Integrate Vuetify Plugin

April 14, 2025 · AI Conversations

User

create src/plugins/vuetify.js and integrate in existing website

Assistant

To integrate Vuetify into your existing Vue 3 project by creating a `src/plugins/vuetify.js`, follow these steps:

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### ✅ 1. **Install Vuetify and dependencies**

If not already installed:

yarn add vuetify@next
yarn add sass sass-loader@^13.0.0 -D

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### ✅ 2. **Create the plugin file**

**`src/plugins/vuetify.js`**:

// src/plugins/vuetify.js
import 'vuetify/styles' // Global CSS has to be imported
import { createVuetify } from 'vuetify'
import { aliases, mdi } from 'vuetify/iconsets/mdi' // Optional for Material Design Icons

const vuetify = createVuetify({
  icons: {
    defaultSet: 'mdi',
    aliases,
    sets: {
      mdi,
    },
  },
  theme: {
    defaultTheme: 'light',
    themes: {
      light: {
        colors: {
          primary: '#1976D2',
          secondary: '#424242',
          accent: '#82B1FF',
          error: '#FF5252',
          info: '#2196F3',
          success: '#4CAF50',
          warning: '#FFC107',
        },
      },
    },
  },
})

export default vuetify

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### ✅ 3. **Update `main.js` or `main.ts`**

If your `main.js` looks like this:

import { createApp } from 'vue'
import App from './App.vue'
import router from './router'
import vuetify from './plugins/vuetify' // 👈 Import the Vuetify plugin

const app = createApp(App)

app.use(router)
app.use(vuetify) // 👈 Use Vuetify

app.mount('#app')

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### ✅ 4. **Use Vuetify in components**

Example:

<template>
  <v-app>
    <v-main>
      <v-container>
        <v-btn color="primary">Hello Vuetify</v-btn>
      </v-container>
    </v-main>
  </v-app>
</template>

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Let me know if you're using TypeScript or Nuxt, and I’ll tailor the setup accordingly!

User

overrite css like v-card-title

Assistant

To override Vuetify styles like `v-card-title`, you can use **one of three main approaches** depending on your setup and scope:

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### ✅ 1. **Global SCSS override**

If you're using SCSS and want to apply global custom styles (recommended for large projects):

#### **1.1 Add your global styles file**

**`src/styles/overrides.scss`**:

.v-card-title {
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #1976d2;
}

#### **1.2 Import in your `main.js` or `App.vue`**

import '@/styles/overrides.scss'

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### ✅ 2. **Scoped style override in a single component**

If you only want to override `v-card-title` locally inside a component:

<template>
  <v-card>
    <v-card-title class="custom-title">Hello Title</v-card-title>
  </v-card>
</template>

<style scoped>
.custom-title {
  font-size: 24px;
  color: red;
  font-weight: bold;
}
</style>

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### ✅ 3. **Using `:deep()` for scoped Vuetify components**

Vuetify components use Shadow DOM-like behavior; to override internal styles in a scoped component:

<style scoped>
:deep(.v-card-title) {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  color: green;
}
</style>

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Let me know which option you prefer or if you want to override other Vuetify components like `v-btn`, `v-app-bar`, etc.

User

Could not find a declaration file for module './plugins/vuetify'. '//wsl$/Ubuntu/home/neeraj_iwari/projects/openeratech-task/src/plugins/vuetify.js' implicitly has an 'any' type.ts(7016)

Assistant

That TypeScript error means you're importing a JavaScript module (`vuetify.js`) into a TypeScript file, and TypeScript doesn’t know the types. You can fix this in one of **three clean ways**:

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### ✅ Option 1: **Convert `vuetify.js` to `vuetify.ts`**

Rename the file:

src/plugins/vuetify.js → src/plugins/vuetify.ts

Then update the import in `main.ts`:

import vuetify from './plugins/vuetify'

Update `vuetify.ts` with proper typing:

import 'vuetify/styles'
import { createVuetify } from 'vuetify'
import { aliases, mdi } from 'vuetify/iconsets/mdi'
import type { VuetifyOptions } from 'vuetify'

const options: VuetifyOptions = {
  icons: {
    defaultSet: 'mdi',
    aliases,
    sets: {
      mdi,
    },
  },
}

const vuetify = createVuetify(options)

export default vuetify

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### ✅ Option 2: **Add a declaration file for `vuetify.js`**

If you prefer to keep `vuetify.js` as JS, create a declaration file:

**`src/plugins/vuetify.d.ts`**:

declare module './vuetify' {
  import { Vuetify } from 'vuetify'
  const vuetify: Vuetify
  export default vuetify
}

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### ✅ Option 3: **Ignore the error (not recommended long term)**

Add `// @ts-ignore` before the import line (quick and dirty):

// @ts-ignore
import vuetify from './plugins/vuetify'

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✅ **Best practice:** Use **Option 1** (`vuetify.ts`) if you're working in a TypeScript project.
Let me know if you want me to auto-convert your file to TypeScript format.

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