Minimal Theme for Obsidian

Minimal supports various alternate checkbox types to represent different task states (e.g., canceled, rescheduled).

Colors applied to these alternate checkboxes are derived from your active Color scheme and can be further customized using the extended palette within the Style Settings plugin.

You can use hotkeys or the command palette to manage the following visual states:

• Typography: Increase or decrease the body font size.
• Focus mode: Toggle Focus mode on or off.

You can apply visual effects to images by appending a specific filter name as a fragment to the end of the image link.

Supported filters:

• #blend: Blends the image into the background.
• #circle: Crops the image into a circle.
• #invert: Inverts images (useful for dark mode to fix light-background charts/handwriting).
• #invertW: Inverts images in light mode (useful for dark-background charts/handwriting).
• #outline: Adds an outline around the image.

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For complete control, you can create custom color schemes by writing CSS snippets.

To implement this:

1. Create a new CSS snippet in Obsidian.
2. Define your colors using the theme's CSS variables.
3. You can use the Nord color scheme CSS as a structural reference for how schemes are defined.

To enable image grids on a per-file basis, add the img-grid class to the note's YAML frontmatter under cssclasses. You can combine this with image width helper classes to control how images fill the pane.

To create rows in the grid, simply add an extra line break between images. Columns are handled automatically.

---
cssclasses:
  - img-grid
---

The Style Settings plugin allows for granular customization of Minimal's colors, font sizes, and styles. While the Minimal Theme Settings plugin is used for basic customization and hotkeys, Style Settings is required for detailed interface adjustments.

Tip: To see changes in real-time, open the Style Settings pane in a new pane using the command palette (CMD + P).

To fully utilize Minimal, it is recommended to install these companion plugins:

Minimal Theme Settings

Highly recommended. Allows customization of color schemes, fonts, hotkeys, and feature toggles.

1. Go to Community plugins and turn off Restricted mode.
2. Search for "Minimal Theme Settings", click Install, then Enable.

Hider

Recommended to hide UI elements like window frames, scrollbars, and tooltips.

Style Settings

Optional. Allows for deep customization of colors, font sizes, and styles.

Most theme features are controlled via the Minimal Theme Settings plugin. Key configuration areas include:

• Interface colors and fonts: Adjust background contrast (including true black for OLED), color schemes (e.g., Dracula, Nord, Solarized), and line width.
• Features: Toggle Focus mode (hides title/status bars), Colorful frame, Colorful headings, Hide workspace borders, and Trim filenames.
• Layout options: Control image grids, block widths, and element types (tables, images, iframes).