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Migration Guide

Ant Design released a new major version, v5. This document will help you upgrade from antd 4.x version to antd 5.x version.

Ant Design removed less and adopted CSS-in-JS for better support of dynamic themes. So now, the bottom layer uses @ant-design/cssinjs instead of less as a solution.

Some components were removed or renamed, and some APIs are changed.

Some of the changes are:

  • <PageHeader> component moved into @ant-design/pro-components. Refine is using <PageHeader> in <List>, <Create>, <Edit>, <Show> components and added as a dependency. You don't need to install @ant-design/pro-components package manually.
  • <Comment> component moved into @ant-design/compatible.
  • moment.js is replaced with day.js.
  • less is removed from antd package.

For more information, please refer to Ant Design's own migration guide.

A little more clarification
Refine packageAnt Design version
@pankod/refine-antd@3.x.xantd@4.x.x
@pankod/refine-antd@4.x.x, @refinedev/antd@5.x.xantd@5.x.x

Updating the packages​

@refinedev/antd must be updated to 4.x.x

⚡️ You can easily update Refine packages with the Refine CLI update command.

npm run refine update

How to add Refine CLI to an existing project?

🪄 Migrating your project automatically with Codemod ✨ (recommended)​

@refinedev/codemod package handles the breaking changes for your project automatically, migrating your @refinedev/antd version from 3.x.x to 4.x.x. without any manual steps

Just cd into root folder of your project (where package.json is contained) and run this command:

npx @refinedev/codemod antd4-to-antd5

And it's done. Now your project uses @refinedev/antd@4.x.x.

🚨 The Customized or swizzled components and .less files cannot be migrated automatically. You need to migrate them manually.

Migrating your project manually​

Updating Imports​

  • CSS files are no longer included in package. Since CSS-in-JS supports importing on demand, the original styles/antd.less has also been abandoned. If you need to reset some basic styles, please import @refinedev/antd/dist/reset.css
App.tsx
- import "@refinedev/antd/dist/styles.min.css";
+ import "@refinedev/antd/dist/reset.css";

Updating Props​

actionButtons and pageHeaderProps props was deprecated on @refinedev/antd@3.x.x and has been removed on @refinedev/antd@4.x.x from <List>, <Create>, <Edit>, <Show> component due to inconsistency with all UI packages. Use the headerButtons and headerProps props instead.

List.tsx
- <List actionButtons={actionButtons} pageHeaderProps={pageHeaderProps}>
+ <List headerButtons={actionButtons} headerProps={pageHeaderProps}>
Create.tsx
- <Create actionButtons={actionButtons} pageHeaderProps={pageHeaderProps}>
+ <Create headerButtons={actionButtons} headerProps={pageHeaderProps}>
Show.tsx
- <Show actionButtons={actionButtons} pageHeaderProps={pageHeaderProps}>
+ <Show headerButtons={actionButtons} headerProps={pageHeaderProps}>
Edit.tsx
- <Edit actionButtons={actionButtons} pageHeaderProps={pageHeaderProps}>
+ <Edit headerButtons={actionButtons} headerProps={pageHeaderProps}>

Customized <Sider>​

If you have customized or swizzled the <Sider> component, there may be a color mismatch issue. You can give theme dark to the <Menu> component in the <Sider> component.

Sider.tsx
    <AntdLayout.Sider
      collapsible
      collapsed={collapsed}
      onCollapse={(collapsed: boolean): void => setCollapsed(collapsed)}
      collapsedWidth={isMobile ? 0 : 80}
      breakpoint='lg'
      style={isMobile ? antLayoutSiderMobile : antLayoutSider}>
      <RenderToTitle collapsed={collapsed} />
      <Menu
+       theme='dark'
        selectedKeys={[selectedKey]}
        defaultOpenKeys={defaultOpenKeys}
        mode='inline'
        onClick={() => {
          if (!breakpoint.lg) {
            setCollapsed(true)
          }
        }}>
        {renderSider()}
      </Menu>
    </AntdLayout.Sider>

Customized <Header>​

CAUTION

If you have customized or swizzled the <Header> component, there may be a color mismatch issue.

You can remove constant background color in <Header> component:

Header.tsx
   <AntdLayout.Header
      style={{
        display: 'flex',
        justifyContent: 'flex-end',
        alignItems: 'center',
        padding: '0px 24px',
        height: '64px',
-       backgroundColor: '#FFF',
      }}>

LESS Users​

Ant Design removed less, uses and recommends CSS-in-JS instead. You need to manually migrate your .less files to CSS-in-JS. Ant Design's documentation for less migration.

Known Issues​

Compile errors​

Some users reported (issue#1, issue#2) compile errors after upgrading from @refinedev/antd@3.x.x to @refinedev/antd@4.x.x. They also provided solutions.

Solution 1​

  1. remove node_modules folder
  2. remove package-lock.json file
  3. npm install

Solution 2​

npm install react@latest react-dom@latest
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