Mermaid is a library helping you to generate diagram and flowcharts from text, in a similar manner as Markdown.
Note
This only works in modern browsers.
Warning
Due to limitations with Mermaid, it is currently not possible to use Mermaid code fences in an initially collapsed expand shortcode. This is a know issue and can’t be fixed by this theme.
Usage
Just insert your Mermaid code in the mermaid shortcode like this:
You can set an optional align attribute which defaults to "center".
If you don’t need alignment you can use the alternative syntax using code fences if you have turned off guessSyntax for the markup.highlight setting (see below):
```mermaid
classDiagram
Person *-- Dog
```
The generated graphs can be be panned by dragging them and zoomed by using the mousewheel. On mobile devices you can use finger gestures.
Examples
Flowchart
%%{init: {"theme":"forest","relearn_user_theme":true}}%%
graph LR;
A[Hard edge] -->|Link text| B(Round edge)
B --> C{Decision}
C -->|One| D[Result one]
C -->|Two| E[Result two]
%%{init: {"theme":"default"}}%%
sequenceDiagram
participant Alice
participant Bob
Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
loop Healthcheck
John->John: Fight against hypochondria
end
Note right of John: Rational thoughts prevail...
John-->Alice: Great!
John->Bob: How about you?
Bob-->John: Jolly good!
%%{init: {"theme":"default"}}%%
gantt
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
title Adding GANTT diagram functionality to Mermaid
section A section
Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
Future task : des3, after des2, 5d
Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d
section Critical tasks
Completed task in the critical line :crit, done, 2014-01-06,24h
Implement parser and jison :crit, done, after des1, 2d
Create tests for parser :crit, active, 3d
Future task in critical line :crit, 5d
Create tests for renderer :2d
Add to Mermaid :1d
%%{init: {"theme":"default"}}%%
stateDiagram-v2
open: Open Door
closed: Closed Door
locked: Locked Door
open --> closed: Close
closed --> locked: Lock
locked --> closed: Unlock
closed --> open: Open
```mermaid
stateDiagram-v2
open: Open Door
closed: Closed Door
locked: Locked Door
open --> closed: Close
closed --> locked: Lock
locked --> closed: Unlock
closed --> open: Open
```
Configuration
Mermaid is configured with default settings. You can customize Mermaid’s default settings for all of your files thru a JSON object in your config.toml, override these settings per page thru your pages frontmatter or override these setting per diagramm thru diagram directives.
The JSON object of your config.toml / frontmatter is forwarded into Mermaid’s mermaid.initialize() function.
The theme setting can also be set by your used color variant. This will be the sitewide default and can - again - be overridden by your settings in config.toml, frontmatter or diagram directives.
Note
If you want to use mermaid codefences, you have to turn off guessSyntax for the markup.highlight setting.
Example
[params]mermaidInitialize="{ \"theme\": \"dark\" }"[markup][markup.highlight]# if set to `guessSyntax = true`, there will be no unstyled code even if no language# was given BUT mermaid code fences will not work anymore! So this is a mandatory# setting for your siteguessSyntax=false