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Expansive Tag Table

I want to have a clear listing of all the “tags” that can be applied to themes. Give me exactly what I want.

Palettes with themes that implement multiple palettes are tricky. I think I’ll just tag the “default”, and multiple_palettes accounts for those willing to put in a minimum of further effort.

However, “features” will always be tagged regardless of the default state.

Having trouble remembering which word variant to use? “Typography versus typographic; alternative vs alternate” - I always will pick the shortest variant.

(The ideal tag gives at least a few good options, but not too many to become meaningless. 1-entry tags should be avoided.)

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Light/Dark Mode^[a]

Genre

Palette^[b]

Philosophy^[c]

Pre_1.0

Compatibility_issues^[d]

Broken_functionality^[e]

requests_font_installation

Requests_<plugin>

Unavailable^[f]

Incomplete_light_mode

Extra_snippets

Contrast_issues,

Chinese_only,

Dark

Light

Dark_and_light

Hybrid?

(e.g. Kabadoni)

Native^[g]

Minimalistic

> Material

> stripped_down^[h]

Retro

Exotic

> Glass

> Futuristic

> Neon

> Neumorphism

> Fantasy

> Brutalist

Gradients

Rounded^[i]

Squared

Animated

Glow

Shadows

Transparent

Inspired-by

<color> ^[j]

Cool

Warm

Hot

Colorful

Paper

Wood

Coffee

Darker^[k]

Lighter

Low_contrast

High_contrast

Pastel

Hybrid_brightness

Monochrome

Monotonal^[l]

Bitonal

Tritonal

Colorblind^[m]

Accessibility

Opinionated^[n]

Ergonomics

Clean

Cozy

Playful

Typography Focus

Readability

Meditative

Special Purposes –

TTRPG

Novelty

Features

Inclusions	Support	Functions	Colorful
Cssclasses > Kanban > Gallery > Multiple_columns Callouts Cards Banner^[o] Custom_html Custom_icons Alternate Checkboxes^[p] > Community checkboxes File_explorer_icons	<x>_support (Plugins) <y>_support (Snippets) Modifies_<plugin> Vim Support Mobile Support PDF Export Support	Highlight active line Focus_mode Mini_mode Auto_hiding Image_zoom	Rainbow Folders Multicolor_headers Rainbow headers Colorful_frame Accent_based
Layout	Layout separation ^[q]	Style Settings	Text Appearance
Multiple Palettes Modified_Layout Multiple Layouts Background image Macos_tab_buttons Dense_layout Sparse_layout	Line_layout_separation^[r] Padded_layout_separation brightness_layout_separation Borderless	Style Settings Lite Style Settings Medium (40+) Style Settings Large (> 200)	Larger_text Smaller_text Monospace_editor Always_monospace Typographic_customizationCustom_font Preferred_font

Specifics^[s]

Plugins

Snippets

Named Palettes

Inspirations

Canvas

Bases

Kanban

Excalidraw

Dataview

Banner

Tasks

Community Checkboxes

Multi Column

Banner

OLED

Gruvbox

Cappuccin

Behave

Everforest

Coffee_palette

Dracula

Rose_pine

Zenburn

Material_ocean

Solarized

Gruvbox_material

Wombat256,

Tomorrow,

> Base16

Monkeytype

Halcyon

Flexoki

Nightfox

Novadust

Neovim_default

Tiniri

Penumbra

Atom_one

Horizon

Kanagawa

Biscuit

Ubuntu

Notion

Things

Typora

Gnome, adwaita

…

Typora_vue_theme

Wikipedia

Github

iA_writer

monokai_pro

Potential additions -

File explorer word wrap

Codeblock numbers

,

Breadcrumbs_outline, -> https://github.com/subframe7536/obsidian-theme-maple

readable_line_length_configurability

multicolor_headers

Emphasis patterns

“Paper on desk”, two tones, editor brightest

Retro obsidian; Oldsidian, Obsidian_origin

Based_on, (theme derived from)

Customized_font,

Hybrid-brightness

Minimal Tag Table

Let’s keep things simple. Give me some general, easy to understand options and let me narrow it down.

Definitions of Genre, Philosophy and Features

philosophy is about the dev's approach to making the theme and how they intend to deal with users

genre is the overall flavor of the theme and how it looks/feels

features are self-explanatory.

Floodlight, 2025

Proposed Tag Table

Genre

Features

Philosophy

Minimalist

Retro

Exotic

Inspired by x OS or y Desktop Environment

Customizable

Vim Support

Mobile Support

Support for Plugin z

Support for Snippet a

Platform-theme

Opinionated

Cozy

Playful

[a]You don't need to add these, they are here by default.

[b]In order to keep platform themes from dominating here, these tags will only be applied to the theme's default appearance.

[c]These tags should only be applied if the author declares that he's doing that. Very simple descriptions can ignore this section entirely.

[d]This is a gradient. Compatibility issues implies there's something wrong but you can ignore it; broken_functionality implies something isn't working, like a feature, or it's obstructively broken. More ambitious themes are more likely to end up on broken_functionality.

[e]Things being broken is usually just a pre_1.0 thing, but if the theme isn't as advertised, put this down.

[f]The theme can't be found in the theme store. You don't have to finish these.

[g]Replicates an operating system's default look. This is not the case with the default theme.

[h]Not *just* minimalism - actively removing parts of the UI for aggressively simplified presentation.

[i]More rounded than normal

[j]The theme predominantly is this particular color.

[k]Darker / lighter than default dark theme.

[l]This theme uses three "colors" - lighter, darker, and the "accent". Bitonal has two accents, tritonal three. More probably is just "colorful".

[m]Implements or advertises colorblind accessibility.

[n]The author makes clear a particular vision for the theme.

[o]Not the plugin

[p]Alternate_checkboxes is differentiated from community_checkboxes by whether it uses the standard snippet or just does its own thing. Community is standard.

[q]Layout separation is how the sidebars, ribbon, window panes are separated from one another.

[r]The default theme already does this. I typically only use this tag if the theme expands upon this or makes the line clearer than default.

[s]To help keep future tags from being ambiguous, I'd appreciate if you add what tags you get here.