What
chisel currently has only a dark theme. There's no light mode and no theme toggle.
Why it matters
A writing tool is used during all hours — morning sunlight, office fluorescents, coffee shop windows. Dark-only mode is hard to read in bright environments and limits accessibility for users who need or prefer light backgrounds.
Current state
All colors in tui/styles.go are dark-background-oriented. The status bar, editor, corkboard cards, outliner, and reader all assume dark mode. There's no keybinding or config setting to switch themes.
Suggested approach
- Add a theme toggle keybinding (e.g.
F1 or Ctrl+T)
- Define light variants of the existing peach palette in
tui/styles.go
- Persist preference in the project or user config
- Light mode should cover: editor, binder, status bar, corkboard, outliner, reader, quicknote, search overlay, right panel
Environment
- chisel built from
main (bf349ff)
- Go 1.24.4, Linux amd64
- Tested on Debian 13 with Cinnamon desktop
What
chisel currently has only a dark theme. There's no light mode and no theme toggle.
Why it matters
A writing tool is used during all hours — morning sunlight, office fluorescents, coffee shop windows. Dark-only mode is hard to read in bright environments and limits accessibility for users who need or prefer light backgrounds.
Current state
All colors in
tui/styles.goare dark-background-oriented. The status bar, editor, corkboard cards, outliner, and reader all assume dark mode. There's no keybinding or config setting to switch themes.Suggested approach
F1orCtrl+T)tui/styles.goEnvironment
main(bf349ff)