# Themes and what you should know
SNW works with all themes, but it doesn't mean that things always look the way you expect.
Before writing that you have a visual issue, please change your theme to something like Minimal and test if SNW is behaving as you expect.
Some themes (like the Obsidian default theme) have largely hidden gutters that aren't visible until you turn on line numbering or SNW'w gutter references. If the large gutter bothers you, the SNW gutter references can be turned off in settings.
# Odd issues
Modifying the underlying Obsidian rendering engine is not easy. It is a complex piece of software. There are some issues we have not been able to resolve, so we had to compromise. We will list such examples as they surface here:
- An embed marked to render its display that is on its own line will force the reference counter to the next line. So if you have typed on a line something like this, all by itself: `![[MyPage#header1]]` It will show any block reference counts on the following line. However, if the same text is entered as: `- ![[MyPage#header1]]`, that is, with any other text, it will render the block references as by design.
# Incompatibilities
Sadly, there can be some plugin incompatibilities. No one is at fault, but we all fight for the same resources in Obsidian. I will maintain a list of issues here:
+ Canvas
+ Notes that are embedded in a canvas file will show the reference counter. However, notes created in a canvas card will not render their reference counts. Any links created there will not be included in the reference count. For now, even Obsidian doesn't offer these links in the backlinks pane, and since Strange New Worlds leverages the same API, this means Strange New Worlds doesn't support this yet.
+ Kanban: SNW does not show the counter