Obsidian Style Settings Plugin
This plugin allows snippet, theme, and plugin CSS files to define a set of configuration options. It then allows users to see all the tweakable settings in one settings pane. Style Settings allows both toggling classes on and off the body
element, as well as setting numeric, string, and color CSS variables.
This CSS Snippet can be used to adjust every CSS variable of the default Obsidian theme.
Configurable settings are defined by comments within CSS files beginning with /* @settings
. These comments must contain YAML with name
, id
, and settings
properties. Style Settings will scan all CSS loaded by Obsidian for these comments.
For example, adding this to a CSS snippet in your vault:
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: my-title
title: My Settings
type: heading
level: 3
-
id: accent
title: Accent Color
type: variable-color
format: hsl-split
default: '#007AFF'
-
id: text
title: UI font
description: Font used for the user interface
type: variable-text
default: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif
*/
will result in:
Each setting definition must be separated by a dash (-
). There are 7 setting types.
All settings definitions must have these parameters:
id
: A unique id for the setting parametertitle
: The name of the settingdescription
(optional): a description of the settingtype
: The type of setting. Can be one of:heading
: a heading element for organizing settingsclass-toggle
: a switch to toggle classes on thebody
elementclass-select
: a dropdown menu of predefined options to add classes on thebody
elementvariable-text
: a text-based CSS variablevariable-number
: a numeric CSS variablevariable-number-slider
: a numeric CSS variable represented by a slidervariable-select
: a text-based CSS variable displayed as a dropdown menu of predefined optionsvariable-color
: a color CSS variable with corresponding color picker
heading
heading
s can be used to organize and group settings into collapsable nested sections. Along with the required attributes, heading
s must contain a level
attribute between 1
and 6
, and can optionally contain a collapsed
attribute:
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: this-is-a-heading
title: My Heading
type: heading
level: 2
collapsed: true
*/
info-text
info-text
displays arbitrary informational text to users. The description
may contain markdown if markdown
is set to true
.
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: my-info-text
title: Information
description: "This is *informational* text"
type: info-text
markdown: true
*/
class-toggle
class-toggle
s will toggle a css class on and off of the body
element, allowing CSS themes and snippets to toggle features on and off. The id
of the setting will be used as the class name. The default
parameter can optionally be set to true
. class-toggle
also supports the addCommand
property. When set to true
a command will be added to obsidian to toggle the class via a hotkey or the command palette.
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: my-css-class
title: My Toggle
description: Adds my-css-class to the body element
type: class-toggle
*/
class-select
class-select
creates a dropdown of predefined options for a CSS variable. The id
of the setting will be used as the variable name.
- When
allowEmpty
isfalse
, adefault
option must be specified. - When
allowEmpty
istrue
, thedefault
attribute is optional, and may be set tonone
.
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: theme-variant
title: Theme variant
description: Variations on a theme
type: class-select
allowEmpty: false
default: my-class
options:
- my-class
- my-other-class
- and-yet-another
*/
Options may also be given a label:
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: theme-variant
title: Theme variant
description: Variations on a theme
type: class-select
allowEmpty: false
default: my-class
options:
-
label: My Class
value: my-class
-
label: My Other Class
value: my-other-class
*/
variable-text
variable-text
represents any text based CSS value. The id
of the setting will be used as the variable name. variable-text
settings require a default
attribute.
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: text
title: UI font
description: Font used for the user interface
type: variable-text
default: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif
*/
This will output the variable:
--text: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
variable-number
variable-number
represents any numeric CSS value. The id
of the setting will be used as the variable name. variable-number
settings require a default
attribute. Optionally, a format
attribute can be set. This value will be appended to the number. Eg format: px
will result in 42px
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: line-width
title: Line width
description: The maximum line width in rem units
type: variable-number
default: 42
format: rem
*/
This will output the variable:
--line-width: 42rem;
variable-number-slider
variable-number-slider
represents any numeric CSS value. The id
of the setting will be used as the variable name. variable-number-slider
settings require a default
attribute, as well as these three attributes:
min
: The minimum possible value of the slidermax
: The maximum possible value of the sliderstep
: The size of each "tick" of the slider. For example, a step of 100 will only allow the slider to move in increments of 100.
Optionally, a format
attribute can be set. This value will be appended to the number. Eg format: px
will result in 42px
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: line-width
title: Line width
description: The maximum line width in rem units
type: variable-number-slider
default: 42
min: 10
max: 100
step: 1
*/
This will output the variable:
--line-width: 42;
variable-select
variable-select
creates a dropdown of predefined options for a CSS variable. The id
of the setting will be used as the variable name. variable-select
settings require a default
attribute as well as a list of options
.
