Vertical Timelines en

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This theme distributes your timeline events on either side of an actual vertical line and pops the dates out of the title bar, for a more presentational aesthetic. It only activates when at least 600 pixels are available for the timeline’s width, automatically adjusting to screen size and whether or not the navigation panel is open.

Date labels are only shown if a date is set and use the colour set for the corresponding event marker, except for Gray which defaults to your theme’s Neutral color. The main line uses your theme’s Secondary color.

Customization

To control all options, add any of the following rules to your campaign CSS in Settings > Theming, changing the values as desired. You can of course use different settings for different timeline IDs or types by changing the selector accordingly, like .kanka-entity-12345 .timeline {...} or .kanka-type-journal .timeline {...} (click here to learn about designing your own entity selectors).

.timeline {
/* Line color defaults to theme’s Secondary */
	--svtlinecolor: hsl(var(--s));
/* Marker background colour defaults to theme’s Neutral (when set to Gray) */
	--svtbgc: hsl(var(--n));
/* Marker text colour defaults to theme’s Neutral (when set to Gray) */
	--svtbgt: hsl(var(--nc));
}

Straight dates

If you prefer your date labels to be purely rectangular, you can also add the following rules to your CSS:

/* Disable arrowheads */
.kanka-entity-timeline:not(.kanka-tag-horizontaltimeline) .timeline > li:nth-child(2n) .text-neutral-content:after,
.kanka-entity-timeline:not(.kanka-tag-horizontaltimeline) .timeline > li:nth-child(2n+1) .text-neutral-content:before {
	display:none;
}
.kanka-entity-timeline:not(.kanka-tag-horizontaltimeline) .timeline > li:nth-child(2n) .text-neutral-content {
	right: calc(100% + 50px);
	border-radius: .25rem;
}
.kanka-entity-timeline:not(.kanka-tag-horizontaltimeline) .timeline > li:nth-child(2n+1) .text-neutral-content {
	left: calc(100% + 50px);
	border-radius: .25rem;
}

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Latest version 2.1 View content

Released 2 weeks ago

Small fix to the horizontal alignment of date labels relative to events.
Adding a tiny bit of padding to the event collapse toggle for more consistent spacing in the header.

Plugin CSS for 2.1


/* BEGIN Vertical Timeline by Salvatos */
/* Set vars */
.timeline {
	--svtlinecolor: hsl(var(--s));
	--svtbgc: hsl(var(--n));
	--svtbgt: hsl(var(--nc));
}
/* Container shorthand */
.kanka-entity-timeline:not(.kanka-tag-horizontaltimeline) .entity-main-block {
	container: svt / inline-size;
}
@container svt (width > 600px) {
	/* Position events */
	li[id|="timeline-element"] {
		width: 50%;
		padding-bottom: 25px;
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n+1) {
		left: 0;
		padding-right: 25px;
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n) {
		left: 50%;
		padding-left: 25px;
	}
	/* Shorten the bar on the last item so it doesn't collide with buttons */
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:last-child {
		padding-bottom: 0;
		margin-bottom: 15px;
	}
	/* Position markers*/
	li[id|="timeline-element"] > i {
		position: absolute;
		top: 7px;
		background-color: var(--svtbgc);
		color: var(--svtbgt);
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n) > i {
		left: calc(0% - 15px);
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n+1) > i {
		left: calc(100% - 15px);
	}
	/* Position lines */
	li[id|="timeline-element"]::before {
		display: block !important; /* important otherwise Kanka sets the last one to 'table' */
		width: 6px;
		border-radius: 0;
		background-color: var(--svtlinecolor);
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n)::before {
		left: calc(0% - 2px);
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n+1)::before {
		left: calc(100% - 2px);
	}
	/* Set radius of line start */
	:is(li[id|="timeline-element"]::after, li[id|="timeline-element"]:first-of-type::before) {
		border-top-left-radius: 5px !important;
		border-top-right-radius: 5px !important;
	}
	/* Fix length and set radius of line end */
	:is(li[id|="timeline-element"]::after, li[id|="timeline-element"]:last-of-type::before) {
		display: initial;
		height: calc(100% - 25px);
		border-bottom-left-radius: 5px !important;
		border-bottom-right-radius: 5px !important;
	}
	/* Reshape event blocks */
	.timeline-item {
		margin: 0;
	}
	/* Remove the misplaced box-shadow from Kanka */
	.timeline > li .timeline-item {
		box-shadow: unset;
	}
  	/* More consistent spacing around the toggle */
  	.element-toggle .icon-hide {
		padding-inline: 2px;
	}
	/* Set date markers */
	.bg-aqua + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#00c0ef;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-black + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#111;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-brown + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc: #a35831;--svtbgt:#fff}
  	.bg-grey + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {/* use defaults */}
	.bg-green + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#00a65a;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-light-blue + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#3c8dbc;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-maroon + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#d81b60;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-navy + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#001f3f;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-orange + .timeline-item  .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#ff851b;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-pink + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#ebbde9;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-purple + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#605ca8;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-red + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#dd4b39;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.bg-teal + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#39cccc;--svtbgt:#111}
	.bg-yellow + .timeline-item .text-neutral-content {--svtbgc:#f39c12;--svtbgt:#fff}
	.timeline-item-head .text-neutral-content {
		position: absolute;
		top: 7px;
		width: max-content;
		padding: 5px 8px;
		border: 1px solid var(--svtbgc);
		border-radius: 3px;
		box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
		background-color: var(--svtbgc);
		color: var(--svtbgt);
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n) .text-neutral-content {
		right: calc(100% + 75px);
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n+1) .text-neutral-content {
		left: calc(100% + 75px);
	}
	/* Fancy arrowheads */
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n) .text-neutral-content:after,
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n+1) .text-neutral-content:before {
		content: "";
		display: block;
		position: absolute;
		top: 1px;
		border-top: 15px solid transparent;
		border-bottom: 15px solid transparent;
		border-radius: 50%;
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n) .text-neutral-content:after {
		right: -25px;
		border-right: none;
		border-left: 25px solid var(--svtbgc);
	}
	li[id|="timeline-element"]:nth-child(2n+1) .text-neutral-content:before {
		left: -25px;
		border-left: none;
		border-right: 25px solid var(--svtbgc);
	}
}
/* END Vertical Timeline by Salvatos */