Layouts and Routes
Folders are addresses: a layout around every page, a nested layout for one section, a [slug] parameter and an error page.
src/routes/notes/[slug]/+page.wisp
---
let Some(note) = notes::find(&slug) else {
return error(404, "There is no such note.");
};
---
<title>${note.title}</title>
<h1>${note.title}</h1>
<p>${note.body}</p>
src/routes/notes/+layout.wisp
<div class="notes">
<nav aria-label="Notes">
{#each notes::NOTES.iter() as n}
<a href=${routes::notes_slug(n.slug)}>${n.title}</a>
{/each}
</nav>
<div>
<slot />
</div>
</div>
<style>
.notes {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 10rem 1fr;
gap: 1.25rem;
}
nav {
display: grid;
align-content: start;
gap: 0.5rem;
font-size: 0.875rem;
}
</style>
src/routes/notes/+page.wisp
<title>Notes</title>
<h1>Notes</h1>
<p class="muted">Pick a note.</p>
src/routes/+error.wisp
<title>${status}</title>
<h1>${status}</h1>
<p>${message}</p>
<p><a href="/notes">Back to the notes</a></p>
src/routes/+layout.wisp
<header class="top">
<a href="/">Home</a>
<a href="/notes">Notes</a>
</header>
<main>
<slot />
</main>
<style>
.top {
display: flex;
gap: 1rem;
margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
padding-bottom: 0.75rem;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
font-weight: 600;
}
</style>
src/routes/+page.wisp
<title>Home</title>
<h1>Home</h1>
<p>This app has a home page, a notes section with a layout of its own, and a page for each note.</p>
<p><a href=${routes::notes_slug("files")}>Start with the first note</a>.</p>
src/app.css
/* One small stylesheet for every example: light or dark with the system,
violet accent, neutrals tinted toward it. */
:root {
color-scheme: light dark;
--bg: light-dark(oklch(0.99 0.004 295), oklch(0.2 0.014 290));
--panel: light-dark(oklch(1 0 0), oklch(0.24 0.016 290));
--sunk: light-dark(oklch(0.965 0.008 295), oklch(0.17 0.012 290));
--line: light-dark(oklch(0.9 0.012 295), oklch(0.34 0.02 290));
--ink: light-dark(oklch(0.22 0.02 290), oklch(0.96 0.006 295));
--muted: light-dark(oklch(0.48 0.02 290), oklch(0.76 0.016 290));
--accent: light-dark(oklch(0.5 0.21 290), oklch(0.72 0.15 292));
--accent-strong: light-dark(oklch(0.43 0.2 290), oklch(0.8 0.12 292));
--accent-soft: light-dark(oklch(0.95 0.03 295), oklch(0.3 0.06 290));
--on-accent: light-dark(oklch(1 0 0), oklch(0.18 0.02 290));
--warn: light-dark(oklch(0.52 0.17 40), oklch(0.78 0.12 50));
--radius: 0.5rem;
--space: 1rem;
--mono: ui-monospace, "Cascadia Code", Menlo, monospace;
}
:root[data-theme="light"] {
color-scheme: light;
}
:root[data-theme="dark"] {
color-scheme: dark;
}
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
max-width: 40rem;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 1.5rem 1rem 3rem;
background: var(--bg);
color: var(--ink);
font: 400 1rem/1.6 system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
/* Type */
h1 {
margin: 0 0 1rem;
font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 1.2rem + 1.5vw, 1.875rem);
line-height: 1.15;
letter-spacing: -0.02em;
text-wrap: balance;
}
h2 {
margin: 2rem 0 0.75rem;
font-size: 1.125rem;
letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}
h3 {
margin: 0 0 0.5rem;
font-size: 1rem;
}
p {
margin: 0 0 var(--space);
}
a {
color: var(--accent);
text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
}
a:hover {
color: var(--accent-strong);
}
:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
outline-offset: 2px;
}
code {
padding: 0.1em 0.35em;
border-radius: 0.3em;
background: var(--sunk);
font: 0.875em var(--mono);
}
pre {
margin: 0 0 var(--space);
padding: 0.875rem 1rem;
overflow-x: auto;
border: 1px solid var(--line);
border-radius: var(--radius);
background: var(--sunk);
font: 0.875rem/1.55 var(--mono);
}
pre code {
padding: 0;
background: none;
}
.muted {
color: var(--muted);
}
/* Nav between routes: a header of links, the current one marked. */
header,
nav {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 0.25rem 1.25rem;
margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
padding: 0 0 0.75rem;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
font-weight: 600;
}
header a,
nav a {
color: var(--muted);
text-decoration: none;
}
header a:hover,
nav a:hover,
header a[aria-current],
nav a[aria-current] {
color: var(--ink);
}
/* Forms: fields stack their label above, the button sits at the end of the row. */
form {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
align-items: end;
gap: 1rem 0.75rem;
margin: 0 0 1.75rem;
}
/* A lone button with an action is a form of its own: it sits in the line. */
form:has(> button:only-child) {
display: inline-flex;
margin: 0;
}
label {
position: relative;
display: grid;
flex: 1 1 12rem;
gap: 0.375rem;
color: var(--muted);
font-size: 0.875rem;
font-weight: 600;
}
label:has(> input[type="checkbox"]) {
display: flex;
