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CSS to make the Zettlr editor look prettier
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| /* | |
| Use paired with Bielefeld theme in dark mode | |
| See also: https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr/discussions/2863 | |
| */ | |
| /* Disable upper green menu bar */ | |
| #menubar { | |
| background-color: rgba(32, 33, 37, 1) !important; /* grey background */ | |
| } | |
| /* Remove annoying "h1", "h2", etc */ | |
| .cm-heading-gutter { | |
| color: transparent; | |
| } | |
| /* ---------------- */ | |
| /* Dark mode styles */ | |
| /* ---------------- */ | |
| /* Background color */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor { | |
| background-color: rgba(32, 33, 37, 1); | |
| } | |
| /* Generic tags */ | |
| /* - Outer element */ | |
| body.dark [class*="cm-zkn-tag-"]:not(.cm-zkn-tag-mark) { | |
| background-color: rgba(200, 200, 200, 1); | |
| padding: 0px 2px; | |
| border-radius:5px; | |
| } | |
| /* - Apply font color to all children */ | |
| body.dark [class*="cm-zkn-tag-"]:not(.cm-zkn-tag-mark) * { | |
| color: rgba(74, 74, 74, 1); | |
| } | |
| /* - Smaller hastags */ | |
| .cm-zkn-tag-mark { | |
| font-size: 0.85em; | |
| } | |
| /* Custom tag colors */ | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-todo, | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-todo * { | |
| background-color: rgba(275,171,171, 1) !important; | |
| color: rgba(138,0,0, 1) !important; | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-software, | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-software * { | |
| background-color: #ffe599 !important; | |
| color: #7e6100 !important; | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-done, | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-done * { | |
| background-color: #d8ead2 !important; | |
| color: #274e13 !important; | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-aka, | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-aka * { | |
| background-color: #d8d3e9 !important; | |
| color: #21134d !important; | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-resources, | |
| body.dark .cm-zkn-tag-resources * { | |
| background-color: #c8daf9 !important; | |
| color: #1c4587 !important; | |
| } | |
| /* Quotes */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-quote { | |
| color: rgba(250, 160, 85, 1); | |
| } | |
| /* Bold */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-strong { | |
| color: rgba(182, 249, 250, 1); | |
| } | |
| /* Italics */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-emphasis { | |
| color: rgba(255, 165, 230, 1); | |
| } | |
| /* Monospace */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-monospace { | |
| color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); | |
| background-color: rgba(70, 70, 70, 1); | |
| padding: 2px 5px; | |
| border-radius: 5px; | |
| } | |
| .code-block-line { | |
| background-color: rgba(70, 70, 70, 1); | |
| } | |
| /* Links: .cm-link (markdown link), .cm-url (plain URL) */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor :is(.cm-link, .cm-url) { | |
| color: rgba(0,204,153, 1); | |
| text-decoration: none; | |
| } | |
| :is(.cm-link,.cm-url):hover { | |
| cursor: pointer; | |
| } | |
| /* Bullet points */ | |
| /* We explicitely exclude coloring other code marks (bold, tags, italics) when they are part of a list */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-list.cm-code-mark:not(.cm-zkn-tag, .cm-strong, .cm-emphasis) { | |
| color: rgba(255, 242, 0, 0.8); | |
| } | |
| /* Bold marks */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-strong.cm-code-mark { | |
| color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.4); | |
| } | |
| /* Italic marks */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-emphasis.cm-code-mark { | |
| color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.4); | |
| } | |
| /* Horizontal rule */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor hr { | |
| border: none; /* Remove default browser styling */ | |
| height: 3px; | |
| background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7fe5f5, #7beac3, transparent); | |
| display: block; | |
| width: 100%; | |
| } | |
| /** Customize scrollbar | |
| - nice grey color that fits dark theme | |
| - bigger size when hovering | |
| ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/70089996 | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------*/ | |
| ::-webkit-scrollbar { | |
| width: 12px; | |
| height: 12px; | |
| } | |
| ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { | |
| background: #ababab; | |
| border-radius: 10px; | |
| border: 2px solid transparent; | |
| background-clip: padding-box; | |
| } | |
| ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover{ | |
| border: 0; | |
| } | |
| ::-webkit-scrollbar-track { | |
| background: transparent; | |
| } | |
| /* Internal links */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-zkn-link:not(:hover) { | |
| font-size: .01em; | |
| visibility: hidden; | |
| color: rgba(0,204,153, 1); | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-zkn-link:not(:hover)::after { | |
| font-size: 100em; | |
| content: '↗'; | |
| visibility: visible; | |
| color: rgba(0,204,153, 1); | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-zkn-link { | |
| color: rgba(0,204,153, 1) !important; | |
| } | |
| /* IDs */ | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-zkn-id:not(:hover) { | |
| font-size: .01em; | |
| visibility: hidden; | |
| color: rgba(252, 186, 3, 1); | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .cm-zkn-id:not(:hover)::after { | |
| font-size: 100em; | |
| /*content: '\1F194';*/ | |
| content: '\1F3F7 ID'; | |
| visibility: visible; | |
| font-weight: bold; | |
| color: rgba(252, 186, 3, 1); | |
| } | |
| body.dark .cm-editor .CodeMirror .cm-zkn-id { | |
| color: rgba(252, 186, 3, 1); | |
| } | |
| /* In the file tree, color dirs in grey */ | |
| .tree-item-container .tree-item span.dir { | |
| color: rgba(180, 180, 180, 1); | |
| } |
I more or less got the blockquote artifact working as a code markdown:
/* Big Quotes <blockquote><h3>quote text. ~Author</h3></blockquote> */
span.cm-monospace {
font-size:21px;
}
span.cm-monospace:before {
content: open-quote;
font-weight: bold;
font-size:100px;
color:#889c0b;
}
span.cm-monospace:after {
content: close-quote;
font-weight: bold;
font-size:100px;
color:#889c0b;
}However, it the quote is short (usually isn't) it will fit in one line and look good. However, if it isn't there will be a large space between the lines due to the big quotes font size. A workaround to get it more visually pleasing without that issue, is to omit the :after class so the only big quote would be the opening quote. But I think that is okay, I have seen some websites where only the opening big quote is used.
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@IgnacioHeredia Gracias Thanks :) BTW, is there a way I can achieve big quotes as in this article ? I tried it but since Markdown isn't HTML it cannot interpret the
blockquoteHTML element. But I wonder if there are some internal classes that would let me achieve that for adding quotes to my article.Likewise, I tried indenting the first line of a text paragraph to no avail: