Bake Theme

The plugin ships a TailwindUi bake theme that generates Tailwind/DaisyUI-styled CakePHP templates via the standard bake tool.

Optional dependency

The bake theme requires cakephp/bake (a dev/build tool, not a runtime dependency):

composer require --dev cakephp/bake

Make sure the plugin is loaded in your config/plugins.php:

'Bake' => ['onlyCli' => true, 'optional' => true],
'TailwindUi' => [],

Usage

Generate all four templates (index, view, add, edit) for a model:

bin/cake bake template Articles --theme TailwindUi

Generate a single template type:

bin/cake bake template Articles index --theme TailwindUi
bin/cake bake template Articles view --theme TailwindUi
bin/cake bake template Articles add --theme TailwindUi
bin/cake bake template Articles edit --theme TailwindUi

Force overwrite existing templates:

bin/cake bake template Articles --theme TailwindUi --force

Generate models, controllers, and templates for all database tables:

bin/cake bake all --everything --theme TailwindUi

What is generated

For each model, bake produces four template files in templates/{ModelName}/:

File	Description
index.php	Paginated list in a card bg-base-100 shadow with a table table-zebra, sortable columns via Paginator->sort(), action buttons (view/edit/delete), and Paginator->links() pagination
view.php	Detail card with a <table> of label/value pairs; related records from HasMany/BelongsToMany associations shown in separate cards below
add.php	Form card calling Form->control() for each field; FK fields rendered as selects using the associated model list; Cancel + Submit buttons
edit.php	Same as add, with an additional Delete postLink in the action bar

All templates include:

• Breadcrumbs via $this->Breadcrumbs->add() / $this->Breadcrumbs->render()
• Page title via $this->assign('title', ...)
• $this->fetch('postLink') for delete confirmation forms
• BelongsTo associations rendered as links in both index and view

Customization

To customize the generated templates for your app, copy the bake theme files into your app's templates/bake/ directory and modify them there. Your app's templates take precedence over the plugin's:

mkdir -p templates/bake/Template templates/bake/element
cp vendor/dereuromark/cakephp-tailwind-ui/templates/bake/Template/*.twig templates/bake/Template/
cp vendor/dereuromark/cakephp-tailwind-ui/templates/bake/element/form.twig templates/bake/element/

Then edit the copied .twig files to suit your layout, add extra fields, change class names, or adjust the structure. The bake variable reference is the same as any CakePHP bake theme: see the bake documentation for the full list of available variables ($fields, $associations, $primaryKey, etc.).