clean-jsdoc-theme

clean-jsdoc-theme is a beautifully crafted theme for JSDoc 3/JSDoc 4. It is a clean and fully responsive theme with loads of customisation features.

Some salient features:

1. It supports most screens, i.e. desktops, laptops, iPad and mobile devices.
2. It has a premium-looking dark and light theme.
3. It minifies all the output HTML files (this helps in saving a few KBs).
4. It has search support. The search feature doesn't increase the size of output HTML files.
5. It is regularly updated.
6. It is highly performant. Check lighthouse report here .

We know that no library is perfect. That's why we are open to hearing from the community about the theme. For any suggestions, questions or bugs, feel free to create an issue.

Demo

1. To view this theme, visit https://ankdev.me/clean-jsdoc-theme/v4.

2. If you want to see a demo repo to set up this theme, visit clean-jsdoc-theme-example. This repo will guide you step by step on how to set up JSDoc and clean-jsdoc-theme in your existing repo.

Screenshots

Installation

Note : you must have node and npm installed on your machine.

In a terminal, type :

npm install clean-jsdoc-theme --save-dev
# or
yarn add clean-jsdoc-theme -D

In your projects package.json file, add a script to generate the documentation using JSDoc :

"scripts": {
  "generate-docs": "jsdoc --configure jsdoc.json --verbose"
}

Heads Up! In the above generate_docs script, the value of the --configure option is jsdoc.json. Make sure the jsdoc.json file exists as it contains the JSDoc configuration. If you have your JSDoc config in a different file, replace jsdoc.json with its name.

In your jsdoc.json file, add a template option to use clean-jsdoc-theme instead of the default JSDoc theme:

"opts": {
  "template": "node_modules/clean-jsdoc-theme"
}

Now, run the previously added script to generate the documentation :

npm run generate-docs

For more information, look at the clean-jsdoc-theme-example repository.

Example JSDoc Config

{
    "source": {
        "include": ["lib", "package.json", "README.md"],
        "includePattern": ".js$",
        "excludePattern": "(node_modules/|docs)"
    },
    "plugins": ["plugins/markdown"],
    "opts": {
        "encoding": "utf8",
        "readme": "./README.md",
        "destination": "docs/",
        "recurse": true,
        "verbose": true,
        "template": "./node_modules/clean-jsdoc-theme",
        "theme_opts": {
            "default_theme": "dark"
        }
    },
    "markdown": {
        "hardwrap": false,
        "idInHeadings": true
        // This is important for clean-jsdoc-theme, otherwise some features might not work.
    }
}

Options

Set a default theme

To set the default theme, add the following in your JSDoc config file:

"theme_opts": {
  "default_theme": "dark" // "light", "fallback-dark", "fallback-light"
}

If you set default theme as "fallback-dark", then clean-jsdoc-theme will try to detect user's preferred color scheme. If it will detect successfully then it will set user's preferred theme else fallback to dark theme.

Same if you set default theme as "fallback-light", it will try to detect user's preferred theme. If not then fallback to light theme.

Set base url

To set the base url, add the following in your JSDoc config file:

"theme_opts": {
  "base_url": "https://ankdev.me/v4/"
}

Make sure to add a forward slash (/) at the end of the URL.

The default value of base_url is computed with the following code:

const path = document.location.pathname;
const baseURL = path.substr(0, path.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);

Add favicon

To set a favicon, add the following in your JSDoc config file:

"theme_opts": {
  "favicon": "path/to/img"
}

You can use static_dir option to copy all you static files to output dir and use that path instead of path/to/img. This will not flatten the output file path, it will preserve the directory structure. If you want to flatten the output dir use jsdoc default copy static files options

Add homepage title

To add the title of the homepage use the homepageTitle property as follows:

"theme_opts": {
  "homepageTitle": "Clean JSDoc theme"
}

Add title

Both strings and HTML are accepted. Use HTML to overwrite the default HTML, and a string to set a plaintext title. One example of this is below:

"theme_opts": {
  "title": "<img src='path/to/img' class='my-custom-class'/>" // or "title": "clean-jsodc-theme"
}

You can use static_dir option to copy all you static files to output dir and use that path in place of path/to/img.

Add files list in homepage

By default clean-jsdoc-theme will not include the list of files in the homepage. If you want to add them the do the following

"theme_opts": {
  "includeFilesListInHomepage": true // by default it is false.
}

Note: You need to add @file tag in the .js if you want to include it in the file list. For more details on @file visit: https://jsdoc.app/tags-file.html

Add navbar menu

To render extra link(s) in navbar. It accepts an array of objects:

"theme_opts": {
  "menu": [
    {
      "title": "Website",
      "link": "https://ankdev.me/clean-jsdoc-theme/dark/",
      "target": "_blank",
      "class": "some-class",
      "id": "some-id"
    },
    {
      // more if you want to.
    }
  ]
}

menu is an array of objects. Each object has five properties, out of which two are required (title and link). If an object doesn't have the required properties, then you might expect an error.

