notion-enhancer/README.md

notion enhancer

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

note: this is currently an unreleased version of the enhancer, which adds some cool things like colour theming and improves on some existing features. it is stable, and so has been pushed out for use. once i've done some more fine-tuning and finished taking screenshots of everything i will release this officially as v0.6.0.

installation

currently, both win10 and Linux are supported. it is possible to run this script via the wsl to modify the win10 notion app.

For Linux install notion from here. Or if you're using arch install notion-app package from AUR.

(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 applications of the notion enhancer, run cleaner.py
8. optional: modify the resources/user.css file to your liking (see styling).
9. run customiser.py to build changes. (for linux run with sudo)

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).

i tried opening the python file but it just closed instantly and nothing happened?

python scripts must be run from the wsl terminal or windows command prompt via e.g. python customiser.py.

now that i've run the script, can i delete this folder?

no! user style files resources/user.css and resources/theme.css are fetched from here each time you open notion. additionally, if you ever need to change or reset your notion build, the customiser.py and cleaner.py files will be useful.

unless you're sure you know what you're doing (if you have to ask, you probably don't) then do not delete anything.

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default windows titlebar/frame has been replaced by one more fitting to the theme of the app.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 44 - 75 from user.css into your css customiser.

image: before enhancement

image: after default enhancement

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 19 (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)
• load theme.css: loads the custom colour theme file. see colour theming for more information. (default: false)

image: open application tray

styling

custom appearances can be applied to the app via the resources/user.css and resources/theme.css files. for more information, and a list of various optional styling changes, see the page on styling.

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.

other details

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.