How to use `var(--some-color)` as `default` setting for a color about obsidian-style-settings HOT 2 OPEN

If variables can't be supported, as mentioned in the Discord thread, if the user had some way of unsetting the color in the Settings UI, and we could put in empty defaults, that might achieve the same result too... and put less work on developers to figure out those default variable values should be.

I found that if I actually set the CSS variables using the var(--some-color) syntax, and then "hardcode" the color in the settings for Style settings, it'll actually be able to use the variable until you set the color with style settings, and if you reset to default settings it restore the usage of the variables. The only bad thing with this workaround, is that the color shown within style settings is not correct if you change the variable by changing theme or similar, as it's still being "hardcoded".

So I would still love for var(--some-color) to be understood as a default value.

from obsidian-style-settings.

I'm in the middle of adding support to my plugin as well, and I'm wondering the same thing.

Started a thread about this (before I saw this issue) on the Obsidian Discord here:
https://discord.com/channels/686053708261228577/702656734631821413/1228351103486394429

I first attempted to set an empty default (it only accepts '#') but the user can't reset to it.

Then I tried using Obsidian's variables:

default-light: var(--background-primary) or default-light: var(--color-base-00)

...but I am getting this error in the console:

Error: Toolbar background missing default light value, or value is not in a valid color format

If variables can't be supported, as mentioned in the Discord thread, if the user had some way of unsetting the color in the Settings UI, and we could put in empty defaults, that might achieve the same result too... and put less work on developers to figure out those default variable values should be.

from obsidian-style-settings.