Joplin, my favourite note taking app, my custom dark theme

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31-10-2022 2346 words 12 minutes

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Joplin is my favourite note taking app, Im using it with encryption enabled and sync them using WebDav in my Synology NAS to all my computers.

I prefer the dark note style and I spent lot of time to find a dark theme for my taste but unfortunately I was not satisfied with the themes I found, so created my own based on multiple themes I found in Github and I created my own favourite.

Current Joplin config/details:

Note

Joplin v2.8.8
Theme selection “Dark”
Installed plugins:
– Favourites
– Note Tabs
– Rich Markdown (enabled “Add additional CSS Classes for enhanced customization” option)

Theme screenshots:

Installation:

Launch Joplin desktop application:

Make sure that Joplin is using the dark mode in Tools > Options > Appearance
Go to “Tools > Options > Appearance > Show Advanced Settings”. Paste the content of userstyle.css in the file opened by clicking on the button “Custom stylesheet for rendered Markdown” paste the content of userchrome.css in the file opened by clicking on the button “Custom stylesheet for Joplin wide-app styles”.

Alternatively, you can also clone this repository and create symbolic links to userchrome.css and userstyle.css inside Joplin configuration folder (e.g. in ~/.config/joplin-desktop on Linux).

Repo Url: https://github.com/aganet/joplin-dark-theme.git

userstyle.css file

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/* Style for rendered Markdown */
:root {
  --dark-main-selected: #434d32;
  --links: #65a2ff;
  --sidebar: #656464;
  --red: #ed8796;
  --yellow: #eed49f;
  --lavender: #dadada; /* highlights color text */
  --text: #dadada; /* text color */
  --textDarker: #bababa;
  --darkblue: #272c3c;
  --base: #1e1e1e; /* text background color */
  --dark-block: #242424; /* code block background */
  --crust: #262626;
  --white: #d9e0ee;
  --black: #000000;
  --light: #f5f5f5;
  --lighter-grey: #c3bac6;
  --light-grey: #988ba2;
  --green: #7fdc63;

  --font-face: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  --font-mono: "Monospace", Courier, monospace;

  --icon-size: 16px;

  --regular: 400;
  --bolder: 600;

  --scroll-radius: 3px;

  --opacity-0-8: 0.8;
}


/* Scrollbars */
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background-color: var(--sidebar) !important;
  border-radius: var(--scroll-radius) !important;
}

body {
  background-color: var(--base);
  font-size: 15px;
  font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}


/*********************************************************************************
* TITLES
*********************************************************************************/

h1 {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--base) !important;
  font-weight: var(--bolder) !important;
}

h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
  border-bottom: 0 !important;
  font-weight: var(--bolder) !important;
}

/*********************************************************************************
* LINKS
*********************************************************************************/

a {
  color: var(--links) !important;
  text-decoration: underline !important;
}

a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline !important;
}

/* Joplin icon in Joplin link */
.resource-icon {
  background-color: var(--links) !important;
}

/*********************************************************************************
* CODE BLOCK
*********************************************************************************/

pre,
.hljs {
  background-color: var(--dark-block) !important;
  font-family: var(--font-mono) !important;
  padding: 10px !important;
  color: var(--textDarker) !important;
  font-size: 15px !important;
  overflow: scroll !important;
}

/* Inline code */
.inline-code {
  background-color: transparent !important;
  border: 0 !important;
  font-family: var(--font-mono) !important;
  color: var(--yellow) !important;
  font-size: 15px !important;
}

/*********************************************************************************
* BLOCKQUOTE
*********************************************************************************/

blockquote {
  background-color: var(--darkblue) !important;
  padding: 10px !important;
  color: var(--light) !important;
  font-size: 15px !important;
  font-style: italic !important;
  border: 0 !important;
  border-left: 5px solid var(--green) !important;
}


/*********************************************************************************
* HIGHLIGHTING
*********************************************************************************/

