[Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

Tue Nov 29 18:25:21 GMT 2011

Sorry that should have read textUnselected

Op 29-11-2011 19:14, Tom Reijnders schreef:
> defaultColour somehow doesn't seem to work...
>
> Also in my (and thus José's  example) I also change unselectedText, 
> that property is not in the optional property list. I think it changes 
> the text colour of the Combo boxes, but I am not behind my normal PC, 
> so I can't check right now.
>
> Tom
>
> Op 29-11-2011 16:06, Julian Tenney schreef:
>>
>> defaultColour is the default text colour.
>>
>> labelColour is the colour for text in checkbox labels, radio button 
>> labels and labels themselves
>>
>> inputColour: the colour of text in text entry boxes
>>
>> pageTitleColor: deprecated (no reference to it in XMLEngine)
>>
>> stageColour: yes, turn visuals off;
>>
>> *From:*xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp 
>> Johnathan
>> *Sent:* 29 November 2011 14:57
>> *To:* Jose Diaz; Xerte discussion list
>> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects
>>
>> I have been following this thread with great interest as I have long 
>> been curious as to how you could customise the Xerte interface. So 
>> many thanks to Tom and Jose and anyone else who I might have missed 
>> who has contributed to this.
>>
>> I have almost completed translating into English Jose's excellent 
>> tutorial. I notice that there is a slight discrepancy in that the 
>> example changes about 8 optional properties of the project but only 
>> one is mentioned in the tutorial, so the results achieved by 
>> following the tutorial would not match the displayed image.
>>
>> I have been testing the available colour properties to establish what 
>> might have been changed and am finding a few properties that don't 
>> appear to be doing much. I wanted to add a description of the 
>> optional colour properties and their effects to the english translation.
>>
>> Can anyone with more experience of moding the xerte interface comment 
>> on the following observations and perhaps correct any errors or 
>> oversights on my part.
>>
>> ***********
>>
>> The following colour properties are available and were tested in 
>> Xerte preview.
>>
>> titleBarColour: Changes the title bar at the top of the page.
>>
>> StatusBarColour: Changes the bar below the title bar and the bar at 
>> the bottom of the screen.
>>
>> FillColour: changes page background and colour behind volume control
>>
>> defaultColour: not sure (changed the arrows on the table of contents)
>>
>> buttonFillColour: changes the background to all the buttons on the 
>> interface.
>>
>> ButtonTextColour: changes the border on the top buttons and their 
>> text in the status bar
>>
>> glossaryColour: no observed effect but project did not have a glossary.
>>
>> LabelColour: no observed effect
>>
>> inputColour: no observed effect
>>
>> pageTitleColour : no observed effect
>>
>> statusColour: Changes the continue arrows and continue label at 
>> bottom right of screen.
>>
>> TitleColour: Changes colour of project and page title and table of 
>> contents title.
>>
>> StageColour: No visible effect (may be significant if visuals are 
>> turned off?)
>>
>> ***********
>>
>> Once completed the translation will be available in open office and 
>> pdf format. I will look to posting it to the wiki at some point.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>> Johnathan
>>
>> On 27 November 2011 17:21, Jose Diaz <xt4mhz at yahoo.com 
>> <mailto:xt4mhz at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone ... promise is a promise :-)
>>
>> Here goes the the address where I published the small tutorial about 
>> how to customize the "look" of XOT:
>>
>> http://jgdu.blogspot.com/2011/11/xot-como-cambiar-su-apariencia.html
>>
>> Thanks to all of you for the help.
>>
>> Take care.
>>
>> José Gregorio.
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