Theming

mdx-deck uses emotion for styling, making practically any part of the presentation themeable.

Built-in Themes

mdx-deck includes several built-in themes to change the look and feel of the presentation. Export theme from your MDX file to enable a theme.

export { dark as theme } from 'mdx-deck/themes'

# Dark Theme

View the List of Themes.

Custom Themes

A custom theme can be provided by exporting theme from the MDX file.

export { default as theme } from './theme'

# Hello

The theme should be an object with fields for fonts, colors, and CSS for individual components.

// Example theme.js
export default {
  // add a custom font
  font: 'Roboto, sans-serif',
  // custom colors
  colors: {
    text: '#f0f',
    background: 'black',
  },
}

Composing Themes

Multiple themes can be used together. For example, this allows the use of a syntax highlighting theme, along with a color theme, and a separate typography theme.

To compose themes together export a themes array instead of a single theme.

import { syntaxHighlighter } from 'mdx-deck/themes'
import customTheme from './theme'

export const themes = [syntaxHighlighter, customTheme]

# Cool. :sunglasses:

Please note that themes are deep merged together and the last theme specified will override fields from themes before it.

Google Fonts

Themes can specify a googleFont field to automatically add a <link> tag to the document head. Alternatively, use the <Head /> component to add a custom <link> tag.

Syntax Highlighting

By default fenced code blocks do not include any syntax highlighting. Themes can provide a set of custom MDX components, including a replacement for the default code component that can add syntax highlighting with libraries like react-syntax-highlighter.

MDX Deck includes two themes for adding syntax highlighting with react-syntax-highlighter: syntaxHighlighter and syntaxHighlighterPrism.

Since MDX supports using React components inline, you can also import a syntax highlighting component directly, if you prefer.

Styling Elements

Each element can be styled with a theme. Add a style object (or string) to the theme to target specific elements.

// example theme
export default {
  h1: {
    textTransform: 'uppercase',
    letterSpacing: '0.1em',
  },
  blockquote: {
    fontStyle: 'italic',
  },
}

See the reference below for a full list of element keys.

Reference

The following keys are available for theming:

font: base font family
monospace: font family for <pre> and <code>
colors: object of colors used for MDX components
- text: root foreground color
- background: root background color
- code: text color for <pre> and <code>
- codeBackground: background color for <pre> and <code>
css: root CSS object
heading: CSS for all headings
h1: CSS for <h1>
h2: CSS for <h2>
h3: CSS for <h3>
h4: CSS for <h4>
h5: CSS for <h5>
h6: CSS for <h6>
p: CSS for <p>
a: CSS for <a>
ul: CSS for <ul>
ol: CSS for <ol>
li: CSS for <li>
img: CSS for <img>
blockquote: CSS for <blockquote>
table: CSS for <table>
pre: CSS for <pre>
code: CSS for <code>
Slide: CSS to apply to the wrapping Slide component
components: object of MDX components to render markdown
Provider: component for wrapping the entire app
Presenter: component for wrapping the presenter mode
googleFont: CSS HREF for adding a Google Font <link> tag

Advanced Usage

For more advanced customizations see the Advanced Usage docs.

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