::selection {
  background-color: var(--lavender) !important;
  color: var(--crust) !important;
}

mark,
mark strong {
  background: var(--yellow) !important;
  color: var(--crust) !important;
}

/* Highlighted searched item */
mark[data-markjs] {
  background-color: var(--lavender) !important;
}


/*********************************************************************************
* PRINT VERSION
*********************************************************************************/

@media print {
  #rendered-md,
  body,
  th,
  td {
    /* background-color: var(--white) !important; */
    background-color: #ffffff !important;
    font-family: var(--font-face) !important;
  }

  p,
  ul,
  ol,
  li {
    color: var(--black) !important;
  }

  strong {
    color: var(--black) !important;
  }

  h1 {
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--black) !important;
    font-weight: var(--bolder) !important;
  }

  h2,
  h3,
  h4,
  h5,
  h6 {
    border-bottom: 0 !important;
    font-weight: var(--bolder) !important;
  }

  hr {
    border: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--black) !important;
    margin: 2.5em 0 !important;
  }

  a {
    color: var(--red) !important;
    text-decoration: underline !important;
  }

  /* Inline code */
  .inline-code {
    background-color: transparent !important;
    border: 0 !important;
    font-family: var(--font-mono) !important;
    /* color: var(--yellow) !important; */
    color: #1e1e2e !important;
    font-size: 15px !important;
  }

  pre,
  .hljs {
    background-color: var(--lighter-grey) !important;
    font-family: var(--font-mono) !important;
    padding: 10px !important;
    color: var(--crust) !important;
    font-size: 14px !important;
    overflow: scroll !important;
  }

  blockquote {
    background-color: var(--lighter-grey) !important;
    padding: 10px !important;
    color: var(--crust) !important;
    font-size: 15px !important;
    font-style: italic !important;
    border: 0 !important;
    border-left: 5px solid var(--light-grey) !important;
  }
}

userchrome.css file

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/* For styling the entire Joplin app (except the rendered Markdown, which is defined in `userstyle.css`) */

:root {
  --dark-main-selected: #255f77;
  --links: #65a2ff;
  --sidebar: #656464;
  --white: #f8f8f0;
  --yellow: #edea3c;
  --green: #a6da95;
  --blue: #6fb3d2;
  --lavender: #c9d1d9;
  --text: #dadada; /* text color */
  --textDarker: #bababa;
  --overlay0: #6c728d;
  --surface2: #5a5f78;
  --surface0: #363a4f;
  --base: #1e1e1e; /* text background color */
  --dark-block: #242424;
  --crust: #262626;
  --green-terminal: #b4d682;
  --orange: #fda331;
  --font-face: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  --font-mono: "Roboto Mono", Courier, monospace;
  --icon-size: 16px;
  --scroll-radius: 3px;

  --regular: 400;
  --bolder: 600;
  --opacity-0-8: 0.8;

  --h1: #edea3c;
  --h2: #edea3c;
  --h3: #6db8b4;
  --h4: #f17d7d;
  --h5: #71eb71;
  --h6: #6783ff;
}

/* Font used by Joplin */
* {
  font-family: var(--font-face) !important;
}

html,
body {
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
  font-weight: var(--regular) !important;
  color: var(--light) !important;
}
.CodeMirror-selected {
  /* background-color: var(--lighter-grey) !important; */
  background: #6b6b6b !important;
}
.rli-root {
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
}

/* Icons */
.fa,
.far,
.fas {
  font-weight: 900 !important;
  font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Free" !important;
  font-size: var(--icon-size) !important;
}

::placeholder {
  color: var(--lavender) !important;
}

/* Scrollbars */
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background-color: var(--sidebar) !important;
  border-radius: var(--scroll-radius) !important;
}

/*********************************************************************************
* PANELS
*********************************************************************************/

/*********************************************************************************
* SIDEBAR
*********************************************************************************/

/* Folders sidebar background */
.bHqyGr {
  background: var(--dark-main) !important;
}

/* Folders Selection */

.all-notes:checked {
  background-color: var(--dark-main-selected) !important;
}

.list-item-container.selected {
  background-color: var(--dark-main-selected) !important;
}

