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Change antd variables at runtime with craco


I have to be able to change ant design variables at runtime (not via theme less files). I've found plenty of examples of this using customize-cra and react-app-rewire-less, but none seem to work with craco. I have to use craco because I'm also using tailwindcss in this project.

What I've tried:

This is the current state of my craco.config.js:

const path = require("path");
const CracoAntDesignPlugin = require("craco-antd");

const AntDesignThemePlugin = require("antd-theme-webpack-plugin");
const options = {
  antDir: path.join(__dirname, "./node_modules/antd"),
  stylesDir: path.join(__dirname, "./src"),
  varFile: path.join(__dirname, "./src/styles/variables.less"),
  themeVariables: ["@primary-color"],
  indexFileName: false,
  generateOnce: false,
};
const ThemePlugin = new AntDesignThemePlugin(options);

module.exports = {
  style: {
    postcss: {
      plugins: [require("tailwindcss"), require("autoprefixer")],
    },
  },
  plugins: [
    {
      plugin: CracoAntDesignPlugin,
      options: {
        customizeThemeLessPath: path.join(
          __dirname,
          "./src/styles/variables.less"
        ),
        lessLoaderOptions: {
          lessOptions: {
            javascriptEnabled: true,
            modifyVars: {
              "@primary-color": "#00375B",
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
    { plugin: ThemePlugin },
  ],
};

At this point I'm up to try any possible solutions really, this problem has been really time consuming.


Solution

  • As of today I got it working. The second solution (antd-theme-switcher) actually worked as intended. My error is that I was adding the antd default variables in my main less file, but for this to work I had to add the color.less file in my public folder (as the second step in antd-theme-switcher says), so that window.less.modifyVars has a less file to work in.

    This seem to be not the most performatic approach though, and I'm going to bail from using antd in my project as soon as I can, as there seems to be no optimal solution for changing variables at runtime with this specific setup.