Material 3 To Material 2 Theme Adapter

Learn how to seamlessly integrate Material Design 3's styling into your Material Design 2 components using CSS variable overrides.

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Material 3 to Material 2 Theme Adapter

Overview

How to style Material 2 components with Material 3 in CSS:

:root {
  --mdc-theme-primary: var(--md-sys-color-primary);
  --mdc-theme-on-primary: var(--md-sys--coloron-primary);
  --mdc-theme-background: var(--md-sys--colorbackground);
  --mdc-theme-on-background: var(--md-sys--coloron-background);
  --mdc-theme-on-surface-variant: var(--md-sys--coloron-surface-variant);
  --mdc-theme-surface-variant: var(--md-sys--colorsurface-variant);
  --mdc-theme-on-surface: var(--md-sys--coloron-surface);
  --mdc-theme-surface: var(--md-sys--colorsurface);
  --mdc-theme-text-primary-on-background: var(--md-sys--coloron-surface-variant);
  --mdc-theme-outline: var(--md-sys-color-outline);
}

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npx skillmds@latest add rodydavis/material-3-to-material-2-theme-adapter