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Customizing the My Account UI¶

From WSO2 Identity Server 5.10.0 onwards, a new My Account has been introduced which is the successor to the dashboard. It also adheres to the UI extensions scheme introduced with WSO2 Identity Server 5.9.0 to use a centralized theming for all the front-end portals.

Note

The My Account application has been renamed as My Account from this release onwards.

This section explains how we can customize the theming of My Account.

Info

A customized version of the default theme in the Semantic UI LESS package has been used to achieve the look and feel of the My Account.

default-my-account-theme

For information on the Semantic UI theming, see Semantic UI documentation.

Before you begin¶

Fork the original Identity Apps repository to start working on it.
```
git clone https://github.com/wso2/identity-apps
```
Info
- You will be checking out the corresponding identity apps source code from the repo.
- You can also directly clone the original repo but it is recommended to create your own fork.
Check out the 5.11.0 branch:
```
git checkout 5.11.0
```
Navigate to the modules/theme/src/themes folder within identity-apps. All the theme global variable overrides can be found in the modules/theme/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables file. For the full set of variables, see the original theme variables file.

Follow the steps given below to further customize My Account.

Step 1: Change the primary color of the portal¶

To change the primary color of the portal, the variables in the modules/theme/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables file need to be overridden.

Add a new variable under 'Site Colors' and give it a value as shown below. In this example, the variable is facebookBlue.
```
/*-------------------
    Site Colors
--------------------*/

@facebookBlue     : #2d88ff;
```

Now, change the primary color variable to refer the site color variable you defined above.

/*-------------------
    Brand Colors
--------------------*/

@primaryColor        : @facebookBlue;

Next, add a new variable under 'Brand Colors' and give it a value as shown below. In this example, the variable name is globalBackgroundColor. This will be used to change the background color from white to dark gray.
```
/*-------------------
    Brand Colors
--------------------*/

@globalBackgroundColor: #18191a;
```

Now, change the page background color (by using the globalBackgroundColor variable defined above) and the text color as shown below.

/*-------------------
        Page
--------------------*/

@pageBackground      : @globalBackgroundColor;
@textColor           : #e4e6eb;

Build the theme module by running the following command and check the results reflected on the dev server.
```
# from inside `modules/theme`
npm run build
```
The response should be similar to the screenshot given below.

The background color of the header, footer, side navigation, and content cards can be changed by following the steps given below.

To change the header and footer background colors:

Add a new variable to the 'Brand Colors' section in the modules/theme/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables file and give it a value as shown below. This variable is named globalForegroundColor in this example.
```
/*-------------------
    Brand Colors
--------------------*/

@globalForegroundColor: #1d2630;
```

Add the color defined in the step above (globalForegroundColor) to the Menu, App Header, and App Footer sections as shown below.

/*******************************
            Menu
*******************************/

@background: @globalForegroundColor;

/*-------------------
    App Header
--------------------*/

@appHeaderBackground: @globalForegroundColor;

/*-------------------
    App Footer
--------------------*/

@appFooterBackground: @globalForegroundColor;

To change the side panel background, apply the following to the modules/theme/src/themes/default/collections/menu.overrides file:
```
.ui.vertical.menu {
    &.side-panel {
        background: @globalBackgroundColor;

        // Other styles
    }
}
```
To change the content card background color, apply the following to the modules/theme/src/themes/default/views/card.variables file:
```
@background: @globalForegroundColor;
```
The status can be checked by rebuilding the theme module.
```
# from inside `modules/theme`
npm run build
```

The changes should be reflected on the running dev server in no time. A sample screen of the new theme is shown below. custom-theme-2

Step 2: Deploy the changes in the web app¶

The final step of the process is the deployment. Follow the sequence of steps listed below to deploy the changes performed in the previous steps.

Build the theme module.

# from inside modules/theme
npm run build

Copy the artifacts to the web app.

Warning

Make sure that you keep a backup of the original CSS folder.

The built artifacts will be available inside the modules/theme/dist/lib/themes folder. Copy everything to the clipboard and navigate to the my-account web app in the WSO2 IS distribution.

Copy everything to the clipboard and paste it inside the <IS_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/webapps/myaccount/libs/themes folder.

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