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2025-10-08

Overview

In markdown, use the ::: timeline container with markdown unordered list syntax to achieve timeline rendering effects.

  • Supports horizontal and vertical orientations
  • Vertical orientation supports left alignment, right alignment, and justified alignment
  • Supports icons and line styles
  • Supports setting colors through preset types, and supports custom colors

Enable

This feature is disabled by default. You need to enable it in the theme configuration.

.vuepress/config.ts
export default defineUserConfig({
  theme: plumeTheme({
    markdown: {
      timeline: true, 
    }
  })
})

Usage

Inside the ::: timeline container, use markdown unordered list syntax. Each list item represents a point on the timeline.

timeline.md
::: timeline Configuration
- Title
  Configuration

  Content

- Title
  Configuration

  Content
:::

For each list item:

  • Everything from the first line to the first empty line is considered the title. The line immediately following the title is used to configure the behavior of the current item.

  • After the first empty line: Content

Please ensure correct indentation

A simple example:

Input:

::: timeline
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20 type=success

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-02-21 type=warning

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-02-21

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Timeline defaults to vertical orientation

Configuration

Timeline supports highly flexible configuration options, divided into two main parts:

  • Container Configuration: Configuration on the ::: timeline container, placed after ::: timeline. For example:

    ::: timeline horizontal renders a horizontally oriented timeline.

  • List Item Configuration: Configuration for each list item, placed on a separate line immediately following the title. For example:

    ::: timeline
- Title                          <!--Title line-->
  Also title                     <!--Title line-->
  time=2025-03-20 type=success  <!--Configuration line (optional)-->
                                <!--Empty line (required if content exists)-->
  Content
:::

Container Configuration

horizontalOptionalboolean

false

Renders a horizontally oriented timeline.

cardOptionalboolean

false

Renders each timeline node as a card by default (can be overridden in list item configuration).

placementOptional'left' | 'right' | 'between'

'left'

Alignment of timeline nodes. Only effective in vertical orientation

  • left: Left-aligns the timeline axis
  • right: Right-aligns the timeline axis
  • between: Justifies the timeline axis (positions defined by placement in list item configuration, defaults to left)

lineOptional'solid' | 'dashed' | 'dotted'

'solid'

Line style (can be overridden in list item configuration).

List Item Configuration

timeOptionalstring

Time point, can be any string such as 2025-03-20, Q1, etc.

typeOptional'info' | 'tip' | 'success' | 'warning' | 'danger' | 'caution' | 'important'

'info'

Type of the timeline node.

cardOptionalboolean

false

Renders the current timeline node as a card. Default value is inherited from container configuration card.

lineOptional'solid' | 'dashed' | 'dotted'

'solid'

Line style. Default value is inherited from container configuration line.

iconOptionalstring

Icon for the timeline node. Supports all iconify icons.

placementOptional'left' | 'right'

'left'

Defines the position of the current timeline node when container configuration placement is between.

  • left: On the left side of the timeline axis
  • right: On the right side of the timeline axis

colorOptionalstring

Line color for the timeline node. Can be any valid color value.

Examples

Horizontal Orientation

Add horizontal after :::timeline to render the timeline in horizontal orientation.

Input:

::: timeline horizontal
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=success

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger

  Content

- Node 4
  time=2025-01-22 type=important

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Node 4

Content

2025-01-22

Right Alignment

Add placement="right" after :::timeline to render the timeline with right alignment.

Input:

::: timeline placement="right"
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=success

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger

  Content

- Node 4
  time=2025-01-22 type=important

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Node 4

Content

2025-01-22

Justified Alignment

Add placement="between" after :::timeline to render the timeline with justified alignment.

List items default to the left side of the timeline. Use placement="right" in list item configuration to set right-side position.

Input:

::: timeline placement="between"
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20 placement=right

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=success

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger placement=right

  Content

- Node 4
  time=2025-01-22 type=important

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Node 4

Content

2025-01-22

Node Types

Add type=node-type in list item configuration to set the node type for the current item.

Input:

::: timeline
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20 type=success

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=warning

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger

  Content

- Node 4
  time=2025-01-22 type=important

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Node 4

Content

2025-01-22

Line Styles

  • Add line=line-style in container configuration to set the default line style for all nodes.
  • Add line=line-style in list item configuration to set the line style for a specific node.

Input:

::: timeline line="dotted"
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=success

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger line=dashed

  Content

- Node 4
  time=2025-01-22 type=important line=solid

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Node 4

Content

2025-01-22

Nodes with Icons

Add icon=icon-name in list item configuration to add an icon to the node.

Icon names support all iconify icon names.

Input:

::: timeline placement="between"
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20 placement=right icon=mdi:balloon

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=success icon=mdi:bookmark

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger placement=right icon=mdi:bullhorn-variant-outline

  Content

- Node 4
  time=2025-01-22 type=important card=true icon="mdi:cake-variant-outline"

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Node 4

Content

2025-01-22

Card Nodes

Card nodes can be flexibly controlled:

  • Add card in container configuration to make every list item a card node.
  • Add card=true in list item configuration to set the node as a card node.
  • Add card=false in list item configuration to set the node as a non-card node.

Card node styles are affected by the type configuration.

Adding card=true / card=false in list item configuration can override the container's card configuration

Input:

::: timeline card
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=success card=false

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger

  Content

- Node 4
  time=2025-01-22 type=important

  Content
:::

Output:

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Node 4

Content

2025-01-22

Custom Node Types

Timeline node types are controlled through CSS Variables. The theme provides the following CSS variables:

:root {
  --vp-timeline-c-line: var(--vp-c-border);   /* Line color */
  --vp-timeline-c-point: var(--vp-c-border);  /* Point color */
  --vp-timeline-c-title: var(--vp-c-text-1);  /* Title text color */
  --vp-timeline-c-text: var(--vp-c-text-1);   /* Content text color */
  --vp-timeline-c-time: var(--vp-c-text-3);   /* Time text color */
  --vp-timeline-c-icon: var(--vp-c-bg);       /* Icon color */
  --vp-timeline-bg-card: var(--vp-c-bg-soft); /* Background color for card nodes */
}

For example, the built-in node type tip:

.vp-timeline-item.tip {
  --vp-timeline-c-line: var(--vp-c-tip-1);
  --vp-timeline-c-point: var(--vp-c-tip-1);
  --vp-timeline-bg-card: var(--vp-c-tip-soft);
}

You can override built-in types or add new types in Custom Styles.

Example:

.vuepress/styles/index.css
.vp-timeline-item.your-type {
  --vp-timeline-c-line: #3cf;
  --vp-timeline-c-point: #3cf;
  --vp-timeline-bg-card: rgba(60, 252, 255, 0.314);
}
::: timeline
- Node 1
  time=2025-03-20

  Content

- Node 2
  time=2025-04-20 type=your-type card=true

  Content

- Node 3
  time=2025-01-22 type=danger

  Content
:::

Node 1

Content

2025-03-20

Node 2

Content

2025-04-20

Node 3

Content

2025-01-22

Contributors

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