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<colourScheme>

The <colourScheme> element changes the user interface colour scheme. This colour scheme is used throughout the program for fonts as well as window colours. Each colour is given a name. You can set each of these named colours to a particular value specified in HTML format (eg "FFFFFF").

Here is an example from MyColourSkin.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<skin xmlns="http://www.shareaza.com/schemas/Skin.xsd" version="1.0">
  <manifest name="My Colour Skin" author="Me" type="Skin"/>
  <colourScheme>
<colour name="System.Base.Midtone" value="FF0000"/> <colour name="Panel.Caption.Back" value="00FF00"/> </colourScheme>
</skin>

And here is a list and description of the different color names:

Colour

Description

System.Base.Window

The bright window colour, usually white (FFFFFF)

System.Base.Midtone

The midtone window colour, used behind toolbars, etc

System.Base.Highlight

The highlight colour, often a blue colour

System.Base.Text

The default text colour, often black

System.Base.Hitext

The text highlight colour, often white

 

System.Back.Normal

Background colour for command interfaces (menus, etc)

System.Back.Selected

Background colour for selected commands

System.Back.Checked

Background colour for checked commands

System.Back.Checked.Selected

Background colour for checked and selected commands

System.Margin

Margin colour for menus

System.Border

Border colour for menu and toolbar selections

System.Shadow

Icon shadow colour for selected commands

System.Text

Default text colour for commands

System.Text.Selected

Selected text colour for commands

System.Disabled

Disabled text colour

 

Tooltip.Back

Background colour for rollover tooltips, usually an off-white colour

Tooltip.Border

Border colour for rollover tooltips, usually a light grey

Tooltip.Text

Text colour for rollover tooltips, usually black

Tooltip.Warnings

Text colour for rollover tooltip warnings, usually grey

 

Dialog.Back

Background colour for dialog boxes

 

Panel.Caption.Back

Caption colour for panel (tabbed mode) windows

Panel.Caption.Text

Caption text colour for panel (tabbed mode) windows

Panel.Caption.Border

Caption border colour for panel (tabbed mode) windows

 

Banner.Back

Background colour for banners, usually a shade of blue

Banner.Text

Text colour for banners, usually white

 

Schema.Row1

Background colour for schema attribute even rows

Schema.Row2

Background colour for schema attribute odd rows

 

TaskPanel.Back

Background colour for task panels

TaskBox.Caption.Back

Caption colour for normal task boxes

TaskBox.Caption.Text

Caption text colour for normal task boxes

TaskBox.Primary.Back

Caption colour for primary task boxes

TaskBox.Primary.Text

Caption text colour for primary task boxes

TaskBox.Caption.Hover

Caption text hover colour for task boxes

TaskBox.Client

Background colour for task boxes

 

Media.Window.Text

Media window welcome text colour

Media.Status

Background colour for media window status bar

Media.Status.Text

Text colour for media window status bar

Media.Panel

Background colour for media window playlist panel

Media.Panel.Text

Text colour for media window playlist panel

Media.Panel.Active

Background colour of highlighted files

Media.Panel.Active.Text

Text colour of highlighted files

Media.Panel.Caption

Background colour of media window playlist caption bar

Media.Panel.Caption.Text

Text colour of media window playlist caption bar

 

Monitor.History.Back

Background colour for the bandwidth monitor

Monitor.History.Back.Max

Background colour for the bandwidth monitor when the slider is set to MAX

Monitor.History.Text

Text colour for the bandwidth monitor

Monitor.Download.Line

Line colour for the bandwidth monitor download speed

Monitor.Download.Bar

Bar colour for the bandwidth monitor download speed

Monitor.Upload.Line

Line colour for the bandwidth monitor upload speed

Monitor.Upload.Bar

Bar colour for the bandwidth monitor upload speed

 

Traffic.Window.Back

Background colour for the traffic/graph window

Traffic.Window.Text

Text colour for the legend in the traffic/graph window

Traffic.Window.Grid

The colour of the grid lines in the traffic/graph window

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