Properties

name	type	required
title	string	required
link	string	required
target	string	optional
class	string	optional
id	string	optional

Sections

There is also an option to add a meta tag to every generated HTML file. You can use the meta option to include a list of meta tags into head.

"theme_opts": {
  "sections": ["Classes", "Modules", "Global"] // Only three members will be in the sidebar.
}

// SECTION_TYPE
[
    'Classes',
    'Modules',
    'Externals',
    'Events',
    'Namespaces',
    'Mixins',
    'Tutorials',
    'Interfaces',
    'Global',
];

Meta

There is also an option to add meta tag to every generated HTML file. You can use meta option to include a list of meta tags into head.

"theme_opts": {
  "meta": [
    {
      "name": "author",
      "content": "Ankit Kumar"
    },
    {
      "name": "description",
      "content": "Best Clean and minimal JSDoc 3 Template/Theme"
    }
  ]
}

meta is an array of objects. Each objects can have any valid combination of HTML metadata attributes.

Search

By default, the search feature is enabled in the theme.

Make sure you have added the base_url option as well, otherwise your search query might fail.

If you want to disable the search feature, you can do the following:

"theme_opts": {
  "search": false
}

How does the search work?

If the search feature is enabled, you'll see a data folder in the output. This data folder contains a JSON called search.json. There is a fetch request when user types anything in the search box. That means search data is only loaded if user wants to search anything.

CodePen

Note: currently, this feature is only enabled for the examples section.

"theme_opts": {
  "codepen": {
    "enable_for": ["examples"],
    "options": {
      "js_external": "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js",
      "js_pre_processor": "babel"
    }
  }
}

options can be any valid CodePen option. For more visit: Codepen Prefill options

If you want to add some js in the beginning of your example then you can use js option.

"theme_opts": {
  "codepen": {
    "enable_for": ["examples"],
    "options": {
      "js_external": "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js",
      "js_pre_processor": "babel"
      "js": "import Something from 'some-package'"
    }
  }
}

Let say you have an example as follows:

/**
 * @example
 * let a = Something.fn()
 * console.log(a) // Return value of something
 */
const a;

In codepen the above @example will look like:

import Something from 'some-package';

let a = Something.fn();
console.log(a); // Return value of something

Add static dir

To include static files:

"theme_opts": {
  "static_dir": ["./static"],
}

Add styles

To create custom style rules. Example:

"theme_opts": {
  "create_style": ".sidebar-title { font-size: 2rem }"
}

Add style paths

Use this option to add third party css library. If you want to add your own custom css file then consider using Add custom css files

Note: you have to pass an array of objects. Each object key will be an attribute inside the generated style tag.

Example:

"add_style_path": [
  {
    "href": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css",
    "integrity": "sha384-giJF6kkoqNQ00vy+HMDP7azOuL0xtbfIcaT9wjKHr8RbDVddVHyTfAAsrekwKmP1",
    "crossorigin": "anonymous"
  }
],

Add custom css files

To include css files. Example:

"theme_opts": {
  "include_css": ["./static/index.css", "./src/docs/index.css"]
}

Note: you are not required to manually copy file to output dir.

It will include the css files to the output dir and also attach a link tag to the html pointing to the included css file.

Add scripts

If you wish to incorporate JavaScript functions that execute when a user accesses a webpage, you can utilize the add_scripts option for this purpose. For instance, suppose you want to display a notification dialog when a user visits the webpage located at https://place-where-my-docs-are/SomeClass.html. You want to notify users that they should refrain from utilizing this class. To accomplish this, you can proceed as follows:

"theme_opts": {
  "add_scripts": "function showAlert(){ if (window.location.pathname === '/SomeClass.html') { alert('Do not use this class') } } showAlert();",
}

Writing js code like above can get tricky and complex. You can consider include_js.

Add script paths

Use this option to add third party js library. If you want to add your own custom script file then consider using Add custom script files

Note: you have to pass an array of objects, and object keys are actually the attributes which you want in you script tag.

Example:

"add_script_path": [
  {
    "href": "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.js",
    "integrity": "sha256-QWo7LDvxbWT2tbbQ97B53yJnYU3WhH/C8ycbRAkjPDc=",
    "crossorigin": "anonymous"
  }
],

This will copy the static folder to the output dir.

Note: if the directory doesn't exist then you may get an error. Also, directory is relative to your jsdoc config file.

