notion enhancer

an enhancer/customiser for the all-in-one productivity workspace notion.so

installation

currently, only win10 is supported. it is possible to run this script via the wsl to modify the win10 notion app.

(the styles should also work for the web version. these can be installed via an extension like stylus or a built-in feature like userChrome.css.)

1. install node.js (if using the wsl, it is recommended to install via nvm).
2. install python (if using the wsl, follow this guide).
3. reboot.
4. in cmd (on windows) or bash (with wsl), run npm install -g asar (check installation by running asar).
5. download this enhancer & extract to a location it can safely remain (this must be in the windows filesystem, even if you are running the script from the wsl).
6. ensure notion is closed.
7. optional: to remove previous versions of notion enhancer, run cleaner.py
8. optional: modify the resources/user.css files to your liking.
9. run customiser.py to build changes.

done: run notion and enjoy.

oh no, now my app won't open!

1. kill any notion tasks in the task manager (ctrl+shift+esc).
2. run cleaner.py.
3. reboot.
4. follow instructions above (ensuring notion isn't running! again, check task manager).

this is a fork

credit where credit is due, this was originally made by Uzver (github: @TarasokUA, telegram: UserFromUkraine, discord: Uzver#8760).

he has approved my go-ahead with this fork, as he himself no longer wishes to continue development on the project.

features

titlebar

default windows titlebar/frame has been replaced by one more fitting to the theme of the app.

this includes the addition of an extra button, "always on top" symbolised with an arrow (4th from the right). when toggled to point up, notion will remain the top visible window even if not focused.

to customise which characters are used for these buttons, open in the resources/preload.js file, find the relevant button (read the comments) and replace its icon with your chosen unicode character (e.g. replacing element.innerHTML = '▢'; with element.innerHTML = '🙄';).

nicer scrollbars

i mean, yeah. get rid of those ugly default scrollbars and use nice inconspicuous ones that actually look as if they're part of notion.

to add these to the web version, copy lines 43 - 87 from user.css into your css customiser.

hotkeys

• reload window: in addition to the built-in CmdOrCtrl+R reload, you can now reload a window with F5.
• toggle all notion windows to/from the tray: CmdOrCtrl+Shift+A by default.

to set your own toggle hotkey, open customiser.py and change line 16 (hotkey = 'CmdOrCtrl+Shift+A') to your preference. you will need to run or re-run customiser.py afterwards.

tray

• single-click to toggle app visibility. right click to open menu.
• settings will be saved in %localappdata%/Programs/Notion/resources/app/user-preferences.json
• run on startup: run notion on boot/startup. (default: true)
• hide on open: hide the launch of notion to the tray. (default: false)
• open maximised: maximise the app on open. (default: false)
• close to tray: close window to tray rather than closing outright on click of ⨉. does not apply if multiple notion windows are open. (default: false)

styling

due to customiser.py setting up a direct link to resources/user.css, changes will be applied instantly on notion reload (no need to re-run customiser.py every time you want to change some styles).

these should also work for the web version, if copied into your css customiser.

css below will work for every instance of the element, but if you wish to hide only a specific element (e.g. the '+ new' table row) it is recommended that you prepend each selector with [data-block-id='ID'] (video tutorial on fetching IDs).

wider page view

.notion-peek-renderer > div:nth-child(2) {
  max-width: 85vw !important;
}

thinner cover image

[style^='position: relative; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; height: 30vh;'] {
  height: 12vh !important;
}
[style^='position: relative; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; height: 30vh;']
  img {
  height: 20vh !important;
}

table columns below 100px

not recommended! this is unreliable and will cause bugs. coincidentally, this is also what the youtube video linked above shows how to do. as it is a per-table-column style, unlike all others here, it must be prepended with the block ID.

[data-block-id^='ID']
  > [style^='display: flex; position: absolute; background: rgb(47, 52, 55); z-index: 82; height: 33px; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);']
  > div:nth-child(1)
  > div:nth-child(10)
  > div:nth-child(1),
[data-block-id^='ID']
  > [style^='position: relative; min-width: calc(100% - 192px);']
  > [data-block-id]
  > div:nth-child(10),
[data-block-id^='ID'] > div:nth-child(5) > div:nth-child(10) {
  width: 45px !important;
}
[data-block-id^='ID']
  [style^='position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none;']:not(.notion-presence-container) {
  display: none;
}

hide '+ new' table row

.notion-table-view-add-row {
  display: none !important;
}

hide calculations table row

.notion-table-view-add-row + div {
  display: none !important;
}

hide '+ new' board row

.notion-board-group
  [style='user-select: none; transition: background 120ms ease-in 0s; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; flex-shrink: 0; white-space: nowrap; height: 32px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 8px; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4); width: 100%;'] {
  display: none !important;
}

hide board view hidden columns

.notion-board-view > [data-block-id] > div:nth-last-child(2),
.notion-board-view > [data-block-id] > div:first-child > div:nth-last-child(2) {
  display: none !important;
}

hide board view 'add a group'

.notion-board-view > [data-block-id] > div:last-child,
.notion-board-view > [data-block-id] > div:first-child > div:last-child {
  display: none !important;
}

centre-align table column headers

.notion-table-view-header-cell > div > div {
  margin: 0px auto;
}

smaller table column header icons

[style^='display: flex; position: absolute; background: rgb(47, 52, 55); z-index: 82; height: 33px; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);']
  div:nth-child(1)
  svg {
  height: 10px !important;
  width: 10px !important;
  margin-right: -4px;
}

remove icons from table column headers

.notion-table-view-header-cell [style^='margin-right: 6px;'] {
  display: none !important;
}

removing/decreasing side padding for tables

[style^='flex-shrink: 0; flex-grow: 1; width: 100%; max-width: 100%; display: flex; align-items: center; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); padding: 0px 96px 30vh;']
  .notion-table-view,
[class='notion-scroller'] > .notion-table-view {
  padding-left: 35px !important;
  padding-right: 15px !important;
  min-width: 0% !important;
}
[style^='flex-shrink: 0; flex-grow: 1; width: 100%; max-width: 100%; display: flex; align-items: center; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); padding: 0px 96px 30vh;']
  .notion-selectable
  .notion-scroller.horizontal::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  margin-left: 10px;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

removing/decreasing side padding for boards

.notion-board-view {
  padding-left: 10px !important;
  padding-right: 10px !important;
}

other details

i have an unhealthy habit of avoiding capital letters. nothing enforces this, i just do it.

the notion logo belongs entirely to the notion team, and was sourced from their media kit.

if you have any questions, check my website for contact details.