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Create .vitepress/theme/index.ts:
// .vitepress/theme/index.ts
import Layout from './Layout.vue'
export default {
Layout,
enhanceApp({ app, router, siteData }) {
// Register global components, plugins, etc.
}
}interface Theme {
// Required: Root layout component
Layout: Component
// Optional: Enhance Vue app instance
enhanceApp?: (ctx: EnhanceAppContext) => Awaitable<void>
// Optional: Extend another theme
extends?: Theme
}
interface EnhanceAppContext {
app: App // Vue app instance
router: Router // VitePress router
siteData: Ref<SiteData> // Site-level metadata
}The Layout component must render <Content /> for markdown:
<!-- .vitepress/theme/Layout.vue -->
<script setup>
import { useData } from 'vitepress'
const { page, frontmatter } = useData()
</script>
<template>
<div class="layout">
<header>
<nav>My Site</nav>
</header>
<main>
<div v-if="page.isNotFound">
<h1>404 - Page Not Found</h1>
</div>
<div v-else-if="frontmatter.layout === 'home'">
<h1>Welcome!</h1>
</div>
<article v-else>
<Content />
</article>
</main>
<footer>
<p>© 2024 My Site</p>
</footer>
</div>
</template>Access VitePress data in your theme:
<script setup>
import { useData, useRoute, useRouter } from 'vitepress'
// Page and site data
const {
site, // Site config (title, description, etc.)
theme, // Theme config
page, // Current page data
frontmatter, // Current page frontmatter
title, // Page title
description, // Page description
lang, // Current language
isDark, // Dark mode state
params // Dynamic route params
} = useData()
// Routing
const route = useRoute()
const router = useRouter()
// Navigate programmatically
const goToGuide = () => router.go('/guide/')
</script><script setup>
import { Content } from 'vitepress'
</script>
<template>
<!-- Renders markdown content -->
<Content />
<!-- Renders slot only on client (SSR-safe) -->
<ClientOnly>
<NonSSRComponent />
</ClientOnly>
</template>Build on top of default theme or any other:
// .vitepress/theme/index.ts
import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme'
export default {
extends: DefaultTheme,
enhanceApp({ app }) {
// Your customizations
}
}// .vitepress/theme/index.ts
import Layout from './Layout.vue'
import GlobalComponent from './GlobalComponent.vue'
export default {
Layout,
enhanceApp({ app }) {
// Register global component
app.component('GlobalComponent', GlobalComponent)
// Register plugin
app.use(MyPlugin)
// Provide/inject
app.provide('key', value)
}
}For plugins that need async initialization:
export default {
Layout,
async enhanceApp({ app }) {
if (!import.meta.env.SSR) {
// Client-only plugin
const plugin = await import('browser-only-plugin')
app.use(plugin.default)
}
}
}Handle different page layouts:
<script setup>
import { useData } from 'vitepress'
import Home from './Home.vue'
import Doc from './Doc.vue'
import Page from './Page.vue'
import NotFound from './NotFound.vue'
const { page, frontmatter } = useData()
</script>
<template>
<NotFound v-if="page.isNotFound" />
<Home v-else-if="frontmatter.layout === 'home'" />
<Page v-else-if="frontmatter.layout === 'page'" />
<Doc v-else />
</template>As npm package:
// my-theme/index.ts
import Layout from './Layout.vue'
export default { Layout }
// Export types for config
export type { ThemeConfig } from './types'Consumer usage:
// .vitepress/theme/index.ts
import Theme from 'my-vitepress-theme'
export default Theme
// Or extend it
export default {
extends: Theme,
enhanceApp({ app }) {
// Additional customization
}
}For custom theme config types:
// .vitepress/config.ts
import { defineConfigWithTheme } from 'vitepress'
import type { ThemeConfig } from 'my-theme'
export default defineConfigWithTheme<ThemeConfig>({
themeConfig: {
// Type-checked theme config
}
})Layout component<Content /> renders the markdown contentuseData() to access page/site dataenhanceApp runs on both server and clientimport.meta.env.SSR for client-only codeextends to build on existing themes