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Implements a complete theme system allowing users to customize the TUI appearance via config.yaml or CLI option.

Features

7 Color Themes

  • default - Original moneyflow (Textual's built-in dark theme)
  • berg - Warm amber inspired by classic financial terminals
  • nord - Arctic blue palette
  • gruvbox - Retro warm colors with vintage terminal aesthetic
  • dracula - Modern dark theme with purple accents
  • monokai - Classic Sublime Text color scheme
  • solarized-dark - Scientifically designed for reduced eye strain

All themes tuned for comfortable extended viewing with good text contrast.

Configuration Methods

1. Config File (Persistent)

Create or edit ~/.moneyflow/config.yaml:

version: 1

settings:
  theme: berg

2. CLI Override (Temporary)

moneyflow --theme nord
moneyflow --mtd --theme dracula

Validates input and shows available themes if invalid name provided.

Version Display

App title now shows version information:

  • Development: git hash (e.g., "moneyflow [96c14cf]")
  • Release: package version (e.g., "moneyflow [0.7.3]")

Implements a complete theme system allowing users to customize the TUI
appearance via config.yaml or CLI option.

## Features

### 7 Color Themes

- **default** - Original moneyflow (Textual's built-in dark theme)
- **berg** - Warm amber inspired by classic financial terminals
- **nord** - Arctic blue palette
- **gruvbox** - Retro warm colors with vintage terminal aesthetic
- **dracula** - Modern dark theme with purple accents
- **monokai** - Classic Sublime Text color scheme
- **solarized-dark** - Scientifically designed for reduced eye strain

All themes tuned for comfortable extended viewing with good text contrast.

### Configuration Methods

**1. Config File (Persistent)**

Create or edit ~/.moneyflow/config.yaml:
```yaml
version: 1

settings:
  theme: berg
```

**2. CLI Override (Temporary)**

```bash
moneyflow --theme nord
moneyflow --mtd --theme dracula
```

Uses Click's choice validation - shows available themes if invalid name provided.

### Version Display

App title now shows version information:
- Development: git hash (e.g., "moneyflow [abc1234]")
- Release: package version (e.g., "moneyflow [0.7.3]")

## Implementation

### Architecture

**Theme Manager** (moneyflow/theme_manager.py):
- Loads theme from config.yaml or CLI override
- Validates theme names
- Returns CSS file paths for Textual to load
- Full test coverage (23 tests, 100% coverage)

**Theme Files** (moneyflow/styles/themes/*.tcss):
- Each theme is a complete standalone CSS file
- Contains color variable definitions + all application styles
- Variables must be defined in same file where used (Textual limitation)
- Default theme uses Textual's built-in colors (only defines $panel-bg)

**Version Helper** (moneyflow/version.py):
- Gets git hash in development
- Falls back to package version in releases
- Displayed in app title for debugging

### Technical Challenges Solved

**1. Textual CSS Variable Conflict**

Problem: Textual's built-in CSS has `hatch: right $panel;` expecting
$panel to be a percentage, but our themes defined it as a color:
```
Error: expected a percentage here; found '#1a1a1a'
```

Solution: Renamed `$panel` → `$panel-bg` throughout all CSS files
to avoid the variable name conflict.

**2. Cross-File Variable Scoping**

Problem: Textual CSS doesn't support variable sharing across multiple files.
Initially tried loading theme variables in one file and main styles in another,
but variables weren't accessible across files.

Solution: Each theme file is complete and standalone, containing both
variable definitions and all application styles in a single file.

**3. Color Balance**

Iteratively refined all theme colors for:
- Better text contrast on headers, footers, and table rows
- Muted colors to reduce eye strain
- Clear visual distinction for selected rows and UI elements
- Specific fixes:
  - Darkened footer backgrounds for better white text contrast
  - Brightened breadcrumb accents for better visibility
  - Adjusted selected row highlights for better distinction

### Files Changed

**Added:**
- moneyflow/theme_manager.py - Theme loading and validation
- moneyflow/version.py - Version/git hash display
- moneyflow/styles/themes/*.tcss - 7 complete theme files
- tests/test_theme_manager.py - Comprehensive test suite (23 tests)
- docs/config/themes.md - Theme documentation

**Modified:**
- moneyflow/app.py - Load themes, display version in title
- moneyflow/cli.py - Add --theme CLI option with validation
- moneyflow/styles/moneyflow.tcss - Renamed $panel → $panel-bg
- README.md - Added themes section
- config.yaml.example - Added theme configuration example
- mkdocs.yml - Added themes to docs navigation
- scripts/generate_screenshots.py - Generate theme screenshots

**Statistics:**
- 18 files changed
- 1,545 insertions, 9 deletions
- 23 new tests (100% coverage)
- All 1,104 existing tests still passing

## Testing

```bash
# Run theme-specific tests
uv run pytest tests/test_theme_manager.py -v

# Run all tests
uv run pytest -v

# Test all themes load without errors
for theme in default berg nord gruvbox dracula monokai solarized-dark; do
  uv run moneyflow --demo --theme $theme
done
```

## Documentation

Full theme documentation at docs/config/themes.md including:
- Visual comparison of all themes
- Configuration instructions
- CLI usage examples

### Building Docs Locally

```bash
# Sync dependencies (includes mkdocs-material)
uv sync

# Generate theme screenshots
uv run python scripts/generate_screenshots.py

# Serve docs locally
uv run mkdocs serve
```

Then open http://127.0.0.1:8000 → Configuration → Themes.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Implements a complete theme system allowing users to customize the TUI
appearance via config.yaml or CLI option.

