ZK Developer's Reference/Theming and Styling/ZK Official Themes

Currently, ZK provides＿ the following different themes: Breeze (built-in theme), Sapphire, Silvertail and Atlantic. Breeze, Sapphire and Silvertail themes uses the same Trendy Design with different colors while ZK 7's Atlantic theme adopts the new trend in user interface design --Flat Design .

Installation

1. Download the preferred theme.jar file.
   • Breeze - built-in theme, no need to download and register.
   • Sapphire - from google code
   • Silvertail - from google code
   • Atlantic - from github
2. Put theme.jar file under "projectName/WEB-INF/lib" folder.
3. Register preferred theme by library property in zk.xml file under "projectName/WEB-INF" folder

<!-- zk.xml -->
<library-property>
    <name>org.zkoss.theme.preferred</name>
    <value>sapphire</value> <!-- or silvertail, atlantic -->
</library-property>

Trendy Design Theme

In this design, we use gradient background, rounded corner and shadow effect for most components. Breeze is greyish based theme that support desktop and tablet. Sapphire is blueish based theme that support desktop only. Silvertail is silverish based theme that support desktop only.

The look and feel of Breeze, Sapphire and Silvertail theme, click on image to view original size.

Breeze

Sapphire

Silvertail

Flat Design Theme: Atlantic

On contrary to trendy design, gradient background, rounded corner and shadow effect are removed. It is easy to customize and create a new theme based on this design. Atlantic is blueish based theme that support desktop and tablet.

The look and feel of Atlantic theme, click on image to view original size.

Atlantic

Tablet Support

Currently, Breeze and Atlantic themes support tablet device.

Version History

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