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The Official Guide to Mermaid.js

You're reading from   The Official Guide to Mermaid.js Create complex diagrams and beautiful flowcharts easily using text and code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801078023
Length 492 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Knut Sveidqvist Knut Sveidqvist
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Mermaid
2. Chapter 1: The Art of Documentation with Mermaid FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: How to Use Mermaid 4. Chapter 3: Mermaid Versions and Using the Live Editor 5. Chapter 4: Modifying Configurations with or without Directives 6. Chapter 5: Changing Themes and Making Mermaid Look Good 7. Section 2: The Most Popular Diagrams
8. Chapter 6: Using Flowcharts 9. Chapter 7: Creating Sequence Diagrams 10. Chapter 8: Rendering Class Diagrams 11. Chapter 9: Illustrating Data with Pie Charts and Understanding Requirement Diagrams 12. Section 3: Powerful Diagrams for the Advanced User
13. Chapter 10: Demonstrating Connections Using Entity Relationship Diagrams 14. Chapter 11: Representing System Behavior with State Diagrams 15. Chapter 12: Visualizing Your Project Schedule with Gantt Chart 16. Chapter 13: Presenting User Behavior with User Journey Diagrams 17. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix :Configuration Options

Variables for modifying a theme

There are more variables that can be used to tweak the theme than were used in the previous sections.

What follows are variables common to all diagrams. In the following chapters, we discuss each diagram type in more detail and the theming variables specific to that type of diagram.

Now, let's look at the variables common to all diagrams. The following variables define fonts, color mode, and background color:

Figure 5.26 – A table describing the color variables, setting the stage for the theme

Figure 5.26 – A table describing the color variables, setting the stage for the theme

The next set of variables defines the colors of the theme. With these variables, you define the base colors in play when rendering the diagrams. Diagram-specific variables are, in turn, either using these colors directly or deriving colors from them. You can see a list of these variables here:

Figure 5.27 – A table describing the main color variables for a theme

Figure 5.27 – A table describing the main color variables for a theme

Finally, we have...

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