Learn how to customize the Vue List group component with CSS classes, variables, and Sass for flexible styling and seamless integration into your design.
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CSS variables
Vue list groups use local CSS variables on .list-group for enhanced real-time customization. Values for the CSS variables are set via Sass, so Sass customization is still supported, too.
$list-group-tokens: defaults(
(
--cui-list-group-color: var(--cui-fg-body),
--cui-list-group-bg: var(--cui-bg-body),
--cui-list-group-border-color: var(--cui-border-color),
--cui-list-group-border-width: var(--cui-border-width),
--cui-list-group-border-radius: var(--cui-radius-5),
--cui-list-group-item-padding-x: var(--cui-spacer),
--cui-list-group-item-padding-y: var(--cui-spacer-3),
--cui-list-group-action-color: var(--cui-fg-2),
--cui-list-group-action-hover-color: var(--cui-fg-1),
--cui-list-group-action-hover-bg: var(--cui-bg-1),
--cui-list-group-action-active-color: var(--cui-fg-body),
--cui-list-group-action-active-bg: var(--cui-bg-2),
--cui-list-group-disabled-color: var(--cui-fg-3),
--cui-list-group-disabled-bg: var(--cui-bg-body),
--cui-list-group-active-color: var(--cui-primary-contrast),
--cui-list-group-active-bg: var(--cui-primary-bg),
--cui-list-group-active-border-color: var(--cui-primary-bg),
),
$list-group-tokens
);How to use CSS variables
<template>
<CListGroup :style="vars">...</CListGroup>
</template>
<script setup>
const vars = {
'--cui-list-group-color': '#333',
'--cui-list-group-bg': '#f8f9fa',
}
</script>Sass loops
Deprecated in v6.0.0Loop that generates the deprecated colour classes for .list-group-items. Each class sets the same generic --cui-theme-* tokens that .theme-{color} sets, which is why the two spellings render identically — the item, its .active state and .list-group-item-action all read those tokens directly. They ship in the opt-in coreui-legacy.css, so a build that leaves that stylesheet out drops them.
// List group contextual variants
//
// Add modifier classes to change text and background color on individual items.
@each $state in map.keys($theme-colors) {
.list-group-item-#{$state} {
@include theme-tokens($state);
}
}