How do you distinguish headlines of different levels?

[drcxd]

When org-modern-star is set to fold, how do you distinguish headlines of different levels? For example, assume I have a level 4 headline (with four stars), and now I use C-Enter to insert a new headline below it. By default, this will insert a new header of the same level, however, if I want to adjust its level using TAB, I frequently find I easily get lost and can not figure out the current level of the headline.

I have tried setting org-modern-start to replace and assign each level a meaningful symbol, for example a star symbol with the corresponding number of corners. However, this approach does not work cross-platform and different fonts also render these symbols differently. This is why I switch back to the fold style.

One suggestion to improve on this feature is to add a level indicator, such as a small subscript number, for the folding symbols.

[minad]

I just distinguish by size. You could also customize the replace-stars or the fold-stars, e.g., like this:

(setq org-modern-fold-stars '(("▶₁" . "▼₁") ("▷₂" . "▽₂") ("⯈₃" . "⯆₃") ("▹₄" . "▿₄") ("▸₅" . "▾₅")))