Examples¶

Various examples of Bootstrap styling applied to Sphinx constructs. You can view the source of this page to see the specific reStructuredText used to create these examples.

Headings¶

This is a first level heading (h1).

Sub-Heading¶

This is a second level heading (h2).

Sub-Sub-Heading¶

This is a third level heading (h3).

Code¶

The Sphinx Bootstrap Theme uses Bootstrap styling for inline code text and

multiline
code text

Here’s an included example with line numbers.

linenos: It also works with existing Sphinx highlighting:

<html>
  <body>Hello World</body>
</html>

def hello():
    """Greet."""
    return "Hello World"

/**
 * Greet.
 */
function hello(): {
  return "Hello World";
}

Admonitions¶

The Sphinx Bootstrap Theme uses the Bootstrap alert classes for Sphinx admonitions.

Note¶

Note

This is a note.

Todo¶

Todo

This is a todo.

Warning¶

Warning

This is a warning.

Danger¶

Danger

This is danger-ous.

Footnotes¶

I have footnoted a first item 1 and second item 2.

Footnotes

1: My first footnote.
2: My second footnote.

Tables¶

Here are some examples of Sphinx tables. The Sphinx Bootstrap Theme removes all Sphinx docutils classes and replaces them with the default Bootstrap table class. You can add additional table classes using the Sphinx cssclass:: directive, as demonstrated in the following tables.

Grid¶

A “bordered” grid table:

Header1	Header2	Header3	Header4
row1, cell1	cell2	cell3	cell4
row2 …	…	…
…	…	…

which uses the directive:

.. cssclass:: table-bordered

Simple¶

A simple “striped” table:

H1	H2	H3
cell1	cell2	cell3
…	…	…
…	…	…

which uses the directive:

.. cssclass:: table-striped

And a “hoverable” table:

H1	H2	H3
cell1	cell2	cell3
…	…	…
…	…	…

which uses the directive:

.. cssclass:: table-hover

Code Documentation¶

An example Python function.

format_exception(etype, value, tb[, limit=None])¶

Format the exception with a traceback.

Parameters

etype –

exception type

param value: exception value
param tb: traceback object
param limit: maximum number of stack frames to show
type limit: integer or None
rtype: list of strings

An example JavaScript function.

class MyAnimal(name[, age])¶

Arguments

name (string()) – The name of the animal :param number age: an optional age for the animal

Indices and tables¶

The theme demo website also includes an examples page for some useful illustrations of getting Sphinx to play nicely with Bootstrap (also take a look at the examples source for the underlying reStructuredText).

Installation¶

Installation from PyPI_ is fairly straightforward:

Install the package:
```
$ pip install sphinx_bootstrap_theme
```

Edit the “conf.py” configuration file to point to the bootstrap theme:

# At the top.
import sphinx_bootstrap_theme

# ...

# Activate the theme.
html_theme = 'bootstrap'
html_theme_path = sphinx_bootstrap_theme.get_html_theme_path()

Customization¶

The can be customized in varying ways (some a little more work than others).

Theme Options¶

The theme provides many built-in options that can be configured by editing your “conf.py” file:

# (Optional) Logo. Should be small enough to fit the navbar (ideally 24x24).
# Path should be relative to the ``_static`` files directory.
html_logo = "my_logo.png"

# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a
# theme further.
html_theme_options = {
    # Navigation bar title. (Default: ``project`` value)
    'navbar_title': "Demo",

    # Tab name for entire site. (Default: "Site")
    'navbar_site_name': "Site",

    # A list of tuples containing pages or urls to link to.
    # Valid tuples should be in the following forms:
    #    (name, page)                 # a link to a page
    #    (name, "/aa/bb", 1)          # a link to an arbitrary relative url
    #    (name, "http://example.com", True) # arbitrary absolute url
    # Note the "1" or "True" value above as the third argument to indicate
    # an arbitrary url.
    'navbar_links': [
        ("Examples", "examples"),
        ("Link", "http://example.com", True),
    ],

    # Render the next and previous page links in navbar. (Default: true)
    'navbar_sidebarrel': True,

    # Render the current pages TOC in the navbar. (Default: true)
    'navbar_pagenav': True,

    # Global TOC depth for "site" navbar tab. (Default: 1)
    # Switching to -1 shows all levels.
    'globaltoc_depth': 2,

    # Include hidden TOCs in Site navbar?
    #
    # Note: If this is "false", you cannot have mixed ``:hidden:`` and
    # non-hidden ``toctree`` directives in the same page, or else the build
    # will break.
    #
    # Values: "true" (default) or "false"
    'globaltoc_includehidden': "true",

