I suspect they don't do it b/c ... it's a job for a designer! I think it's pretty damn good already. And there are already 3 looks for some component (look at the CSS file).
And while it wouldn't bring more people to wicket (that's not why ppl "go wicket", that's silly), it would make for more support costs when the guys change components or add new ones (having to update ALL those looks and feels). It's just a CSS file. (thank god!) If you think it will help you and others: Just create a project and start dumping your super-duper-pretty CSS files inthere along with a test page which displays the basic 10+ components wicket supports out of the box and show off how they look. There are a BUNCH of nice CSS development sites where you have a dropdown which switches between CSS files for same content. Do something like that. - Alex -----Original Message----- From: Riyad Kalla [mailto:rka...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:19 AM To: users@wicket.apache.org Subject: Re: better look & modern css for wicket Shipping a few different custom themes as part of the Wicket SDK could be interesting -- for the standard Wicket components that just back HTML4 elements it's a little less necessary I suppose, but for those custom components, like Data Tables, making them look nice out of the box could be a nice win. I suppose the same goes for some standard HTML widgets (buttons?) I wonder if there could be a Wicket 1.6 addition of a ThemeManager that all wicket components could call into for "default" styles -- including the custom components -- allowing artists to define well-known style names that would get applied automatically and allow Wicket to ship themes out of the box with it? e.g. in Application.init() -- ThemeManager.setDefault("green-gloss.css") As superficial as it is, we all know bling counts. If there is a huge demand for making Wicket components look like an 1990s AOL webpage, I'll take the lead on this... otherwise we should probably ask if anyone is a designer? :) On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Jing Ge (Besitec IT DEHAM) <j...@besitec.com>wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just ask myself, why the wicket team does not provide a better look, > more modern css? A css which will let people say "WOW!" when they open > the wicket demo page, like Vaadin does. > > Such a css can let more people pay attention to wicket. Why don't do it? > > > BTW, The wicket is really cool! I like it! > > Regards > Jing --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