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: text
title: UI font
description: Font used for the user interface
type: variable-select
default: Roboto
options:
- Roboto
- Helvetica Neue
- sans-serif
- Segoe UI
*/
Options can optionally be given a label:
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: text
title: UI font
description: Font used for the user interface
type: variable-select
default: Roboto
options:
-
label: The best font
value: Roboto
-
label: The next best font
value: Helvetica Neue
*/
This will output the variable:
--text: Roboto;
variable-color
variable-color
creates a color picker with a variety of output format options. A default
attribute is required in hex
or rgb
format. Note: hex color values must be wrapped in quotes. A format
attribute is also required.
Optional parameters:
- Setting
opacity
totrue
will enable opacity support in all output formats. - A list of alternate output formats can be supplied via the
alt-format
setting
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: accent
title: Accent Color
type: variable-color
opacity: false
format: hex
alt-format:
-
id: accent-rgb
format: rgb
default: '#007AFF'
*/
This will output the variable:
--accent: #007AFF;
--accent-rgb: rgb(0, 123, 255);
variable-themed-color
variable-themed-color
is identical to variable-color
except that it generates two color pickers for a light and dark variant.
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: accent
title: Accent Color
type: variable-themed-color
format: hex
opacity: false
default-light: '#007AFF'
default-dark: '#2DB253'
*/
This will output the variables:
body.theme-light.css-settings-manager { --accent: #007AFF; }
body.theme-dark.css-settings-manager { --accent: #2DB253; }
variable-color
formatting options
There are 8 formatting options:
hex
--accent: #007AFF;
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent: #007AFFFF;
rgb
--accent: rgb(0, 122, 255);
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent: rgba(0, 122, 255, 1);
rgb-values
--accent: 0, 122, 255;
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent: 0, 122, 255, 1;
rgb-split
--accent-r: 0;
--accent-g: 122;
--accent-b: 255;
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent-r: 0;
--accent-g: 122;
--accent-b: 255;
--accent-a: 1;
hsl
--accent: hsl(211, 100%, 50%);
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent: hsla(211, 100%, 50%, 1);
hsl-values
--accent: 211, 100%, 50%;
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent: 211, 100%, 50%, 1;
hsl-split
--accent-h: 211;
--accent-s: 100%;
--accent-l: 50%;
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent-h: 211;
--accent-s: 100%;
--accent-l: 50%;
--accent-a: 1;
hsl-split-decimal
--accent-h: 211;
--accent-s: 1;
--accent-l: 0.5;
When opacity
is set to true
:
--accent-h: 211;
--accent-s: 1;
--accent-l: 0.5;
--accent-a: 1;
color-gradient
color-gradient
outputs a fixed number of colors along a gradient between two existing color variables. A format
attribute is also required. Note: The to
variable must be set in style settings for the gradient to be generated. Also, gradients will only be generated using colors defined under the current style settings id
.
Parameters:
from
: The starting color, or color that will be at step 0to
: The ending color, or color that will be at step 100step
: The increment at which to output a CSS variable. For example, settingstep
to10
will output--var-0
,--var-10
,--var-20
, etc...format
: Can be one of:hsl
,rgb
, orhex
;pad
?: When set, the number section of the variable will be padded with0
's until it contains this number of digits. For example, settingpad
to3
andstep
to10
will output--var-000
,--var-010
,--var-020
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: color-base
type: color-gradient
from: color-base-00
to: color-base-100
step: 5
pad: 2
format: hex
*/
Plugin Support
Plugins can specify a style setting config in the plugin's CSS. Plugins must call app.workspace.trigger("parse-style-settings")
when the plugin loads in order for Style Settings to be notified of CSS changes.
Localization Support
Translations for titles and descriptions can be supplied for each language Obsidian supports by using one of the following postfixes:
en: English
zh: 简体中文
zh-TW: 繁體中文
ru: Pусский
ko: 한국어
it: Italiano
id: Bahasa Indonesia
ro: Română
pt-BR: Portugues do Brasil
cz: čeština
de: Deutsch
es: Español
fr: Français
no: Norsk
pl: język polski
pt: Português
ja: 日本語
da: Dansk
uk: Український
sq: Shqip
tr: Türkçe (kısmi)
hi: हिन्दी (आंशिक)
nl: Nederlands (gedeeltelijk)
ar: العربية (جزئي)
For example:
/* @settings
name: Your Section Name Here
id: a-unique-id
settings:
-
id: my-css-class
title: My Toggle
title.de: Mein Toggle
title.ko: 내 토글
description: Adds my-css-class to the body element
description.de: Fügt my-css-class zum body-Element hinzu
description.ko: my-css-class를 body 요소에 추가합니다.
type: class-toggle
*/