:click={openDialog}>Open dialog</button>
-  <button class="btn" id="save-dialog" on:click={saveDialog}
+  <button class="btn" id="open-dialog" onclick={openDialog}>Open dialog</button>
+  <button class="btn" id="save-dialog" onclick={saveDialog}
     >Open save dialog</button
   >
-  <button class="btn" id="prompt-dialog" on:click={prompt}>Prompt</button>
-  <button class="btn" id="custom-prompt-dialog" on:click={promptCustom}
+  <button class="btn" id="prompt-dialog" onclick={prompt}>Prompt</button>
+  <button class="btn" id="custom-prompt-dialog" onclick={promptCustom}
     >Prompt (custom)</button
   >
-  <button class="btn" id="message-dialog" on:click={msg}>Message</button>
-  <button class="btn" id="message-dialog" on:click={msgCustom}>Message (custom)</button>
-
+  <button class="btn" id="message-dialog" onclick={msg}>Message</button>
+  <button class="btn" id="message-dialog" onclick={msgCustom}
+    >Message (custom)</button
+  >
 </div>
diff --git a/examples/api/src/views/FileSystem.svelte b/examples/api/src/views/FileSystem.svelte
index fbec86282..bc35547ec 100644
--- a/examples/api/src/views/FileSystem.svelte
+++ b/examples/api/src/views/FileSystem.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   import { arrayBufferToBase64 } from '../lib/utils'
   import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte'
 
-  const { onMessage, insecureRenderHtml } = $props()
+  const { onMessage } = $props()
 
   let path = $state('')
   let img
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@
                   new Uint8Array(response),
                   function (base64) {
                     const src = 'data:image/png;base64,' + base64
-                    insecureRenderHtml('<img src="' + src + '"></img>')
+                    onMessage('<img src="' + src + '"></img>')
                   }
                 )
               } else {
                 const value = String.fromCharCode.apply(null, response)
-                insecureRenderHtml(
+                onMessage(
                   '<textarea id="file-response"></textarea><button id="file-save">Save</button>'
                 )
                 setTimeout(() => {