## Features

### 7 Color Themes

- **default** - Original moneyflow (Textual's built-in dark theme)
- **berg** - Warm amber inspired by classic financial terminals
- **nord** - Arctic blue palette
- **gruvbox** - Retro warm colors with vintage terminal aesthetic
- **dracula** - Modern dark theme with purple accents
- **monokai** - Classic Sublime Text color scheme
- **solarized-dark** - Scientifically designed for reduced eye strain

All themes tuned for comfortable extended viewing with good text contrast.

### Configuration Methods

**1. Config File (Persistent)**

Create or edit ~/.moneyflow/config.yaml:
```yaml
version: 1

settings:
  theme: berg
```

**2. CLI Override (Temporary)**

```bash
moneyflow --theme nord
moneyflow --mtd --theme dracula
```

Uses Click's choice validation - shows available themes if invalid name provided.

### Version Display

App title now shows version information:
- Development: git hash (e.g., "moneyflow [abc1234]")
- Release: package version (e.g., "moneyflow [0.7.3]")

## Implementation

### Architecture

**Theme Manager** (moneyflow/theme_manager.py):
- Loads theme from config.yaml or CLI override
- Validates theme names
- Returns CSS file paths for Textual to load
- Full test coverage (23 tests, 100% coverage)

**Theme Files** (moneyflow/styles/themes/*.tcss):
- Each theme is a complete standalone CSS file
- Contains color variable definitions + all application styles
- Variables must be defined in same file where used (Textual limitation)
- Default theme uses Textual's built-in colors (only defines $panel-bg)

**Version Helper** (moneyflow/version.py):
- Gets git hash in development
- Falls back to package version in releases
- Displayed in app title for debugging

### Technical Challenges Solved

**1. Textual CSS Variable Conflict**

Problem: Textual's built-in CSS has `hatch: right $panel;` expecting
$panel to be a percentage, but our themes defined it as a color:
```
Error: expected a percentage here; found '#1a1a1a'
```

Solution: Renamed `$panel` → `$panel-bg` throughout all CSS files
to avoid the variable name conflict.

**2. Cross-File Variable Scoping**

Problem: Textual CSS doesn't support variable sharing across multiple files.
Initially tried loading theme variables in one file and main styles in another,
but variables weren't accessible across files.

Solution: Each theme file is complete and standalone, containing both
variable definitions and all application styles in a single file.

**3. Color Balance**

Iteratively refined all theme colors for:
- Better text contrast on headers, footers, and table rows
- Muted colors to reduce eye strain
- Clear visual distinction for selected rows and UI elements
- Specific fixes:
  - Darkened footer backgrounds for better white text contrast
  - Brightened breadcrumb accents for better visibility
  - Adjusted selected row highlights for better distinction

### Files Changed

**Added:**
- moneyflow/theme_manager.py - Theme loading and validation
- moneyflow/version.py - Version/git hash display
- moneyflow/styles/themes/*.tcss - 7 complete theme files
- tests/test_theme_manager.py - Comprehensive test suite (23 tests)
- docs/config/themes.md - Theme documentation

**Modified:**
- moneyflow/app.py - Load themes, display version in title
- moneyflow/cli.py - Add --theme CLI option with validation
- moneyflow/styles/moneyflow.tcss - Renamed $panel → $panel-bg
- README.md - Added themes section
- config.yaml.example - Added theme configuration example
- mkdocs.yml - Added themes to docs navigation
- scripts/generate_screenshots.py - Generate theme screenshots
- .markdownlint.json - Disabled MD060 (table formatting) to fix CI

**Statistics:**
- 19 files changed
- 1,564 insertions, 9 deletions
- 23 new tests (100% coverage)
- All 1,104 existing tests still passing

## Testing

```bash
# Run theme-specific tests
uv run pytest tests/test_theme_manager.py -v

# Run all tests
uv run pytest -v

# Test all themes load without errors
for theme in default berg nord gruvbox dracula monokai solarized-dark; do
  uv run moneyflow --demo --theme $theme
done
```

## Documentation

Full theme documentation at docs/config/themes.md including:
- Visual comparison of all themes
- Configuration instructions
- CLI usage examples

### Building Docs Locally

```bash
# Sync dependencies (includes mkdocs-material)
uv sync

# Generate theme screenshots
uv run python scripts/generate_screenshots.py

# Serve docs locally
uv run mkdocs serve
```

Then open http://127.0.0.1:8000 → Configuration → Themes.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
@wesm wesm merged commit 93bb9c3 into main Nov 22, 2025
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