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PrimeVue and Caido plugin UI style, layout, DataTable, and icons

caido-community By caido-community schedule Updated 3/19/2026

name: style description: PrimeVue and Caido plugin UI style, layout, DataTable, and icons

UI Style Guidelines

PrimeVue

  • Prefer to use PrimeVue compontents where possible
  • A custom PrimeVue theme is configured with dark mode as default, handling most color-related styles for us.

General Theme

  • Dark Mode is default — all UI elements follow a dark, low-contrast background with light text for high readability.
  • For text / background colors, prefer to use ...-surface-... f.e. border-surface-700.
  • Caido uses bg-surface-800 as the main app background, bg-surface-700 is the background used for Card component.
  • Follow minimalistic color palette. AVOID using too much colors where possible.

Layout & Components

  • Often use PrimeVue Splitter and SplitterPanel for vertical or horizontal layout.
  • Prefer to use Card PrimeVue components a lot, if needed add h-full to them via pt params.
  • Remember to use <template #content> and other named slots (like #header, #footer) in Card and other PrimeVue components that support them.

Example:

<Card
  class="h-full"
  :pt-body="{ class: 'h-full p-0' }"
  :pt-content="{ class: 'h-full flex flex-col' }"
>
  <template #content>
     ...
  </template #content>
</Card>

Enviroment

  • Keep in mind that we are building a plugin that's inside a Caido web app, we can modify frontend by adding sidebar pages using Caido Frontend SDK.
  • Our plugin content is rendered within a dedicated window/panel that Caido provides for our sidebar page.
  • The plugin UI should integrate seamlessly with Caido's existing interface and theming.

Data Representation

  • Prefer DataTable component for displaying structured data:
    • Caido often uses stripedRows, use it where possible
    • Actions column at the end (e.g. “Install” buttons).
  • Empty states use friendly, minimal messages with icons.

Icons

  • Always use fas fa-[...] for icons. We don't support any other icon libraries.
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