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[[File:Autopilot.jpg|thumb|The [[autopilot]] dialog, here with the default ''Anthrax'' style.]] | |||
The FlightGear | The '''style of the GUI of FlightGear''', in essence the menus, most dialogs and their widgets, uses styles that can be changed or modified after taste. | ||
As of | == The GUI of FlightGear == | ||
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For the graphical user interface (GUI) in FlightGear uses PUI, the ''Picoscopic User Interface'', one of the [[PLIB]] libraries. | |||
The GUI style can be customized to a certain degree by changing the appearance (colors and transparency) of all major GUI widgets (such as buttons, text fields, sliders, checkboxes etc.), so that different GUI styles can be created. The style of of the GUI is configured through [[PropertyList XML files]]. | |||
=== Included styles === | |||
As of FlightGear 2.6 there are two different GUI styles provided in the base package: | |||
[[File:menubar2.jpg|left|frame|The main menu in the default ''Anthrax'' style.]] | |||
[[File:menubar1.jpg|left|frame|The main menu in the ''Tortola'' style.]]{{-}} | |||
You can switch between GUI styles with ''Main Menu'' > ''Debug'' > ''Cycle GUI Style''. Press {{key press|F10}} if the main menu is hidden. | |||
== Creating your custom GUI style == | == Creating your custom GUI style == | ||
Creating a GUI style is fairly easy. and there are infact 2 different ways of making one. Eather way uses the RGB color system and alpha to add transparancy. | Creating a GUI style is fairly easy. and there are infact 2 different ways of making one. Eather way uses the RGB color system and alpha to add transparancy. | ||
=== | === GUI styler === | ||
The | The easier way to make a custom style is to use the GUI styler dialog by omega95. Just turn the knobs until you get the color you want, making it fairly easy and quick. Your GUI can be finished in less than ten minutes. | ||
You can get Omega95's GUI styler here: {{forum link|p=152423|title=Re: Black Glass / Sleek Black GUI Style}} | |||
=== Manually editing a GUI style === | |||
See the readme file below. | |||
== Related content == | |||
=== Wiki articles === | |||
* [[FlightGear configuration via XML#Adding your own settings]] | |||
=== Readme file === | |||
* {{readme file|gui}} - Scroll down to ''GLOBAL SETTINGS ("THEMES")''. | |||
=== Existing GUI stiles === | |||
* {{fgdata source|path=gui/styles/}} | |||
[[Category:Howto|Create a custom GUI style]] | [[Category:Howto|Create a custom GUI style]] | ||
[[Category:PUI]] | [[Category:PUI]] |