AppSuite:Theming
In this article, you can learn how to create customized themes and use them to change the look of you appsuite installation.
File structure
definitions.less
This file can be used to override variables described in the "Variables" section of this article.
style.less
This file can be used to define any CSS you like. Before doing this, check, if there really is no variable that can be used to achieve the same thing.
Variables
Basic
Font
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| @sansFontFamily | "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif | |
| @serifFontFamily | Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif | |
| @monoFontFamily | Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace | |
| @baseFontSize | 14px | |
| @baseFontFamily | @sansFontFamily | |
| @baseLineHeight | 20px | |
| @altFontFamily | @serifFontFamily | |
| @touchFontSize | 15px | |
| @headingsFontFamily | inherit | |
| @headingsFontWeight | bold | |
| @fontSizeLarge | @baseFontSize * 1.25 | |
| @fontSizeSmall | @baseFontSize * 0.85 | |
| @fontSizeMini | @baseFontSize * 0.75 |
Colors
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| @bodyBackground | @white | |
| @textColor | @grayDark | |
| @linkColor | #08c | |
| @linkColorHover | darken(@linkColor, 15%) | |
| @linkAccentColor | #ffad00 | |
| @linkAccentColorHover | darken(@linkAccentColor, 15%) | |
| @headingsColor | inherit | |
| @black | #000 | |
| @grayDarker | #222 | |
| @grayDark | #333 | |
| @gray | #555 | |
| @grayLight | #aaa | |
| @grayLighter | #eee | |
| @white | #fff | |
| @blue | darken(#049cdb, 5%) | |
| @blueDark | #0064cd | |
| @blueLight | lighten(#049cdb, 25%) | |
| @green | #1A8D1A | |
| @greenLight | #92D050 | |
| @red | #cc0000 | |
| @yellow | #F8E400 | |
| @orange | #f89406 | |
| @pink | #E01CD9 | |
| @purple | #7E16CF |
Foldertree
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| @foldertreeSidepanelBackground | ||
| @foldertreeSectionTitleColor | ||
| @foldertreeActiveLabelColor | ||
| @foldertreePassiveLabelColor | ||
| @foldertreeHoverBackground | ||
| @foldertreeSelectedBackground | ||
| @foldertreeCounterBadgeBackground | ||
| @foldertreeCounterBadgeColor |
Mixins
How to activate a theme during development
When creating a new theme, you don’t have it installed with your frontend. In this case you don’t want to go to a complete build of a theme and reinstall it for every change. The trick is to create your theme and overwrite the default theme with it. You can then use the appserver proxy to ship your own version of the UI.
To activate a theme on the backend, you have to add it to the io.ox/core/settingsOptions//themes list.
Example
Adding
io.ox/core/settingsOptions//themes/unicorn=Friendship is Magic
to etc/settings/appsuite.properties add a theme named unicorn with the name Friendship is Magic to the list of themes, a user can choose. Find the list in the Settings -> Basic view behind the option Theme.