Quickstart

Summary

Getting started customizing the theme for the preview

Prerequisites

• Make sure you are using the latest Dendron and VSCode version.

Steps

Picking the light or dark theme

1. Open the dendron.yml file, at the root of your Dendron workspace.

2. Edit the preview.theme configuration, so the config file will look like the following:

   preview:
     theme: light # or dark
     ...
   

3. Close and reopen the note preview. It should now use your preferred theme!

Applying a custom theme

You can apply a custom theme by writing a custom CSS file.

1. Follow the instructions in the previous section, but set the theme to custom instead.

2. Create a file named custom.css at the root of your workspace, next to the dendron.yml file. Inside this file, add the following contents. Modify the colors used however you'd like.

   body, .ant-layout {
     /* The background color of the preview. */
     background-color: #002b5c;
   }
   
   body,
   h1,
   h2,
   h3,
   h4 {
     /* Text color for the text, not including links. */
     color: #ffffff;
   }
   
   a,
   a:hover,
   a:active {
     /** Color for links, except ones that have been already visited. */
     color: #b2f7ef;
   }
   

Going back to the default theme (use your current VSCode theme colors)

1. Open the dendron.yml file, at the root of your Dendron workspace.
2. Remove the preview.theme configuration.
3. Close and reopen the note preview.

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