Using the Theme Editor in the Windows client

Use the Theme Editor to create and modify themes, which change the look of your application environment.

Note: Before you modify a theme, ensure that the theme is locked or checked out on your user account.

To modify a theme in the Windows client:

  1. Open the Theme Editor.
  2. Select the theme that you want to edit.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. In the left pane of the Styles tab, select UIElement, Form, FormComponent, or an individual component type that you want to edit.
  5. In the right pane, specify the component properties:
    • Specify the font
    • Delete a specified font
    • Specify or delete the font size
    • Specify the font style
    • Change font and background colors
    • Change the required field indicator color
    • Reset attributes to their original default values
    • Show or hide toolbar buttons
    • Add a form or component type theme class
    • Delete a theme class  

    When previews are available, the preview pane in the center displays the result of your edits.

  6. Optionally, use the Options tab to make application-level theme settings:
    • Explorer style
    • Required field indicator
    • Group box style
    • Notebook style
    • Button animation
    • Default pinned explorer folder

    Use the drop-down lists to specify the desired attributes.

  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Done.