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This article describes the themeing functionality of RWT, the RAP Widget Toolkit.
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This themeing defines the default look and feel of the basic RWT controls like Shell, Button, Text etc.
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It must not be mixed up with the themeing of the Eclipse workbench. Instead, it can be compared to the themeing functionality of a desktop system that allows the user to set custom colors for title bars, text background and the like.
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== State of Development ==
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Please refer to the related articles in the RAP Developer Guide:
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* [http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.rap.help/help/html/advanced/theming.html RWT Theming]
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* [http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.rap.help/help/html/advanced/theming-custom.html Prepare Custom Widgets for Theming]
  
The RWT themeing mechanism, as introduced with the M4 milestone, is still in an early state of development.
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[[Category:RAP]]
Some details are still likely to change, as our experience with this approach grows.
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Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
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Currently, the RWT themeing only allows to define colors.
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Themeing of icons, fonts, borders, margins etc. will follow shortly.
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== How to define a custom RWT Theme ==
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=== Create a custom theme file ===
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RWT theme files are simple Java Property files.
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A template named <code>theme-template.properties</code> can be found in the <code>src/</code> directory of the RWT plugin (<code>org.eclipse.rap.rwt</code>).
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You only have to specify those properties that are relevant for your customization, as undefined properties will stay at their default value.
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Note that some property names are likely to be changed in the future, other properties will emerge and a few properties will even be dropped.
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Please refer to the template file shipped with your current version.
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See below for the syntax of the property values.
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=== Register the new theme with the extension point <code>org.eclipse.rap.swt.themes</code> ===
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In the <code>plugin.xml</code> of your application project, add an extension like this:
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<pre>
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  <extension
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      id="my.application.themes"
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      point="org.eclipse.rap.swt.themes">
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    <theme
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        id="my.application.aquablue"
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        name="Aqua Blue Test Theme"
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        file="aqua-blue.properties"
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        default="true"/>
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  </extension>
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</pre>
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=== Activate the theme ===
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The extension parameter <code>default</code> specifies whether the theme should be active by default.
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Currently, this is the only way to activate a custom theme.
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Support for programmatic activation of custom themes is planned for future versions.
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== Syntax for Property Values ==
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Property values specified in a theme file must conform to the following syntactical rules:
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=== Colors ===
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Colors can be specified in one of these ways:
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* A color keyword.
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Only the 16 basic [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/types.html#h-6.5 HTML 4.0 colors] (aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow) are supported.
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The keywords are case-insensitive.
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* A comma separated list of three decimal integer numbers in the range <code>0 .. 255</code> that denote the red, green, and blue portion of the color, respectively.
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* A hexadecimal color notation in the format <code>#rgb</code> or <code>#rrggbb</code>, that is commonly used for HTML pages.
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=== Images ===
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Custom images must be referred to using a '<tt>/</tt>'-separated path name that identifies the location of an image resource within the bundle.
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=== Fonts ===
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=== Borders ===
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== SWT System Colors ==
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The SWT system colors, as returned by <code>Display#getSystemColor()</code>, are also themeable.
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The following list indicates which theme parameters manipulate these colors:
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  SWT.COLOR_WIDGET_DARK_SHADOW:  widget.darkshadow
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  SWT.COLOR_WIDGET_NORMAL_SHADOW:  widget.shadow
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  SWT.COLOR_WIDGET_LIGHT_SHADOW:  widget.lightshadow
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  SWT.COLOR_WIDGET_HIGHLIGHT_SHADOW:  widget.highlight
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  SWT.COLOR_WIDGET_BACKGROUND:  widget.background
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  SWT.COLOR_WIDGET_BORDER:  widget.thinborder
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  SWT.COLOR_WIDGET_FOREGROUND:  widget.foreground
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  SWT.COLOR_LIST_FOREGROUND:  list.foreground
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  SWT.COLOR_LIST_BACKGROUND:  list.background
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  SWT.COLOR_LIST_SELECTION:  list.selection.background
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  SWT.COLOR_LIST_SELECTION_TEXT:  list.selection.foreground
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  SWT.COLOR_INFO_FOREGROUND:  widget.info.foreground
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  SWT.COLOR_INFO_BACKGROUND:  widget.info.background
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  SWT.COLOR_TITLE_FOREGROUND:  shell.title.foreground
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  SWT.COLOR_TITLE_BACKGROUND:  shell.title.background
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  SWT.COLOR_TITLE_BACKGROUND_GRADIENT:  shell.title.background.gradient
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  SWT.COLOR_TITLE_INACTIVE_FOREGROUND:  shell.title.inactive.foreground
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  SWT.COLOR_TITLE_INACTIVE_BACKGROUND:  shell.title.inactive.background
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  SWT.COLOR_TITLE_INACTIVE_BACKGROUND_GRADIENT:  shell.title.inactive.background.gradient
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