This will not flatten the directory. Directory structure will be kept as it is.

Add custom script files

If you wish to run some local/custom javascript then you can include them via include_js.

Lets say you want to show some custom message depending on url. You can create a js file as follows:

// static/showAlert.js
function showCustomAlertMessage() {
    const pathname = window.location.pathname;

    switch (pathname) {
        case '/SomeClass.html':
            return alert("Please don't use this class");
        case '/OtherPage.html':
            return alert('Wonderful!');
        default:
            return;
    }
}

showCustomAlert();

Assuming the above js file is stored in ./static/showAlert.js. To include you can do:

"theme_opts": {
  "include_js": ["./static/showAlert.js"]
}

Note: you are not required to manually copy file to output dir.

It will include the js files to the output dir and also attach a script tag to the html pointing to the included js file.

If you want to add some script for some pages then you can do the following:

"include_js": [
    "./demo/src/assets/script.js",
    {
        "filepath": "./demo/src/assets/random.js",
        "targets": [
            "MyClass",
            "tutorial-MyClassTutorial"
        ]
    }
],

Here target is the name of the generated html file (don't include .html).

The above config will add ./demo/src/assets/script.js to all the generated html files. However, it will add ./demo/src/assets/random.js only to MyClass.html and tutorial-MyClassTutorial.html files.

The file name of the generated html generally follows the following convention:

• Class: class's name + .html. Ex Alive.html
• Module: module- + module's name + .html. Ex: module-SqlJs.html
• Tutorials: tutorial- + tutorial's filename + .html

If you are not sure about the target name, then generate html for the first time, then look at the urls.

To ignore sorting

To ignore the sorting of members/methods/event in the page. If it is false then the order of members/methods/events will be in the order they are in code/source.

"theme_opts": {
  "sort": false
}

Footer

"theme_opts": {
  "footer": "This is footer" // or <div class="footer-wrapper">This is a footer </div>
}

To exclude inherited

To exclude inherited symbols. Example:

"exclude_inherited": true

This will remove all symbols (members, methods ...) that come from inherited parents.

To remove styled applied to scrollbar

By default clean-jsdoc-theme applies some styles to browser's scroll bar. However if you want to remove this style do the following

{
    "theme_opts": {
        "shouldRemoveScrollbarStyle": false
    }
}

This will remove all symbols (members, methods ...) that come from inherited parents.

Cheat sheet

name	default	use case	expected value(s)
default_theme	"dark"	To set the default theme	"light", "dark", "fallback-light" or "fallback-dark"
homepageTitle	"Home"	To set the title of homepage	string
title	null	To set the title	HTML or string
base_url	/	To set the base URL	string
menu	null	To render extra link in navbar	Array of Object(s)
meta	null	Meta tag attributes	Array of Object(s)
search	true	To render search or not	true or false
codepen	{}	To open code in codepen	Object
static_dir	null	To include static dir	Array of string
create_style	null	To create custom style rules	string
add_style_path	null	To add external css libraries/files	Array of Object(s)
include_css	null	To include css files	Array of string
add_scripts	null	To create custom script	string
add_script_path	null	To add external js libraries/files	Array of Object(s)
include_js	null	To include js files	string
footer	null	To render footer	HTML or string
exclude_inherited	false	To exclude inherited symbols	boolean
sections	["Modules", "Classes", "Externals", "Events", "Namespaces", "Mixins", "Tutorials", "Interfaces", "Global"]	To order navbar/sidebar sections or to hide/remove navbar/sidebar sections	Array<SECTION_TYPE>
displayModuleHeader	false	If you want the module name to appear on its page	boolean
includeFilesListInHomepage	false	If you want to add or remove the list of files in homepage	boolean
sort	true	To sort the output members/methods/events	boolean
shouldRemoveScrollbarStyle	false	To remove styles applied to browser's scrollbar	boolean

Don't forget to add the following in your jsdoc config file, otherwise toc will not work on some pages.

"markdown": {
  "idInHeadings": true // This is important for clean-jsdoc-theme, otherwise some features might not work.
}

Changelog

Changelog is moved to https://github.com/ankitskvmdam/clean-jsdoc-theme/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Developing

Before starting please go through our contributing guide.

git clone https://github.com/ankitskvmdam/clean-jsdoc-theme.git
cd clean-jsdoc-theme
npm install
npm install jsdoc --no-save
npm run build

npm run build will generate files in output folder.

Contributors

Thanks

Thanks to fuse.js, hljs,tippy.js, and all awesome contributors.

Contact

If you like my work, then give me a star.

Mail me at: [e-mail]

License

Licensed under the MIT license.