<CwaDefaultLayout />

<CwaDefaultLayout> is the fallback layout CWA uses when the current page has no Layout resource, its Layout resource has no uiComponent value, or that value names a component the app doesn't register.

You will rarely use this directly. It exists so that CWA can always render something — even for pages that haven't been fully configured in the CMS yet.

Structure

It renders a minimal full-height flex column:

<div id="cwa:default-layout" class="cwa:flex cwa:flex-col cwa:h-full">
  <slot />
</div>

CWA's own utility classes are namespaced with the cwa: prefix so they never collide with your Tailwind build. The default <slot /> is where <CwaPage /> renders the current page template.

When It Appears

• A new CWA project before any layouts have been created in the admin
• A page whose Layout record has an empty uiComponent
• A page whose Layout record names a layout component that no longer exists
• During development when you're building a layout component but haven't connected it in the CMS yet

Replacing It

Create the layout file in app/cwa/layouts/ — that's what makes the component resolvable. Once the CMS has a Layout record whose uiComponent is the registered component name (CwaLayoutPrimary for Primary.vue), <CwaDefaultLayout> is no longer used for that page.

<!-- app/cwa/layouts/Primary.vue -->
<template>
  <div class="min-h-screen">
    <AppHeader />
    <slot />
    <AppFooter />
  </div>
</template>

Registering the layout in nuxt.config.ts → cwa.layouts is optional — it only adds a display name and style options in the admin.

// nuxt.config.ts
cwa: {
    layouts: {
        Primary: { name: 'Primary Layout' }
    }
}