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themes-switch

Features

Multiple themes supported via custom variables.
Generating themes via webpack.
Themes switch without page reload.
Supported formats: css, less, postcss, sass.

Changes

In the new version themes-switch replaces extract-text-webpack-plugin with mini-css-extract-plugin, and upgrade peerDependency to Webpack 4.3.x. Now the option themesLoader is deprecated. If you are using Webpack 3.x and extract-text-webpack-plugin, view the docs here.

importAfterVariables has been removed, and the plugin will automatically recognize this. ignoredFilesInThemesDir is a new option to ignore files in the theme directory. usePureCSS is a new option to declare whether to use pure CSS only.

Installation

npm install themes-switch --save

Usage

Config themes-switch in webpack.config.js, and put MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader in your less/sass/postcss/css loaders.

const ThemesGeneratorPlugin = require('themes-switch/ThemesGeneratorPlugin');
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');

module.exports = {
  entry: {
    main: './src/main.js'
  },
  output: {
    filename: '[name]-[hash].js',
    chunkFilename: '[name]-[hash].js',
    path: `${__dirname}/build`,
    publicPath: ''
  },
  module: {
    rules: [
      // ...
      {
        test: /\.(less|css)$/,
        use: [MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader, 'css-loader', 'less-loader']
      }
    ]
  },
  plugins: [
    new ThemesGeneratorPlugin({
      srcDir: 'src',
      themesDir: 'src/assets/themes',
      outputDir: 'static/css',
      defaultStyleName: 'default.less'
    })
  ]
};

Create following directory for themes, and set it to option themesDir:

src
  - themes
    - dark.less
    - default.less
    - light.less

Import your default theme into default.less:

@import 'light.less';

Specify theme variables:

@color-main: #222A42;
@color-text: #FFF;

When you use sass, you should add default flag to default theme variables, such as $color-main: #0A6EFA !default;.

Import default.less when you use theme variables:

@import 'default.less';

.main {
  background: @color-main;
}

ThemesGeneratorPlugin scans files in themesDir and files that import default.less, then generates separated files for all themes automatically.
You can access the themes info via process.themes in your code, value such as { 'theme-dark': 'css/dark.css', 'theme-light': 'css/light.css' }.
Call changeTheme method to switch to new theme by pass theme name and url.

Switch themes in your code

import { changeTheme } from 'themes-switch';

// ...
changeTheme('themes-dark', 'css/themes-dark.css');
// ...

Options

Name	Description	Type	Default Value
srcDir	Souce code directory	`{String}`
themesDir	Directory of themes	`{String}`
outputDir	Directory of generated files	`{String}`
defaultStyleName	File name of default style, specify it when you use different style formats	`{String}`	`default`
clearTemp	Delete temp directory when webpack was done	`{Boolean}`	`true`
disable	Disable the plugin	`{Boolean}`	`false`
useStaticThemeName	Whether to add random number to file names of themes	`{Boolean}`	`false`
ignoredFilesInThemesDir	Files that will be ignored in themes directory	`{String}`
usePureCSS	If you only use pure CSS, you need to explicitly declare	`{Boolean}`	`false`

Methods

changeTheme

theme: new theme name, such as theme-dark.
themeUrl: new theme url, such as css/dark.css. You can get the value from process.themes
onLoad: callback when new link was loaded.