ZK Official Themes"

From Documentation
Line 88: Line 88:
 
To build a custom theme based on a standard ZK theme, read  
 
To build a custom theme based on a standard ZK theme, read  
 
[https://www.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK_Developer%27s_Reference/Theming_and_Styling/Customizing_Standard_Themes Customize a standard theme].
 
[https://www.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK_Developer%27s_Reference/Theming_and_Styling/Customizing_Standard_Themes Customize a standard theme].
 +
 +
Also reference [https://www.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK_Developer%27s_Reference/Theming_and_Styling Theming and Styling].
  
 
=Version History=
 
=Version History=

Revision as of 08:20, 27 October 2017



Overview

This is an overview of the default themes and applicable add-on themes for each ZK version.

ZK 6.5 ZK 7.0 ZK 8.0 ZK 8.5
Default Theme Breeze Breeze Breeze Iceblue
Applicable Themes Sapphire, Silvertail Sapphire, Silvertail, Atlantic Sapphire, Silvertail, Atlantic Sapphire, Silvertail, Atlantic, ZK Theme Pack (23 Themes)

Trendy Design Theme: Breeze, Sapphire, Silvertail

Trendy design emphasizes on gradient background, rounded corners and shadow effects. Breeze is a greyish based theme that supports desktop and tablet, sapphire is a blueish based theme that supports desktop only and silvertail is a silverish based theme that also support desktop only.


See below to take a quick view at the look and feel of Breeze, Sapphire and Silvertail, click image to view original size.

Breeze
Sapphire
Silvertail

Flat Design Theme: Atlantic

On the contrary, flat design replaces skeuomorphism (gradient background, rounded corner and shadow effect) with simplicity and visual clarity to communicate. It is easy to create and customize a new theme based on this design. Atlantic is a blueish based theme that supports both desktop and tablets.


See below to take a quick view at the look and feel of Atlantic, click image to view original size.

Atlantic

Not to Import Google Font

Please refer to ZK Configuration Reference/zk.xml/The Library Properties/org.zkoss.theme.atlantic.useGoogleFont.disabled

ZK Theme Pack: 23 themes

ZK Theme Pack contains 23 modern themes, including lite themes, dark themes and mix-match themes. These themes are designed for ZK 8.5 and later versions and are compatible with ZK 8.5's default Iceblue theme.

Lite themes: Poppy, Marigold, Olive, Aurora, Lavender

Dark themes: Montana, Ruby, Amber, Emerald, Aquamarine, Violet

Mix-match: Cheese and Wine, Winter Spring, Blueberry and Raspberry, Macaron, Deep Sea, Garden Salad, Zen, Mysterious Green, Cardinal, Space Black, Office and Material

ZK Theme Pack


Installation

  1. Download the preferred theme.jar file.
    • Default theme (Breeze or Iceblue) - built-in theme, no need to download and register.
    • Sapphire, Silvertail, Atlantic - from github
    • ZK Theme Pack - coming soon
  2. Place 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>

Manipulating Themes

You can include multiple themes in a same application and allow your end users to choose their preferred themes. For more information please refer to Switching Themes

To build a custom theme based on a standard ZK theme, read Customize a standard theme.

Also reference Theming and Styling.

Version History

Last Update : 2017/10/27


Version Date Content
     



Last Update : 2017/10/27

Copyright © Potix Corporation. This article is licensed under GNU Free Documentation License.