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docs(theme): cover the control scale and the new layout variables in the studio - #7345
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The theme studio didn't reach anything base.css gained with #7340 and #7280, so the control scale and the layout variables had to be written by hand in main.css. This PR adds what the preview can show:
A Variables control in the toolbar, which takes over the radius select as a slider. Controls: a density (compact, default, comfortable) that moves the padding and gap of every size by 2px, and --ui-control-text-step. Page: --ui-gutter, --ui-container-width and --ui-header-height. States: --ui-focus-width and --ui-disabled-opacity.
The text-contrast shade of each color, for dark text on a light solid like amber.
--ui-overlay-border-default, the ring and separators of menus, popovers and modals, in Surfaces.
The six chart series in Colors, each an alias or a palette.
The shuffle rolls all of them, rarely and on short lists, except the contrast text, which a random pick would make unreadable. Only values that differ from the library are written. An unlayered :root outranks the library's sm gutter rule, so a gutter under --spacing(4) goes on :root alone and any other one from sm:
:root{--ui-control-px-md:--spacing(2);/* ... */--ui-header-height:3.5rem;@variant sm {--ui-gutter:--spacing(8);}}
The new values live in two doc fields, layout and charts, written by one builder in engine/extras.ts for the live style tag, the export and the FOUC script, which inlines its source. The other token defaults keep their copies, for a later merge: THEME_DEFAULTS and TOKEN_SHADE_TARGETS in engine/types.ts (which tokens.ts derives from), and the radius, font size and font clamps restated in storage.ts, applyThemeSettings and the FOUC script.
The sanitizer now accepts a keyword or variable mixed with transparent, which also stops it from dropping Mono's translucent dark borders, which never applied. The opacity roles (--ui-bg-tint, --ui-outline-focus, the per-color ones), the neutral roles, the cell by cell scale editor and the other overlay tokens were tried and left out: they don't show in the preview, or their recipe already does the right thing, and main.css still reaches them.
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Review comments at @docs/app/utils/theme/sanitize.ts:
- Line 53: Update sanitizeCSSVariables so valid saved --ui-chart-* hex overrides
survive restoration instead of being rejected by the current key exclusion.
Preserve the existing safety checks for keys and values, and continue excluding
unsafe variables and unsupported chart settings.
Walkthrough
Theme Studio adds layout controls for density, gutter, focus width, and disabled opacity. Theme documents and stored theme state now support layout settings, which are normalized and emitted as CSS.
Changes: Theme layout settings
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Summary
Layout model and theme document handling docs/app/utils/theme/engine/types.ts, docs/app/utils/theme/engine/sections.ts, docs/app/utils/theme/engine/serialize.ts
Theme documents support normalized layout values and generated CSS variables. Spacing and states become theme sections for comparison and merging.
Theme state, storage, and CSS application docs/app/composables/useTheme.ts, docs/app/utils/theme/storage.ts, docs/app/plugins/theme.ts
Theme state and stored themes include layout settings. The theme plugin emits CSS from stored layout values before hydration.
Theme Studio layout controls docs/app/components/theme-studio/toolbar/ThemeStudioToolbar.vue, docs/app/components/theme-studio/toolbar/ThemeStudioToolbarLayout.vue, docs/app/components/theme-studio/toolbar/ThemeStudioToolbarTrigger.vue, docs/app/composables/useThemeStudioToolbar.ts, docs/app/utils/theme/icons.ts
The toolbar adds layout controls and marks the spacing and states sections as layout changes. Spacing icons are added to the supported icon packs.
sequenceDiagram
participant ThemeStudio as Theme Studio
participant useTheme as useTheme
participant LayoutEngine as Layout engine
participant ThemeStyleTag as Theme layout style tag
ThemeStudio->>useTheme: setLayout(next)
useTheme->>LayoutEngine: normalize settings and generate CSS
LayoutEngine->>ThemeStyleTag: provide layout CSS
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Possibly related issues
nuxt/ui#6918 — The issue references variables for gutter, focus width, and disabled opacity, which this change exposes as Theme Studio layout settings.
Possibly related PRs
nuxt/ui#7280 — Adds CSS variables for gutter, focus width, and disabled opacity that this change emits.
nuxt/ui#7340 — Adds control-scale variables that this change uses for density settings.
Suggested labels:v5
Suggested reviewers:mikenewbon
Merge Risk: Low · up to ede8e
Saved custom chart colors can revert to library defaults after reload. Address this bounded compatibility regression or explicitly accept it before merging.
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docs(theme): cover the control scale and the new layout variables in the studio
docs(theme): cover every root variable in the studio
Nov 3, 2026
resetTheme() clears the cssVariables and customColors tags synchronously. It does not clear THEME_TAG_IDS.extras. Old layout, mix, and chart CSS stays in the DOM until unhead patches the tag in a later timer task, so a paint between those tasks can still show it.
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Review comment at @docs/app/composables/useTheme.ts around lines 523 - 524:
Update resetTheme() so its synchronous immediate-reset path also clears the DOM
element identified by THEME_TAG_IDS.extras, alongside the existing cssVariables
and customColors tags.
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docs(theme): cover every root variable in the studio
docs(theme): cover the control scale and the new layout variables in the studio
Nov 3, 2026
The studio radius field writes --ui-radius through radiusStyle, but the set does not list it. The set's documented rule says studio-written variables never enter the token channel. Without this entry, sanitizeCSSVariables keeps a --ui-radius token override and writes it into the .light and .dark blocks.
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Review comment at @docs/app/utils/theme/engine/extras.ts around lines 119 - 123:
Add --ui-radius to EXTRAS_VARIABLES so sanitizeCSSVariables excludes the
studio-written radius variable from the token channel. Preserve the existing
entries and ordering in the set.
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Part of #6918, Epic G of #6610
❓ Type of change
📚 Description
The theme studio didn't reach anything
base.cssgained with #7340 and #7280, so the control scale and the layout variables had to be written by hand inmain.css. This PR adds what the preview can show:--ui-control-text-step. Page:--ui-gutter,--ui-container-widthand--ui-header-height. States:--ui-focus-widthand--ui-disabled-opacity.text-contrastshade of each color, for dark text on a light solid like amber.--ui-overlay-border-default, the ring and separators of menus, popovers and modals, in Surfaces.The shuffle rolls all of them, rarely and on short lists, except the contrast text, which a random pick would make unreadable. Only values that differ from the library are written. An unlayered
:rootoutranks the library'ssmgutter rule, so a gutter under--spacing(4)goes on:rootalone and any other one fromsm:The new values live in two doc fields,
layoutandcharts, written by one builder inengine/extras.tsfor the live style tag, the export and the FOUC script, which inlines its source. The other token defaults keep their copies, for a later merge:THEME_DEFAULTSandTOKEN_SHADE_TARGETSinengine/types.ts(whichtokens.tsderives from), and the radius, font size and font clamps restated instorage.ts,applyThemeSettingsand the FOUC script.The sanitizer now accepts a keyword or variable mixed with transparent, which also stops it from dropping Mono's translucent dark borders, which never applied. The opacity roles (
--ui-bg-tint,--ui-outline-focus, the per-color ones), the neutral roles, the cell by cell scale editor and the other overlay tokens were tried and left out: they don't show in the preview, or their recipe already does the right thing, andmain.cssstill reaches them.📝 Checklist