Hello devs,
I think the current theming is a little noisy--all the files are just
dumped in the install directory, and it's hard to tell which bitmaps
go with which theme, etc.
I started a new "convention" with the Vista theme, and added it under
%INSTDIR%\themes\vista -- if every theme is a folder, it can contain
all necessary resources. Does that make sense to you all, or am I
stepping on something?
Also, I'm considering a new method for theme selection, whereby the
current theme files are always located in the user's appdata folder,
so that a user can switch themes without needing write access to the
install dir.
I haven't looked into this closely, but I'm thinking something like:
// file structure
instdir\themes
Blue
// theme css and bitmaps go here...
Classic
Royale
Vista
Vista Widescreen
// search.htm
<script type='text/jscript'>
document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='" +
buildCurrentThemeUrl(); + "'>");
</script>
// tools.js or simiilar
function buildCurrentThemeUrl()
{
// maybe some trickery here to detect whether a theme css is in
place, or something...
return Launcher.AppDataDirectory + "\\" + theme.css
}
I don't know, it's not exactly clear in my head, but this general
structure would give a couple of nice benefits:
- Themes can be implicitly named by the folder name under /themes/
- We can enumerate the available themes by listing the folders under /themes/
- Themes are per-user at this point, so Admin and Kim can both use
DQSD on the same machine with different themes.
- Non-privileged users can change themes, because we're only
overwriting per-user data
So... What am I missing? :)
Thanks,
- Kim
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