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Overview

This lets you modify how components are structured and rendered in your app. You can:

  • Replace default HTML with your own components and HTML structure
  • Remove or reorder components
  • Create multiple variants of the same component
All layout customizations are done using Wireframe components that act as templates. Changes apply globally wherever that component is used.

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Ways to Customize Layout

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Single Component Customization (Targeted)

This lets you customize individual parts of a component without dealing with the entire structure. We recommend this approach for most use cases.

Benefits:

  • Simpler, more maintainable code
  • Focus on just the parts you need to change
  • Greater flexibility for specific UI elements

Example: Customizing just the Comment Dialog header:

<VeltWireframe>
    <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Header>
        <div className="custom-header">
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Status />
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Priority />
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Options />
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.CopyLink />
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.ResolveButton />
        </div>
    </VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Header>
</VeltWireframe>

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Full Component Tree Customization (Comprehensive)

Use this pattern when you need to modify the entire component structure or multiple related components.

Benefits:

  • Complete control over component hierarchy
  • Easier to modify relationships between components
  • Better for large-scale structural changes

Drawbacks:

  • Custom CSS required for the entire component tree since adding children components to wireframes removes Velt’s default styles.

Example: Customizing the entire Comment Dialog structure:

<VeltWireframe>
    <VeltCommentDialogWireframe>
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.GhostBanner />
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.AssigneeBanner />
        <div className="dialog-content">
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Header />
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Body />
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Composer />
            <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.AllComment />
        </div>
    </VeltCommentDialogWireframe>
</VeltWireframe>

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Variants

Variants allow you to:

  • Create multiple styled versions of the same component
  • Switch between them dynamically in different parts of your app
  • Maintain consistent behavior while having different looks

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Create Custom Variants

Custom variants let you define your own versions of components. For example: You can have a variant of Comment Sidebar for one page and another for another page.

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Define variants

On the wireframe component, add the variant prop to define your custom variants.

<VeltWireframe>
    {/* Variant for preview page */}
    <VeltCommentsSidebarWireframe variant="preview-page">
        {/* Custom layout for preview */}
    </VeltCommentsSidebarWireframe>

    {/* Variant for editor page */}
    <VeltCommentsSidebarWireframe variant="editor-page">
        {/* Custom layout for editor */}
    </VeltCommentsSidebarWireframe>
</VeltWireframe>
2

Use variants

  • Use the variant prop on the related Velt component to apply the custom variant you defined. The value should match the variant name from step 1.
  • For example, use variant="preview-page" to apply the preview page variant you created above.
<VeltCommentsSidebar variant="preview-page" />

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Use Pre-defined Variants

Many components come with built-in variants optimized for specific use cases. For example, the Comment Dialog has two pre-defined variants for different contexts:

<VeltWireframe>
    {/* For Pin, Area, and Text comments */}
    <VeltCommentDialogWireframe variant="dialog">
        {/* Custom layout */}
    </VeltCommentDialogWireframe>

    {/* For Sidebar comments */}
    <VeltCommentDialogWireframe variant="sidebar">
        {/* Custom layout */}
    </VeltCommentDialogWireframe>
</VeltWireframe>
  • Each component’s documentation lists its supported pre-defined variants
  • Pre-defined variants are optimized for specific use cases but can still be customized
  • You can combine pre-defined variants with your own custom styling

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Common Customization Tasks

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Replace Default Layout

Simply provide your own HTML or components as children of the wireframe component:

<VeltWireframe>
    <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Composer.ActionButton type="attachments">
        <button className="custom-attachment-btn">
            <CustomIcon />
            Add Files
        </button>
    </VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Composer.ActionButton>
</VeltWireframe>

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Remove Components

To remove a component, you either:

<VeltWireframe>
    <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Header>
        {/* Priority and CopyLink buttons removed */}
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Status />
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Options />
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.ResolveButton />
    </VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Header>
</VeltWireframe>

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Reorder Components

To reorder components, simply rearrange them within the wireframe template.

<VeltWireframe>
    <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Header>
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Priority />
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Status />
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.CopyLink />
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.ResolveButton />
        <VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Options />
    </VeltCommentDialogWireframe.Header>
</VeltWireframe>