.list-item-container.selected a {
  color: var(--dark-grey) !important;
}

a.bxcDPk div.note-count-label {
  color: var(--white) !important;
}

.note-count-label {
  color: var(--white) !important;
}

.sidebar {
  background: var(--base) !important;
}

.resizableLayoutItem {
  background: var(--base) !important;
}

/*********************************************************************************
*NOTE LIST
*********************************************************************************/

.note-list {
  background-color: var(--dark-block) !important;
  border: none !important;
}
/* remove notes separator in list */
.note-list *::before {
  border-bottom: none !important;
}

/*********************************************************************************
* EDITOR
*********************************************************************************/

/* BUTTONS SEARCH, SORT NOTES, NEW NOTE AND NEW TASK */

div[height="50"] {
  background-color: var(--dark-block) !important;
}

div[height="50"] input {
  border: none !important;
  color: var(--text) !important;
  background-color: var(--dark-block) !important;
}

div[height="50"] button {
  background: transparent !important;
  color: var(--text) !important;
  border: 0 !important;
}

div[height="50"] button:hover {
  opacity: var(--opacity-0-8);
}

div[height="50"] button span {
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

/* EDITOR TOOLBAR */

/* Title */
/* Changes frequently with updates, need to keep tabs */
.rli-editor .cCOtNv > input {
  padding-top: 5px;
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
}
.editor-toolbar {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}

.editor-toolbar > div > a:hover {
  opacity: var(--opacity-0-8);
}

/* Breadcrumbs (In:...) - Used in tag listings */
.cJOYJm {
  background-color: var(--lavender) !important;
  margin: 0px !important;
  padding: 5px !important;
}

.cJOYJm:hover {
  opacity: var(--opacity-0-8);
}

/* CONTENT */
/* Empty notebook */
.rli-editor > div > div:empty {
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
}

/* Editor layout splitter */
.rli-editor > div > div > div > div > div > div > div:last-of-type {
  border-color: var(--base) !important;
}
div.sc-AxirZ.hagDvo,
div.sc-AxirZ.hagDvo > div {
  background-color: var(--dark-block) !important;
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

/* NOTE SEARCH BAR */
.note-search-bar,
.note-search-bar > div > div {
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
  width: 100%;
  border: 0 !important;
}

.note-search-bar input {
  border: 0 !important;
  padding: 5px;
  color: var(--text) !important;
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
}

/* TAGS */
.tag-bar {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}

.tag-list > span {
  color: var(--lavender) !important;
  background-color: var(--crust) !important;
}

/*********************************************************************************
* EDITOR (CODE MIRROR)
*********************************************************************************/

/* HEADERS */

/* headers colors */
.cm-s-material-darker span.cm-header-1 {
  color: var(--h1) !important;
}

.cm-s-material-darker span.cm-header-2 {
  color: var(--h2) !important;
}

.cm-s-material-darker span.cm-header-3 {
  color: var(--h3) !important;
}

.cm-s-material-darker span.cm-header-4 {
  color: var(--h4) !important;
}

.cm-s-material-darker span.cm-header-5 {
  color: var(--h5) !important;
}

.cm-s-material-darker span.cm-header-6 {
  color: var(--h6) !important;
}

.cm-s-material-darker.CodeMirror {
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

/* Header */
.cm-header {
  color: var(--lavender) !important;
}

/* Italics/Emphasis, Bold, BoldItalics */
.cm-strong,
.cm-strong.cm-em {
  color: var(--orange) !important;
}

.cm-em {
  color: var(--blue) !important;
}

/* Lists (Bullet/number/todo) */
.cm-variable-2,
.cm-variable-3,
.cm-keyword {
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

.cm-s-material-darker .cm-variable-2.cm-rm-list-token {
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

