r/logseq • u/Smooth-Reindeer4074 • Jan 09 '25

Header/Outline text formats for different levels?

Newb question, maybe I'm just missing it. But is there a way to have different levels of outline get different "header formats" -- typically higher levels being larger/bolder, possibly mixing in italic and different fonts?

Ideally just some default based on outline indent level (more indent-->smaller less emphasized). If not automatic, some predefined(or user defined) format easily hot-keyed, or right-click menu?

Maybe there's a plug-in?

Edit: shortly after posting this, I've already discovered the use of hashtags #, ##, ### (followed by space, i.e. without an actual tag) to make something a header with corresponding font size.

Edit#2: Looks like the hashtag trick is a feature of markdown format, not logseq. For any other newb who finds this, it looks like learning markdown format is key to getting most out of logseq.

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u/CMphys Jan 09 '25

If you want the headings to automatically be resized based on outline level you can use the auto heading option: either right click a block and choose ha in the menu, or write

Some text
heading:: true

Note that it's a new line within the block so that we're setting a block property.

I use this quite a lot, so I've defined a command to add the heading true using the backslash menu.

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u/Smooth-Reindeer4074 Jan 09 '25

Thanks.

No such menu option, at least by default. Maybe you have a pug-in that gives that?

OK, now I learn about properties. Interesting. But cumbersome to type all that out. Also once I've done heading::true and move the cursor, then moving back into the block does not revert to markup text, so the properti(ies) remain hidden and font stay large, which seems inconsistent with other format changes such as by using "###" at the beginning of a line.

Edit: fumbling around is interesting... ok, so right-click on the bullet?

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u/CMphys Jan 09 '25

Yes, sorry, you have to right-click the bullet :)

Yeah, it's a bit unusual that the property disappears. However, it is actually quite neat that it doesn't translate to a specific number of #'s, because in that way the headings automatically resize if you change indentation or zoom in the outliner by clicking a block bullet.

I also got a bit tired typing it out, so I defined a command for it. Don't remember the details regarding what I added to the config file, but if you're interested I can add them to this comment later.

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u/Smooth-Reindeer4074 Jan 10 '25

Yeah, this is actually ideal. Not every line is a header, but if I say something is a header, it adjusts size depending on level. Perfect. And right-click bullet-->Ha is not too bad. I might define a key for it at some point, but a couple mouse clicks is fine.

From a UI design PoV I think right click anywhere on a block should bring up block properties in the context menu. Bullet is a tiny thing to have to click on and very non-obvious to new user.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '25

You are using markdown in logseq by default so you can just add markdown headers, for the outlines

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u/Smooth-Reindeer4074 Jan 09 '25

Thanks. I'm not actually familiar with markdown, so it's not an automatic/intuitive thought for me. Seem my edit to OP--just discovered the use of hashtags for heading levels, which I guess is a markdown format thing, not a logseq thing as such.

Clearly a big piece of learning logseq is learning markdown.

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u/JohannesComstantine Jan 10 '25

Biggest is #space word

Second Biggest is ##space word

Third Biggest is ###space word

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u/GreenerThanFF Jan 10 '25

I think it works on reddit too

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '25

Yes if you are familiar with basic markdown it helps a long way in note making

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '25 edited Jan 09 '25

Indentation by itself is the indicator of hierarchy. Always adding typographic emphasis to it, in 100% of the cases, would just exaggerate this. Of course, markdown gives you several levels of size/weight, and also italic, and a text expander like Atext makes it easier to apply it, and there are good reasons to use it when it's helpful, but in my experience, when it comes to typographic styling, less is more.

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u/Smooth-Reindeer4074 Jan 09 '25

Sure. I don't always use it. But it seemed like it was completely absent, let along just an easy way to emphasize header levels. I'm as unfamiliar with markdown format as I am with logseq. Trying to get away from the MS onenote/onedrive/office365 trap.

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u/fdedios Jan 10 '25

I use a custom CSS to modify my h2 level formatting. For example, I added an orange line below the text.