magicalpig wrote:I read the wiki but some of this stuff is still not so obvious to me.
I'm re-coloring a royal skin to get used to the vocabulary and software... And at this time I really am too upset with it all to sort it out by myself
So my questions are :
What do I need to change to modify the font color of #1 and the background color behind #1?
How do I change the color of the highlight bar (#2 & 3)?
Thanks for helping... again
,
Victor.
the number one must be the static fonts on the panel? as i can't see number 1 anyplace but i see the fonts don't show up.
number 2 is needing some added code in to the virtural tree area mcmaster has posted that some place in the forum ? in the message " having troubles changing some fonts. " i think that is the title of the one message thread it is in.
the number 3 is list item selected.
the numbers 1 and 3 are found in the theme editor's list for fonts just below the tree for images..
now mind you don't get upset you can't think when upset. atleast most people can't.
but even though there is a control button on the theme engine.
it does not allow all the stuff to be previewed. and some things you change such as the fonts in the header for the columes.?
they will change in the theme editor but they don't show as changed in the monkey when you use the skin.
so you need to remember that and keep which areas don't change using a background image for reading black fonts on.
for adding the codes in to the virtural tree object open one of macmasters or i think nohitter151's skins theme.mskn then going to the object in their theme select it in the tree then use the copy button in the theme engine and copy what you selected.
then while not closing the theme editor open your theme mskn.
if it asks you to save the one you just copied from? click no.
and then browse to your mskn and open your theme.
then click on the same title section for the object you copied.
if you copied something from inside the virtual tree, then you select the virtual tree, if you copied the whole virtural tree then you select the first one called objects.
then you click the paste button in the theme.
you now have that item you copied pasted in the section you selected, and it is called copyof......
if you are changing the whole item you already have in your theme.
then select the one in your theme and use the delete button in the theme.
if you did not have the item you copied then just select it and go to the right code tree.
you will see in there the name for what you copied.
it will have the name of copyof....
you select that and remove the words copyof
now you have that item in your theme.
sorry forgot to tell you the background color for number one is the panel object, and the form object in the tool window.
you can use the code tree on the right when you select them and change the color in it.
you can also select the button on the menu bar of the theme engine to add an active bitmap. which will be used on the item instead of just the plain color.
my jade monkey has added bitmaps all over the place.
if you want to add a bitmap to the selected color bar. you need to make that bit map as long as you thing the user would have a wide screen? i made mine about 5000 to 50000 pixels wide before. this will make it go over the whole row of columes if all are only that wide. just makes it easier to follow when scrolling a selected song to the far right colume.
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