What is the most adequate way of styling Refine projects?
Im currently working on a project that uses Ant Design and I'm wondering what is the best way to style it. In files generated with Swizzle, I see style.ts files containing objects with css properties. Is this the norm or can css modules be used?
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Hi @Chrystian Ferreira. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
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Refine provides an integration package for Ant Design, which offers a set of ready-to-use components and hooks that connect Refine with Ant Design components. This integration is not a replacement for the Ant Design package, but it provides components and hooks for easier usage of Ant Design components in combination with Refine's features and functionalities [^1^].
Refine has moved away from including CSS files in the package. Instead, it supports importing on demand with CSS-in-JS. The original
styles/antd.less has been abandoned. If you need to reset some basic styles, you should import @refinedev/antd/dist/reset.css [^2^].
You can customize the design and theme in your project with Refine. For example, Refine provides a set of carefully crafted themes for Ant Design which outputs a nice UI with Refine's components with light and dark theme support. These themes are exported as RefineThemes object from the @refinedev/antd package and can be used in <ConfigProvider /> component of Ant Design [^3^].
If you need to customize components beyond what's provided out of the box, Refine offers a feature called "swizzling". This allows you to customize the components and use your own components. The swizzle command creates a copy of the component in your project's src directory, allowing you to customize as your needs [^4^][^5^].
Here's an example of how to swizzle a component:
Then select the package and the component you want to swizzle [^6^].
In terms of styling, you can use the method that best suits your needs and preferences, whether that's CSS-in-JS, CSS modules, or another approach. The key is to ensure that your styling approach works well with the Ant Design and Refine components you're using.
^1^]: [Refine Ant Design Introduction (https://refine.dev/docs/ui-integrations/ant-design/introduction)
^2^]: [Refine Ant Design Migration Guide (https://refine.dev/docs/ui-integrations/ant-design/migration-guide#updating-imports)
^3^]: [Refine Ant Design Predefined Components and Views (https://refine.dev/docs/ui-integrations/ant-design/introduction#predefined-components-and-views)
^4^]: [Refine Ant Design ThemedLayout Customizing with Swizzle (https://refine.dev/docs/ui-integrations/ant-design/components/themed-layout#customizing-with-swizzle)
^5^]: [Refine CLI Swizzle (https://refine.dev/docs/packages/cli#swizzle)
^6^]: [Refine Ant Design ThemedLayout Usage (https://refine.dev/docs/ui-integrations/ant-design/components/themed-layout#usage-1)
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correct-apricot•6mo ago
Hello @Chrystian Ferreira, refine doesn't impose any way to style your app. If you are using Ant Design, you should check Ant Design docs.