@emeks/antd-custom-theme-generator

Antd custom theme generator

A simple way to create an antd theme css file with zero configuration.

Ant Design provides plenty of UI components, styled with less. You can customize the default theme modifying less variables (check their doc for multiple ways to achieve this), but the main issue being that you don't have a simple way to create a static .css file with zero configuration.

This package was created with Antd Design v4.6.6 and aims to ease the theme's customization process without having to install more dependencies yourself, set up less or eject your React project.

Usage

Generate custom theme styles

1. Define your custom theme creating a .less file overriding Antd's variables (by default: ./custom-theme.less).

   • Example:

     @primary-color: #9063cd;
     @success-color: #a8d3c4;

2. Generate custom theme's .css file.

   • Option A:
     Without installing this package:

     $ npx @emeks/antd-custom-theme-generator
     
     output > ./custom-theme.css

   • Option B:
     Installing this package as a dev dependency:

     $ npm i -E --save-dev @emeks/antd-custom-theme-generator

     Then generating your theme:

     $ generate-theme
     
     default output > ./custom-theme.css

3. Replace "antd/dist/antd.css" import in your project, with the output file of your custom theme generated by this script (by default: ./custom-theme.css).

Options

Name	Default	Description
--verbose or -v		Prints a little bit more info for debugging purposes
--watch or -w		Keeps script running, recompile on <customThemeFilePath> change
--antd	./node_modules/antd	Path to the antd library directory
--theme	default	Antd theme you want to use as base (e.g. dark or compact) - Check available options
<customThemeFilePath>	./custom-theme.less	Path to the custom .less file with Antd variables overriden
<generatedThemeFilePath>	./custom-theme.css	Output Path to the compiled .css file containing your new theme

Notes:
The order of paths is important.

  $ generate-theme [--verbose] [--watch] [--antd <dir>] [--theme <theme>] [<customThemeFilePath>] [<generatedThemeFilePath>]

Examples

• Generate a custom theme using dark theme as base:

  $ npx @emeks/antd-custom-theme-generator --theme dark

• Generate a custom theme using default theme as base specifying non default paths:

  $ npx @emeks/antd-custom-theme-generator ./styles/custom-theme.less ./styles/custom-theme.css

FAQ

Q1: Which variables can I override?

You may override any variable exposed by Antd in this file.

Q2: Should I run this command every time I change my custom-theme.less file?

No, you could pass the -w argument to let the script observe <customThemeFilePath> file and recompile it if it changes.

Development

• Inside package folder, link it globally:

  $ npm link

• Use the package in your project (with antd already installed and a <customThemeFilePath> file created as well):

  $ generate-theme