/* Links (link) */
.cm-url {
  color: var(--links) !important;
  opacity: 1;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Links (text) */
.cm-link-text {
  color: var(--links) !important;
}
pre.CodeMirror-line {
  color: var(--text) !important;
}
/* Image link in editor */
span.cm-string.cm-url.cm-overlay.cm-rm-link.cm-overlay.cm-rm-image {
  color: var(--lavender) !important;
}
/* Comment outside code block */
pre.CodeMirror-line span.cm-comment {
  color: var(--yellow) !important;
  border: 0 !important;
}

/* Codeblock selection colour */
/* For some reason, the CodeMirror selection does not pick the colour correctly, left for now. */
pre.CodeMirror-line span.CodeMirror-selectedtext {
  /* background: var(--surface2) !important; */
  background: #6b6b6b !important;
}

div[class^="cm-jn-code-block-background "]::selection {
  background-color: var(--base) !important;
  border-color: var(--base) !important;
}

.cm-jn-monospace {
  color: var(--textDarker) !important;
}

pre.cm-jn-code-block.CodeMirror-line
  span.cm-comment.cm-jn-monospace.CodeMirror-selectedtext {
  /* background: var(--surface2) !important; */
  background: #6b6b6b !important;
}
pre.cm-jn-code-block.CodeMirror-line::selection {
  /* background: var(--surface2) !important; */
  background: #6b6b6b !important;
}
div.cm-jn-code-block-background.CodeMirror-linebackground::selection {
  /* background: var(--surface2) !important; */
  background: #6b6b6b !important;
}
pre.cm-jn-code-block.CodeMirror-line::selection span {
  /* background: var(--surface2) !important; */
  background: #6b6b6b !important;
}

div.CodeMirror span.cm-comment.cm-jn-inline-code {
  background-color: transparent !important;
  padding-right: 0 !important;
  padding-left: 0 !important;
}

/* Code Block Text */
div.CodeMirror span.cm-comment:not(.cm-jn-inline-code) {
  /*color: var(--text) !important; */
  color: var(--green-terminal) !important;
  background-color: transparent !important;
}

/* Code block background */
div.CodeMirror div.cm-jn-code-block-background {
  background-color: var(--dark-block) !important;
}

/* Horizontal Line */
.cm-hr {
  color: var(--overlay0) !important;
}

/* Cursor colour */
.CodeMirror-cursor {
  border-left: 1px solid var(--white) !important;
  border-right: none !important;
  width: 0 !important;
}
.cm-fat-cursor div.CodeMirror-cursor {
  width: 10px !important;
  border: 0 !important;
  background: var(--white) !important;
}
.cm-fat-cursor div.CodeMirror-cursors {
  z-index: 1 !important;
}
.cm-fat-cursor-mark {
  background-color: rgba(150, 205, 251, 0.5) !important;
}

.cm-animate-fat-cursor {
  width: auto !important;
  border: 0;
  background-color: var(--white) !important;
}

/* Rich Markdown Extra CSS Classes
Please opt in "Add additional CSS classes for enhanced customization" in plugin
settings, see https://github.com/CalebJohn/joplin-rich-markdown#extra-css */

.cm-header.cm-rm-header-token {
  color: var(--green) !important;
}

.cm-strong.cm-rm-strong-token {
  color: var(--blue) !important;
}

pre.cm-rm-blockquote.CodeMirror-line {
  font-style: italic !important;
}

/* Command palette coloring */

div.modal-dialog {
  background-color: var(--dark-block) !important;
}

.modal-dialog > div > input {
  background-color: var(--crust) !important;
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

.modal-dialog > .item-list {
  background-color: var(--crust) !important;
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

.modal-dialog > .item-list div[class="selected"] {
  background-color: var(--surface2) !important;
}

.modal-dialog > .item-list div[class="selected"] > div {
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

.modal-dialog > .item-list > * {
  color: var(--text) !important;
}

/* Reduce the size and visibility of the header hash tags.   color: grey; */
/* The additional CSS option must be enabled */
div.CodeMirror .cm-header.cm-rm-header-token {
  font-size: 0.9em;
  color: grey;
}