The Open Inwoner Platform (OIP) project has the goal to follow the NL Design System. We organize the design tokens in JSON files and use them within the Open Inwoner backend project.
For any component that OIP has that corresponds with a community component, we use the community
classes. But for any component that OIP has that does not have an NLDS equivalent, we use our own
OIP brand tokens. We also set OIP (brand/component) tokens in case we have certain values that are
used repeatedly, like for example border-radius.
Long term goal is to make it possible for different municipalities to make their own design-tokens and then simply switch themes in OIP.
The design tokens are specified in JSON files, which are picked up and merged using the style-dictionary library. The resulting packages include various build targets, such as CSS variables files, SASS vars... to be consumed in downstream projects.
The draft Design Token Format drives the structure of these design tokens.
Using tokens
If you are only consuming the design tokens, the easiest integration path is adding the NPM-package in your own project.
This package can be added to your project as an NPM node module: after building the node, you will only need to work with its rendered CSS. The easiest integration path is adding the NPM package as dependency to your project:
npm install --save-dev @open-inwoner/design-tokensThis gets the node module from https://www.npmjs.com/package/@open-inwoner/design-tokens
Install the necessary modules (from inside the open-inwoner-design-tokens directory):
npm ci --legacy-peer-depsGenerate the CSS files
npm run buildImport the CSS in your own CSS files by using our theme class in your Master HTML template
<html lang="nl" class="view openinwoner-theme">.openinwoner-theme {
...
}In case you do not just wish to consume, but add completely new tokens or adjust their values, we recommend installing the package locally and using npm workspaces or npm link for the least-friction experience. You can include the package as a git-submodule and leverage npm workspaces with instructions in the downstream projects.
This allows you to create atomic PRs with design token changes, while being able to develop against the newest changes.
Run:
npm startto start the watcher which will re-build on changes.
To prettify files:
Run:
npm run formatBecause of the way style-dictionary works, you have to pay close attention to the structure of the tokens. E.g. if you have two tokens definition files like:
{
"oip": {
"color": {
"fg": {
"value": "#000000"
}
}
}
}{
"oip": {
"color": {
"fg": {
"muted": {
"value": "#000000"
}
}
}
}
}Then only --oip-color-fg will be emitted since the merged object sees a value key at the
oip.color.fg path.
You can usually avoid this by sticking to a structure adhering to:
<prefix>.<component>.<modifier>.<UIState>.<CSSProperty>
Where UIState can be blank or a value like hover, active...
Alternatively, if the structure is not that important, you can put the tokens on the same level, e.g.:
{
"oip": {
"color": {
"fg-muted": {
"value": "#000000"
}
}
}
}The latter form is harder to keep track off across files though.
From the root folder of your project:
cd open-inwoner-design-tokens
git submodule add [email protected]:maykinmedia/open-inwoner-design-tokens.git
git status
git submodule update --initDo not forget to commit these changes to your repository.
If you are using Github actions, add these to your script:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
submodules: 'true'In order to update an existing Git submodule, you need to execute the “git submodule update” with the “–remote” and the “–merge” option.
git submodule update --remote --merge