Redmine

h1. HowTo create a custom Redmine theme

Redmine offers basic support for themes. Themes can override stylesheets (application.css) and add some custom javascript.

*NOTE*: From Redmine 6.0, the location for themes changed from @public/themes@ to @themes@. If you are creating a theme for a version prior to 6.0, please read @themes@ as @public/themes@ in the following instructions.

h2. Creating a new theme

Create a directory in @/themes@. The directory name will be used as the theme name.

Example:

  themes/my_theme

Create your custom @application.css@ and save it in a subdirectory named @stylesheets@:

  themes/my_theme/stylesheets/application.css

Here is an example of a custom stylesheet that only override a few settings:

<pre><code class="css">

/* load the default Redmine stylesheet */

@import url(../../../stylesheets/application.css);

/* add a logo in the header */

#header {

    background: #507AAA url(../images/logo.png) no-repeat 2px;

    padding-left: 86px;

}

/* move the project menu to the right */

#main-menu { 

    left: auto;

    right: 0px;

}

</code></pre>

This example assume you have an image located at @my_theme/images/logo.png@.

You can download this sample theme as a starting point for your own theme. Extract it in the @/themes@ directory.

*NOTE*: From Redmine 6.0, The code @@import url(../../../stylesheets/application.css)@ shown in the example above is automatically converted to @@import url(“/assets/application-29b28b2c.css”);@ when Redmine starts. The combination of numbers and letters at the end of the filename is a hash value calculated from the file's contents. Since the filename changes whenever the content is modified, issues like display corruption caused by browsers using outdated cached versions are avoided.

h2. Adding custom JavaScript

Simply put your JavaScript in @javascripts/theme.js@ and it will automatically be loaded on each page.

*NOTE*: From Redmine 6.0, When specifying image paths in JavaScript, use the @RAILS_ASSET_URL@ pseudo-method as shown in the example below. For more detailed conversion specifications, refer to "README of propshaft":https://github.com/rails/propshaft?tab=readme-ov-file#referencing-digested-assets-in-css-and-javascript

Source:

<pre><code class="javascript">

export default class extends Controller {

  init() {

    this.img = RAILS_ASSET_URL("/icons/trash.svg")

  }

}

</code></pre>

Transformed:

<pre><code class="javascript">

export default class extends Controller {

  init() {

    this.img = "/assets/icons/trash-54g9cbef.svg"

  }

}

</code></pre>

h2. Setting a Favicon

Put your favicon in @favicon@ directory and it will automatically be loaded instead of default one on each page. The name of the favicon file can be anything.

h2. Applying the theme

Go to "Administration -> Settings" and select your newly created theme in the "Theme" drop-down list. Save your settings.

Redmine should now be displayed using your custom theme.

h2. Directory structure of themes

A theme consists of the following files:

* @favicon/<favicon file>@ (optional): favicon for the theme

* @javascripts/theme.js@ (optional): custom JavaScript for the theme

* @stylesheets/application.css@ (required): CSS for the theme

<pre>

themes/

  +- <theme name>/

       |

       +- favicon/

       |    +- <favicon file> (e.g. favicon.ico, favicon.png)

       |

       +- javascripts/

       |    +- theme.js

       |

       +- stylesheets/

            +- application.css

</pre>