flex: 0 0 auto;
align-items: center;
align-self: center;
}
input,
select,
textarea {
width: 100%;
min-height: 2.75rem;
padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
border: 1px solid var(--line);
border-radius: var(--radius);
background: var(--panel);
color: var(--ink);
font: inherit;
font-size: 1rem;
font-weight: 400;
transition: border-color 0.15s, box-shadow 0.15s;
}
input:hover,
select:hover,
textarea:hover {
border-color: var(--muted);
}
input:focus,
select:focus,
textarea:focus {
border-color: var(--accent);
outline: none;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px var(--accent-soft);
}
input[type="checkbox"] {
width: 1.125rem;
min-height: 0;
accent-color: var(--accent);
}
input[type="file"] {
padding: 0.4rem;
}
[aria-invalid="true"] {
border-color: var(--warn);
}
/* A field's problem sits right under it, so the button beside the field stays put. */
label .problem {
position: absolute;
top: calc(100% + 0.25rem);
}
form:has(.problem) {
row-gap: 2.25rem;
margin-bottom: 2.75rem;
}
.problem {
display: block;
color: var(--warn);
font-size: 0.8125rem;
font-weight: 500;
}
/* Buttons */
button,
.button {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
min-height: 2.75rem;
padding: 0 1.125rem;
border: 1px solid var(--accent);
border-radius: var(--radius);
background: var(--accent);
color: var(--on-accent);
font: 600 0.9375rem/1 system-ui, sans-serif;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
cursor: pointer;
transition: background 0.15s, border-color 0.15s, transform 0.1s;
}
button:hover,
.button:hover {
border-color: var(--accent-strong);
background: var(--accent-strong);
color: var(--on-accent);
}
button:active {
transform: translateY(1px);
}
button:disabled,
button[aria-busy="true"] {
opacity: 0.6;
cursor: progress;
transform: none;
}
button.quiet {
min-height: 2.25rem;
padding: 0 0.75rem;
border-color: var(--line);
background: var(--panel);
color: var(--ink);
font-weight: 500;
}
button.quiet:hover {
border-color: var(--accent);
background: var(--accent-soft);
color: var(--ink);
}
.bar {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
gap: 0.75rem;
margin-top: 1rem;
}
/* Lists: plain ones keep their bullets; a .list is rows in a panel. */
ul,
ol {
margin: 0 0 var(--space);
padding-left: 1.25rem;
}
li + li {
margin-top: 0.25rem;
}
ul.list {
margin: 0 0 var(--space);
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid var(--line);
border-radius: var(--radius);
background: var(--panel);
list-style: none;
}
label + ul.list {
margin-top: 0.75rem;
}
ul.list li {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
gap: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
margin: 0;
padding: 0.625rem 0.75rem 0.625rem 1rem;
}
ul.list li + li {
border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
/* An empty list says so, quietly, in the middle. */
ul.list li.muted:only-child {
justify-content: center;
padding: 1.5rem 1rem;
background: var(--sunk);
}
/* Tables */
table {
width: 100%;
margin: 0 0 var(--space);
border-collapse: collapse;
font-size: 0.9375rem;
}
th,
td {
padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
text-align: left;
}
th {
color: var(--muted);
font-size: 0.8125rem;
font-weight: 600;
}
hr {
margin: 1.5rem 0;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
* {
transition: none !important;
animation: none !important;
}
}
src/app.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
%wisp.head%
</head>
<body>
%wisp.body%
</body>
</html>
src/notes.rs
pub struct Note {
pub slug: &'static str,
pub title: &'static str,
pub body: &'static str,
}
pub const NOTES: [Note; 3] = [
Note { slug: "files", title: "Files Are Routes", body: "A folder under src/routes is an address, and the +page.wisp inside it is the page." },
Note { slug: "layouts", title: "Layouts Wrap Pages", body: "A +layout.wisp wraps every page below its folder. Layouts nest." },
Note { slug: "params", title: "Brackets Are Params", body: "A folder named [slug] matches any one segment and hands it to the page." },
];
pub fn find(slug: &str) -> Option<&'static Note> {
NOTES.iter().find(|n| n.slug == slug)
}
How It Works
A folder under src/routes is an address, and its +page.wisp is the page.
src/routes/+layout.wisp wraps every page with the header, and <slot /> is where the page goes. src/routes/notes/+layout.wisp nests inside it and adds the list of notes. It builds links with routes::notes_slug(n.slug), a helper made from the folder names.
src/routes/notes/[slug]/+page.wisp matches one segment, which arrives as the slug variable. Its --- block calls notes::find(&slug) and returns error(404, ...) when there is no such note. The data lives in src/notes.rs.
src/routes/+error.wisp draws that 404 with ${status} and ${message}.
Try it in the preview: open a note, then type /notes/nope in the address bar.