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| Ability to skin an eclipse application? [message #255659] |
Wed, 07 May 2008 05:58  |
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Originally posted by: obremon.gmail.com
Hi all,
i am rather new to eclipse, but i have been using java for some time.
I have a doubt regarding skinning/theme-ing Eclipse
To what extent can you skin eclipse?
What i mean is the following:
In java swing apps, it is rather common providing your own skin to apps,
e.g. using SkinLF, Synthetica or many others
In eclipse, i have been looking for an equivalent tool, but i have been
unable to find any...I have seen a couple of plugins that allow you
modifying background colors and stuff like that, but for example, i
haven't found any that allows you changing the scroll arrow buttons shape,
the scroll bars shapes (the images themselves) the checkboxes images, tabs
images and icons, etc. I guess that my objective is defining a skin that i
can use regardless of the underlying OPERATING SYSTEM
The ones i know of are:
- EoS, which is not really what i am looking for (as it makes eclipse on
Swing), not pure eclipse
- Extended VS Presentation (Eclipse skins) which does not really allow me
changing what i wanted, as far as i know (http://andrei.gmxhome.de/eclipse)
- Eclipse skins
( http://www.willianmitsuda.com/eclipse-plugins/eclipse-skins/)
Is there any tool that allows this in eclipse based apps?
Is there a means to do it manually if no tools exist?
I'd very greatly thankfull if you could point me to any resources on the
subject
Regards
Oscar
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| Re: Ability to skin an eclipse application? [message #255682 is a reply to message #255659] |
Wed, 07 May 2008 07:34  |
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Originally posted by: groups.pellaton.li
Hi
Eclipse RCP supports so called Themes:
http://pookzilla.net/wp/2005/11/themes-howto/
HTH
Michael Pellaton
Oscar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i am rather new to eclipse, but i have been using java for some time.
> I have a doubt regarding skinning/theme-ing Eclipse
>
> To what extent can you skin eclipse?
> What i mean is the following:
> In java swing apps, it is rather common providing your own skin to apps,
> e.g. using SkinLF, Synthetica or many others
>
> In eclipse, i have been looking for an equivalent tool, but i have been
> unable to find any...I have seen a couple of plugins that allow you
> modifying background colors and stuff like that, but for example, i
> haven't found any that allows you changing the scroll arrow buttons shape,
> the scroll bars shapes (the images themselves) the checkboxes images, tabs
> images and icons, etc. I guess that my objective is defining a skin that i
> can use regardless of the underlying OPERATING SYSTEM
>
> The ones i know of are:
> - EoS, which is not really what i am looking for (as it makes eclipse on
> Swing), not pure eclipse
> - Extended VS Presentation (Eclipse skins) which does not really allow me
> changing what i wanted, as far as i know (http://andrei.gmxhome.de/eclipse)
> - Eclipse skins
> ( http://www.willianmitsuda.com/eclipse-plugins/eclipse-skins/)
>
> Is there any tool that allows this in eclipse based apps?
> Is there a means to do it manually if no tools exist?
> I'd very greatly thankfull if you could point me to any resources on the
> subject
>
> Regards
> Oscar
>
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| Re: Ability to skin an eclipse application? [message #255691 is a reply to message #255682] |
Wed, 07 May 2008 08:30 |
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Originally posted by: obremon.gmail.com
Hi Michael, thanks for the info...
Still, this is not exactly what i am looking for...
It has the same limitations the 2 'VS' plugins have: only Font, color, and
some properties can be customized. I am looking for something more in the
line of Synth, Synthetica, TinyLaf, SkinLF in java, where you can define
the exact representation of any graphical component (rounded buttons, 3D
square checkboxes, and stuff like that), as well as using background
images, gradients in colors, etc.
Thanks anyway for your help
Cheers
Oscar
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| Re: Ability to skin an eclipse application? [message #255703 is a reply to message #255659] |
Wed, 07 May 2008 09:53 |
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Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com
Oscar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i am rather new to eclipse, but i have been using java for some time.
> I have a doubt regarding skinning/theme-ing Eclipse
>
> To what extent can you skin eclipse?
> What i mean is the following:
> In java swing apps, it is rather common providing your own skin to apps,
> e.g. using SkinLF, Synthetica or many others
>
> In eclipse, i have been looking for an equivalent tool, but i have been
> unable to find any...
Although there is support for Themes, they are limited and there is good
reason: SWT is, at a fundamental level, all about native look and feel.
Unlike Swing and AWT, SWT delegates to the native widgets whenever
possible. This is a philosophical decision made by the SWT designers and
extensive skinning is at odds with that strategy.
Eric
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