Appearance
Theme Configs
Theme configs let you customize your theme. You can define theme configs by adding themeConfig
key to the config file.
typescript
export default {
lang: 'en-US',
title: 'VitePress',
description: 'Vite & Vue powered static site generator.',
// Theme related configurations.
themeConfig: {
logo: '/logo.svg',
nav: [...],
sidebar: { ... }
}
}
Here it describes the settings for the VitePress default theme. If you're using a custom theme created by others, these settings may not have any effect, or might behave differently.
logo
- Type:
string
Logo file to display in nav bar, right before the site title.
typescript
export default {
themeConfig: {
logo: '/logo.svg'
}
}
siteTitle
- Type:
string | false
You can customize this item to replace the default site title (title
in app config) in nav. When set to false
, title in nav will be disabled. Useful when you have logo
that already contains the site title text.
typescript
export default {
themeConfig: {
siteTitle: 'Hello World'
}
}
nav
- Type:
NavItem
The configuration for the nav menu item. You may learn more details at Theme: Nav.
js
export default {
themeConfig: {
nav: [
{ text: 'Guide', link: '/guide' },
{
text: 'Dropdown Menu',
items: [
{ text: 'Item A', link: '/item-1' },
{ text: 'Item B', link: '/item-2' },
{ text: 'Item C', link: '/item-3' }
]
}
]
}
}
typescript
type NavItem = NavItemWithLink | NavItemWithChildren
type NavItemWithLink = {
text: string
link: string
activeMatch?: string
}
interface NavItemWithChildren {
text?: string
items: NavItemWithLink[]
}
sidebar
- Type:
Sidebar
The configuration for the sidebar menu item. You may learn more details at Theme: Nav.
js
export default {
themeConfig: {
sidebar: [
{
text: 'Guide',
items: [
{ text: 'Introduction', link: '/introduction' },
{ text: 'Getting Started', link: '/getting-started' },
...
]
}
]
}
}
typescript
type Sidebar = SidebarGroup[] | SidebarMulti
interface SidebarMulti {
[path: string]: SidebarGroup[]
}
interface SidebarGroup {
text: string
items: SidebarItem[]
collapsible?: boolean
collapsed?: boolean
}
interface SidebarItem {
text: string
link: string
}
socialLinks
- Type:
SocialLink
You may define this option to show your social account links with icons in nav.
js
export default {
themeConfig: {
socialLinks: [
{ icon: 'github', link: 'https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress' },
{ icon: 'twitter', link: '...' },
{ icon: 'discord', link: '...' }
]
}
}
typescript
interface SocialLink {
icon: SocialLinkIcon
link: string
}
type SocialLinkIcon =
| 'discord'
| 'facebook'
| 'github'
| 'instagram'
| 'linkedin'
| 'slack'
| 'twitter'
| 'youtube'
footer
- Type:
Footer
Footer configuration. You can add a message and copyright. The footer will displayed only when the page doesn't contain sidebar due to design reason.
typescript
export default {
themeConfig: {
footer: {
message: 'Released under the MIT License.',
copyright: 'Copyright © 2019-present Evan You'
}
}
}
typescript
export interface Footer {
message?: string
copyright?: string
}
lastUpdatedText
- Type:
string
- Default:
Last updated
The prefix text showing right before the last updated time.
typescript
export default {
themeConfig: {
lastUpdatedText: 'Updated Date'
}
}
carbonAds
- Type:
CarbonAds
A option to display Carbon Ads.
typescript
export default {
themeConfig: {
carbonAds: {
code: 'your-carbon-code',
placement: 'your-carbon-placement'
}
}
}
typescript
export interface CarbonAds {
code: string,
placement: string
}
Learn more in Theme: Carbon Ads