Each theme is written to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/helix/themes/theme-name.toml. Where the name of each attribute is the theme-name (in the example "base16").
See https://docs.helix-editor.com/themes.html for the full list of options.
Declarations
Type
attribute set of (TOML value)Default
{ }Example
{
base16 = let
transparent = "none";
gray = "#665c54";
dark-gray = "#3c3836";
white = "#fbf1c7";
black = "#282828";
red = "#fb4934";
green = "#b8bb26";
yellow = "#fabd2f";
orange = "#fe8019";
blue = "#83a598";
magenta = "#d3869b";
cyan = "#8ec07c";
in {
"ui.menu" = transparent;
"ui.menu.selected" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"ui.linenr" = { fg = gray; bg = dark-gray; };
"ui.popup" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"ui.linenr.selected" = { fg = white; bg = black; modifiers = [ "bold" ]; };
"ui.selection" = { fg = black; bg = blue; };
"ui.selection.primary" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"comment" = { fg = gray; };
"ui.statusline" = { fg = white; bg = dark-gray; };
"ui.statusline.inactive" = { fg = dark-gray; bg = white; };
"ui.help" = { fg = dark-gray; bg = white; };
"ui.cursor" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"variable" = red;
"variable.builtin" = orange;
"constant.numeric" = orange;
"constant" = orange;
"attributes" = yellow;
"type" = yellow;
"ui.cursor.match" = { fg = yellow; modifiers = [ "underlined" ]; };
"string" = green;
"variable.other.member" = red;
"constant.character.escape" = cyan;
"function" = blue;
"constructor" = blue;
"special" = blue;
"keyword" = magenta;
"label" = magenta;
"namespace" = blue;
"diff.plus" = green;
"diff.delta" = yellow;
"diff.minus" = red;
"diagnostic" = { modifiers = [ "underlined" ]; };
"ui.gutter" = { bg = black; };
"info" = blue;
"hint" = dark-gray;
"debug" = dark-gray;
"warning" = yellow;
"error" = red;
};
}