    # HTML navbar class (Default: "navbar") to attach to <div> element.
    # For black navbar, do "navbar navbar-inverse"
    'navbar_class': "navbar navbar-inverse",

    # Fix navigation bar to top of page?
    # Values: "true" (default) or "false"
    'navbar_fixed_top': "true",

    # Location of link to source.
    # Options are "nav" (default), "footer" or anything else to exclude.
    'source_link_position': "nav",

    # Bootswatch (http://bootswatch.com/) theme.
    #
    # Options are nothing with "" (default) or the name of a valid theme
    # such as "amelia" or "cosmo".
    'bootswatch_theme': "united",

    # Choose Bootstrap version.
    # Values: "3" (default) or "2" (in quotes)
    'bootstrap_version': "3",
}

Note for the navigation bar title that if you don’t specify a theme option of navbar_title that the “conf.py” project string will be used. We don’t use the html_title or html_short_title values because by default those both contain version strings, which the navigation bar treats differently.

Bootstrap Versions¶

The theme supports Bootstrap v2.3.2 and v3.0.0 via the bootstrap_version theme option (of "2" or "3"). Some notes regarding version differences:

Bootstrap 3 has dropped support for sub-menus, so while supported by this theme, they will not show up in site or page menus.
Internally, “navbar.html” is the Sphinx template used for Bootstrap v3 and “navbar-2.html” is the template used for v2.

\[n_{\mathrm{offset}} = \sum_{k=0}^{N-1} s_k n_k\]

Extending “layout.html”¶

As a more “hands on” approach to customization, you can override any template in this Sphinx theme or any others. A good candidate for changes is “layout.html”, which provides most of the look and feel. First, take a look at the “layout.html” file that the theme provides, and figure out what you need to override. As a side note, we have some theme-specific enhancements, such as the navbarextra template block for additional content in the navbar.

Then, create your own “_templates” directory and “layout.html” file (assuming you build from a “source” directory):

$ mkdir source/_templates
$ touch source/_templates/layout.html

Then, configure your “conf.py”:

templates_path = ['_templates']

Finally, edit your override file “source/_templates/layout.html”:

{# Import the theme's layout. #}
{% extends "!layout.html" %}

{# Add some extra stuff before and use existing with 'super()' call. #}
{% block footer %}
  <h2>My footer of awesomeness.</h2>
  {{ super() }}
{% endblock %}

Adding Custom CSS¶

Alternately, you could add your own custom static media directory with a CSS file to override a style, which in the demo would be something like:

$ mkdir source/_static
$ touch source/_static/my-styles.css

Then, in “conf.py”, edit this line:

html_static_path = ["_static"]

You will also need the override template “source/_templates/layout.html” file configured as above, but with the following code:

{# Import the theme's layout. #}
{% extends "!layout.html" %}

{# Custom CSS overrides #}
{% set bootswatch_css_custom = ['_static/my-styles.css'] %}

Then, in the new file “source/_static/my-styles.css”, add any appropriate styling, e.g. a bold background color:

footer {
  background-color: red;
}

Theme Notes¶

Sphinx¶

The theme places the global TOC, local TOC, navigation (prev, next) and source links all in the top Bootstrap navigation bar, along with the Sphinx search bar on the left side.

The global (site-wide) table of contents is the “Site” navigation dropdown, which is a configurable level rendering of the toctree for the entire site. The local (page-level) table of contents is the “Page” navigation dropdown, which is a multi-level rendering of the current page’s toc.

Bootstrap¶

The theme offers Twitter Bootstrap v2.x and v3.x, both of which rely on jQuery v.1.9.x. As the jQuery that Bootstrap wants can radically depart from the jQuery Sphinx internal libraries use, the library from this theme is integrated via noConflict() as $jqTheme.

You can override any static JS/CSS files by dropping different versions in your Sphinx “_static” directory.

Contributing¶

Contributions to this project are most welcome. Please make sure that the demo site builds cleanly, and looks like what you want. First build the demo:

$ fab clean && fab demo

Then, view the site in the development server:

$ fab demo_server

Also, if you are adding a new type of styling or Sphinx or Bootstrap construct, please add a usage example to the “Examples” page.