Matte Black
Last updated at 2026-07-26 14:09:19.435102 +0000 +0000
Description
Dark theme, a bit of a mashup of various themes + custom changes
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Code
To use this theme, paste this into your custom CSS:
@import url("https://css.gomuks.app/theme/matteblack.css");
Full CSS:
/*
* Matte Black
* By: @s1lv3r:wolfgirl.pet
*
* Largely based and expanded upon https://css.gomuks.app/theme/cinnytheme by @katja:conduwuit.ctucx.de,
* other parts are commented where relevant.
*/
:root {
--text-color: #ebebeb;
--background-color: #141414;
--border-color: #404040;
--message-bubble-background-color: #202020;
--message-mention-background-color: var(--background-color);
--message-mention-background-color-hover: #303030;
--space-list-background-overlay: #1a1a1a;
--room-list-background-overlay: #1a1a1a;
--composer-background-color: #333;
--timeline-vertical-padding: 0.25rem;
--timeline-message-gap-same-sender: 0;
--timeline-sender-name-content-gap: 0.3rem;
--timeline-hover-bg-color: #171717; /* Background behind message bubbles when hovered */
--timeline-highlight-bg-color: #3312; /* Messages mentioning you */
--timeline-highlight-hover-bg-color: #3315;
--message-font: "JetBrains Mono", "Sauce Code Pro NFM", monospace;
--monospace-font-stack: var(--message-font);
}
/* Show back button on mobile and small screens */
@media (min-width: 721px) {
button.back {
display: none;
}
}
/* Make all text follow the --message-font (monospace) */
*,
*::placeholder,
*::-moz-placeholder {
font-family: var(--message-font) !important;
}
/* Prettier avatars */
img.avatar {
border-radius: 20%;
}
/* Various layout changes and improvements on the left side */
div.room-list-wrapper {
grid-template:
"spacebar search" var(--window-top-margin)
"spacebar roomlist" 3.5rem
"spacebar roomlist" 1fr
"profile profile" /
3rem 1fr;
grid-template-rows: 3.5rem 2fr;
grid-template-columns: 3.9rem 1fr;
}
div.room-search-wrapper {
height: unset;
}
div.room-list-wrapper,
div.space-bar {
border-right: 1px solid var(--border-color);
}
div.room-header,
div.room-search-wrapper {
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color);
}
div.space-entry,
div.message-composer {
border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
padding: 0.35rem;
}
div.profile-switcher {
border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color);
padding: 0.35rem;
}
div.room-entry {
width: unset;
padding: 0.35rem;
}
div.space-entry {
margin: 0.6rem !important;
}
div.space-entry[data-target-space] {
border: 1px solid transparent;
}
div.message-composer {
box-shadow: none;
}
/* Ensure tables scroll when overflowing */
div.html-body {
overflow: scroll;
}
/*
* Better tables
* https://css.gomuks.app/theme/better-tables
*/
.html-body {
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
display: table;
border-spacing: 0;
}
table th {
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
}
table tr {
background-color: var(--timeline-hover-bg-color);
}
table tr:nth-child(2n) {
background-color: var(--background-color);
}
table td {
padding: 0.5rem;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
}
}
/*
* Bubble messages
* Modified from original: https://css.gomuks.app/theme/bubblemuks
*/
.timeline-event {
&.small-event {
color: #888;
font-size: 0.8rem;
.sender-avatar {
height: 100% !important;
width: 100% !important;
}
.event-time-only {
max-height: 1.1rem;
}
}
/* Spacing around sender time */
.event-sender-and-time .event-time {
margin-left: 0.2rem;
margin-right: 0.3rem;
}
/* Time on left of message hidden unless hover */
&:hover:not(.small-event) > .event-time-only {
display: flex !important;
}
&:not(.small-event) {
padding-top: 2px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
.event-time-only {
display: none !important;
}
/* Multiple bubbles after each other, first one: */
&:has(+ .same-sender) .event-content {
border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
}
/* Second and following */
&.same-sender .event-content {
border-top-left-radius: 0;
}
.event-content {
width: 90%;
max-width: max-content;
border-radius: 1.25rem;
padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
background: var(--message-bubble-background-color);
}
}
/* Spacing around reactions */
.event-reactions {
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-top: 0.6rem;
}
}
/* Add background to user and room mentions to make them stand out more */
.hicli-matrix-uri-user,
.hicli-matrix-uri-user-id,
.hicli-matrix-uri-room-alias,
.hicli-matrix-uri-room-id {
background-color: var(--message-mention-background-color) !important;
transition: background 80ms ease;
max-width: 15rem !important;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis !important;
border-radius: 1rem !important;
padding: 0 0.5rem !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
color: currentColor;
&:hover {
background-color: var(--message-mention-background-color-hover) !important;
}
}
/* Some extra padding for code blocks - Theme should be set in gomuks settings */
.timeline-event .event-content .message-text pre {
padding-top: 0.3rem;
margin-top: 0.6rem !important;
margin-bottom: 0.6rem !important;
}
/* Always show ID in member list */
.member-list .member {
grid-template: "avatar displayname" 1.75rem "avatar userid" 1.25rem / 2.5rem 1fr !important;
div.displayname {
align-self: end !important;
}
div.user-id {
display: block !important;
align-self: start;
}
}
/* Bottom "XXX is typing" padding */
.room-view .typing-notifications {
margin-top: 2px;
margin-bottom: 2px;
}