All paths are relative to the project root, e.g. where the pom.xml
file is located in a Maven project.
JavaScript imported using @JsModule
uses strict mode. Among other things, this means that global variables must be defined on the window
object, window.x = ...
, instead of just x = ...
.
Vaadin 14 with npm
Non-Spring Boot projects (war packaging)
- CSS files
@CssImport("./my-styles/styles.css")
[1]
/frontend/my-styles/styles.css
- JavaScript and Polymer templates
@JsModule("./src/my-script.js")
[1]
/frontend/src/my-script.js
- Static files, e.g. images
new Image("img/flower.jpg", "A flower")
/src/main/webapp/img/flower.jpg
Spring Boot projects (jar packaging)
- CSS files
@CssImport("./my-styles/styles.css")
[1]
/frontend/my-styles/styles.css
- JavaScript and Polymer templates
@JsModule("./src/my-script.js")
[1]
/frontend/src/my-script.js
- Static files, e.g. images
new Image("img/flower.jpg", "A flower")
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/img/flower.jpg
Add-ons (jar packaging)
- CSS files
@CssImport("./my-styles/styles.css")
[1]
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/frontend/my-styles/styles.css
- JavaScript and Polymer templates
@JsModule("./src/my-script.js")
[1]
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/frontend/src/my-script.js
- Static files, e.g. images
new Image("img/flower.jpg", "A flower")
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/img/flower.jpg
Vaadin 10-13, Vaadin 14 in compatibility mode
Non-Spring Boot projects (war packaging)
- CSS files
@StyleSheet("css/styles.css")
[2]
/src/main/webapp/frontend/css/styles.css
- Polymer templates, custom-style and dom-module styles
@HtmlImport("src/template.html")
/src/main/webapp/frontend/src/template.html
- JavaScript
@JavaScript("js/script.js")
[3]
/src/main/webapp/frontend/js/script.js
- Static files, e.g. images
new Image("img/flower.jpg", "A flower")
/src/main/webapp/img/flower.jpg
Spring Boot projects and add-ons (jar packaging)
- CSS files
@StyleSheet("css/styles.css")
[2]
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/frontend/css/styles.css
- Polymer templates, custom-style and dom-module styles
@HtmlImport("src/template.html")
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/frontend/src/template.html
- JavaScript
@JavaScript("js/script.js")
[3]
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/frontend/js/script.js
- Static files, e.g. images
new Image("img/flower.jpg", "A flower")
/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/img/flower.jpg
Footnotes
[1] The @JsModule
and @CssImport
annotations can also be used for importing from an npm package. In this case, the path is defined as @JsModule("@polymer/paper-input")
or @CssImport("some-package/style.css")
. Paths referring to the local frontend directory should be prefixed with ./
[2] The @StyleSheet
annotation can also be used in Vaadin 14 with npm. The same paths as in V10-V13 can be used, including the context://
protocol @StyleSheet("context://style.css")
, which resolves the path relative to the context path of the web application, like other static files. Styles included this way may cause issues with web components.
[3] The @JavaScript
annotation can also be used in Vaadin 14 with npm. The V14 /frontend
folder should then be used,.