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Description

The dark layout has a semi dark color navbar, dark navigation menu and light footer. In this page you can experience it. If you want to create a semi dark version template you can use this layout. For admin panels this layout provide elegant UI.

CSS Classes

This table contains all classes related to the semi dark layout. This is a custom layout classes for semi dark layout page requirements.

All these options can be set via following classes:

Classes Description
.navbar-semi-dark To set navbar semi dark color you need to add .navbar-semi-dark class in navbar <nav>tag. Refer HTML markup line no 7.
.menu-dark To set the main navigation dark color on page .menu-dark class needs to add in navigation wrapper. Refer HTML markup line no 12.
.footer-light To set the main footer light color on page .footer-light class needs to add in footer wrapper. Refer HTML markup line no 37.

HTML Markup

This section contains HTML Markup to create semi dark layout. This markup define where to add css classes to make semi dark navbar, dark navigation & light footer.

  • Line no 7:Contain the .navbar-semi-dark class for adjusting navbar color semi dark.
  • Line no 12:Contain the .menu-darkclass for adjusting main navigation color dark.
  • Line no 37:Contain the .footer-lightclass for adjusting footer color light.

Stack has a ready to use starter kit, you can use this layout directly by using the starter kit pages from the stack-admin/starter-kit folder. 

            <!DOCTYPE html>              <html lang="en">                <head></head>                <body data-menu="vertical-menu" class="vertical-layout vertical-menu 2-column menu-expanded">                  <!-- fixed-top-->                  <nav role="navigation" class="header-navbar navbar-expand-sm navbar navbar-with-menu fixed-top navbar-semi-dark navbar-shadow navbar-border">                      ...                  </nav>                  <!-- BEGIN Navigation-->                  <div class="main-menu menu-dark menu-fixed menu-shadow">                      ...                  </div>                  <!-- END Navigation-->                  <!-- BEGIN Content-->                  <div class="content app-content">                      <div class="content-wrapper">                          <!-- content header-->                          <div class="content-header row">                              ...                          </div>                          <!-- content header-->                          <!-- content right-->                          <div class="content-right">                              ...                          </div>                          <!-- content right-->                      </div>                  </div>                  <!-- END Content-->                  <!-- START FOOTER DARK-->                  <footer class="footer footer-dark footer-fixed">                      ...                  </footer>                  <!-- START FOOTER DARK-->                </body>              </html>

JADE Configuration

Stack Admin use JADE as template engine to generate pages and whole template quickly using node js, for getting start with JADE usage & template generating process please refer template documentation.

JADE Variables

This table contains required JADE variables to generate semi dark layout.

Block Variable Datatype Value Description
pageConfig logoType string 'light' pageConfigblock has a logoType variable, it contains logo type specific classes in that you need to add 'light'for semi-dark layout.
navbarConfig navbarColor string 'navbar-semi-dark' navbarConfigblock has a navbarColor variable, it contains navbar color specific classes in that you need to add 'navbar-semi-dark'for semi-dark navbar.
navbarConfig navbarBrandCenter boolean false navbarConfigblock has a navbarBrandCenter variable, it contains navbar center specific settings in that you need to add falseas semi-dark layout doesn't support center alight navbar.
verticalMenuCustom menuColor string 'menu-dark' verticalMenuConfigblock has a menuColor variable, it contains navigation color specific classes in that you need to add 'menu-dark'for dark navigation.
JADE Code

To generate semi dark layout page or template, you need to use following JADE code.

  • Line no 20-21:Set light version on logo logoType variable value as 'light'in pageConfig block.
  • Line no 23-25:Set navbar semi-dark class to navbarColor variable value as 'navbar-semi-dark'in navbarConfig block for semi-dark navbar.
  • Line no 25:Set navbar center class to navbarBrandCenter variable value as falsein navbarConfig block as center navbar doesn't support by semi-dark layout.
  • Line no 27-28:Set navigation dark class to verticalMenuCustom variable value as 'menu-dark'in verticalMenuConfig block for dark navigation.
  • Line no 37-38:contentblock has content section html file included include ../contents/layout-semi-dark.html, which can be customizable on page level.

If you want to use this layout on page level you need to define it on page it self. This template has one example jade file for semi dark layout layout-semi-dark.jade, however you can use it on template level but it will generate whole template as a semi dark layout. 

                  block pageVars                    - var pageTitle    = "Semi Dark Layout"                    - var pageSubTitle = "Semi dark template layout"                    - var description  = "The semi dark layout has semi dark version navbar, dark navigation & dark footer."                    - var activeMenu   = "layout-semi-dark"                  extends template                  append pageConfig                    - var logoType = 'light'                  append navbarConfig                    - var navbarColor = "navbar-semi-dark"                    - var navbarBrandCenter = false                  append verticalMenuConfig                    - var menuColor = "menu-dark"                  append breadcrumbs                    +breadcrumbs([{url:"index.html",name:"Home"},{url:"#",name:"Page Layouts"}, {name:"Semi Dark Layout"}])                  //- Include page content in page block                  append content                    include ../contents/layout-semi-dark.html                  //- Vendor CSS                  //------------------------------                  //- Add Vendor specific CSS                  append vendorcss                  //- Page CSS                  //------------------------------                  //- Add custom page specific CSS                  append pagecss                  //- Vendor JS                  //------------------------------                  //- Add vendor specific JS                  append vendorjs                    //- Page JS                  //------------------------------                  //- Add custom page specific JS                  append pagejs