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# Customization
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## A great starting point
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Project documentation is as diverse as the projects themselves and the Material
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theme is a good starting point for making it look great. However, as you write
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your documentation, you may reach a point where some small adjustments are
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necessary to preserve the desired style.
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## Adding assets
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[MkDocs][1] provides several ways to interfere with themes. In order to make a
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few tweaks to an existing theme, you can just add your stylesheets and
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JavaScript files to the `docs` directory.
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[1]: https://www.mkdocs.org
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### Additional stylesheets
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If you want to tweak some colors or change the spacing of certain elements,
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you can do this in a separate stylesheet. The easiest way is by creating a
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new stylesheet file in your `docs` directory:
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``` sh
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mkdir docs/stylesheets
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touch docs/stylesheets/extra.css
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```
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Then, add the following line to your `mkdocs.yml`:
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``` yaml
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extra_css:
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- 'stylesheets/extra.css'
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```
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Spin up the development server with `mkdocs serve` and start typing your
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changes in your additional stylesheet file – you can see them instantly after
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saving, as the MkDocs development server implements live reloading.
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### Additional JavaScript
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The same is true for additional JavaScript. If you want to integrate another
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syntax highlighter or add some custom logic to your theme, create a new
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JavaScript file in your `docs` directory:
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``` sh
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mkdir docs/javascripts
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touch docs/javascripts/extra.js
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```
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Then, add the following line to your `mkdocs.yml`:
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``` yaml
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extra_javascript:
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- 'javascripts/extra.js'
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```
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Further assistance can be found in the [MkDocs documentation][2].
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[2]: https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/styling-your-docs/#customizing-a-theme
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## Extending the theme
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If you want to alter the HTML source (e.g. add or remove some part), you can
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extend the theme. From version 0.16 on MkDocs implements [theme extension][3],
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an easy way to override parts of a theme without forking and changing the
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main theme.
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[3]: https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/styling-your-docs/#using-the-theme-custom_dir
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### Setup and theme structure
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Reference the Material theme as usual in your `mkdocs.yml`, and create a
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new folder for overrides, e.g. `theme`, which you reference using `custom_dir`:
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``` yaml
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theme:
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name: 'material'
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custom_dir: 'theme'
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```
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!!! warning "Theme extension prerequisites"
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As the `custom_dir` variable is used for the theme extension process, the
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Material theme needs to be installed via `pip` and referenced with the
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`name` parameter in your `mkdocs.yml`.
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The structure in the theme directory must mirror the directory structure of the
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original theme, as any file in the theme directory will replace the file with
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the same name which is part of the original theme. Besides, further assets
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may also be put in the theme directory.
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The directory layout of the Material theme is as follows:
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``` sh
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├─ assets/
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│ ├─ images/ # Images and icons
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│ ├─ javascripts/ # JavaScript
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│ └─ stylesheets/ # Stylesheets
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├─ partials/
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│ ├─ integrations/ # 3rd-party integrations
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│ ├─ language/ # Localized languages
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│ ├─ footer.html # Footer bar
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│ ├─ header.html # Header bar
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│ ├─ hero.html # Hero teaser
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│ ├─ language.html # Localized labels
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│ ├─ nav-item.html # Main navigation item
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│ ├─ nav.html # Main navigation
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│ ├─ search.html # Search box
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│ ├─ social.html # Social links
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│ ├─ source.html # Repository information
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│ ├─ tabs-item.html # Tabs navigation item
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│ ├─ tabs.html # Tabs navigation
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│ ├─ toc-item.html # Table of contents item
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│ └─ toc.html # Table of contents
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├─ 404.html # 404 error page
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├─ base.html # Base template
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└─ main.html # Default page
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```
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### Overriding partials
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In order to override the footer, we can replace the `footer.html` partial with
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our own partial. To do this, create the file `partials/footer.html` in the
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theme directory. MkDocs will now use the new partial when rendering the theme.
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This can be done with any file.
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### Overriding template blocks
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Besides overriding partials, one can also override so called template blocks,
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which are defined inside the Material theme and wrap specific features. To
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override a template block, create a `main.html` inside the theme directory and
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define the block, e.g.:
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``` jinja
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{% extends "base.html" %}
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{% block htmltitle %}
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<title>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</title>
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{% endblock %}
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```
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The Material theme provides the following template blocks:
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| Block name | Wrapped contents |
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| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
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| `analytics` | Wraps the Google Analytics integration |
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| `content` | Wraps the main content |
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| `disqus` | Wraps the disqus integration |
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| `extrahead` | Empty block to define additional meta tags |
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| `fonts` | Wraps the webfont definitions |
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| `footer` | Wraps the footer with navigation and copyright |
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| `header` | Wraps the fixed header bar |
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| `hero` | Wraps the hero teaser |
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| `htmltitle` | Wraps the `<title>` tag |
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| `libs` | Wraps the JavaScript libraries, e.g. Modernizr |
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| `scripts` | Wraps the JavaScript application logic |
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| `source` | Wraps the linked source files |
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| `site_meta` | Wraps the meta tags in the document head |
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| `site_nav` | Wraps the site navigation and table of contents |
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| `styles` | Wraps the stylesheets (also extra sources) |
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For more on this topic refer to the [MkDocs documentation][4]
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[4]: https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/styling-your-docs/#overriding-template-blocks
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## Theme development
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The Material theme uses [Webpack][5] as a build tool to leverage modern web
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technologies like [Babel][6] and [SASS][7]. If you want to make more fundamental
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changes, it may be necessary to make the adjustments directly in the source of
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the Material theme and recompile it. This is fairly easy.
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[5]: https://webpack.js.org/
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[6]: https://babeljs.io
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[7]: http://sass-lang.com
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### Environment setup
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In order to start development on the Material theme, a [Node.js][8] version of
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at least 8 is required. First, clone the repository:
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``` sh
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git clone https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
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```
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Next, all dependencies need to be installed, which is done with:
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``` sh
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cd mkdocs-material
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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npm install
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```
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If you're on Windows, you may also need to install [GNU Make][9]
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[8]: https://nodejs.org
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[9]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm
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### Development mode
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The development server can be started with:
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``` sh
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npm run watch
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```
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This will also start the MkDocs development server which will monitor changes
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on assets, templates and documentation. Point your browser to
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[localhost:8000][10] and you should see this documentation in front of you.
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For example, changing the color palette is as simple as changing the
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`$md-color-primary` and `$md-color-accent` variables in
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`src/assets/stylesheets/_config.scss`:
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``` css
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$md-color-primary: $clr-red-400;
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$md-color-accent: $clr-teal-a700;
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```
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!!! warning "Automatically generated files"
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Never make any changes in the `material` directory, as the contents of this
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directory are automatically generated from the `src` directory and will be
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overridden when the theme is built.
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[10]: http://localhost:8000
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### Build process
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When you've finished making your changes, you can build the theme by invoking:
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``` sh
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npm run build
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```
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This triggers the production-level compilation and minification of all
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stylesheets and JavaScript sources. When the command exits, the final theme is
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located in the `material` directory. Add the `theme_dir` variable pointing to
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the aforementioned directory in your original `mkdocs.yml`.
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Now you can run `mkdocs build` and you should see your documentation with your
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changes to the original Material theme.
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