[Resolved] Theme Defaults Override in Child Theme for Colour Vars

[Tom]

This is an old legacy issue in the theme before we had tons of color options and separated them.

Those specific defaults are handled in the generate_option_defaults filter: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/3.1.3/inc/defaults.php#L54-L58

So it would be this:

add_filter( 'generate_option_defaults', function( $defaults ) {
    $defaults['background_color'] = 'var(--base)';
    $defaults['text_color'] = 'var(--grey-1)';
    $defaults['link_color'] = 'var(--grey-1)';
    $defaults['link_color_hover'] = 'grey-3';
    $defaults['link_color_visited'] = 'var(--grey-1)';

    return $defaults;
} );

The rest of the color defaults are handled in the generate_color_option_defaults filter: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/3.1.3/inc/defaults.php#L121

Let me know if that helps or not 🙂

[David]

Thanks Tom, this leads on to how I then set defaults for all the other colour options in generate_color_option_defaults. Could you also provide an example for this? And if they have been previously set, do I also have to apply the filter to option_generate_settings as I do fr the colour overrides above? Thanks!

[Tom]

You do it the exact same way, just with their own respective names: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/3.1.3/inc/defaults.php#L121

add_filter( 'generate_color_option_defaults', function( $defaults ) {
    $defaults['top_bar_background_color'] = '#fff';

    return $defaults;
} );

Yes, these filters are only for defaults when no saved value exists. If you need to overwrite the saved value, you use the option_generate_settings filter.

Hope this helps!

[David]

Thanks Tom, very much appreciated.

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

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