Admin Theme v26.11+

The admin skin is built on Tailwind CSS 4 and daisyUI 5, like the storefront. One theme covers light and dark mode.

Match the admin in an extension

Keep the admin classes in your templates: button.save, button.delete, input.input-text, .entry-edit-head with .fieldset, .messages and the others. The admin gives them the daisyUI styles, so your screens match with no CSS of their own.

In the admin, daisyUI classes carry the d- prefix (d-btn, d-badge), because names such as .grid and .fieldset already have a meaning in the admin.

For your own CSS, use the theme variables, not fixed colors. They change with dark mode:

.my-module-panel {
    color: var(--color-base-content);
    background: var(--color-base-100);
    border: 1px solid var(--color-base-300);
    border-radius: var(--maho-radius-lg);
}

The --maho-* variables of earlier releases keep their names and values.

Rebuild the admin CSS

The compiled css/styles.css is committed, so you need a build only when you change the src/ files of an admin skin:

./maho dev:admin:theme:build

It takes the same options and toolchain as dev:frontend:theme:build.