Concept
Next to the used strings and icons, the CHILI Editor WorkSpace also allows for the modification of the color scheme used in the interface.
Some pre-configured color schemes are provided as starting points (as part of the CHILI application itself, and not configurable in themselves). After selecting a closest match, administrators can select new color values for the range of supported color types.
Available Colors
NOTE: some items withing the interface can have an additional override of the specified WorkSpace colors. Tabs and Panels, for example, both have an "Override colors" option in their properties, which allow you to specify different colors throughout the interface, rather than using just the single configuration).
Color | Applies To |
|---|---|
Canvas Color | The canvas behind the actual design (under the pages) |
Canvas Border | The border around said canvas |
Story Editor | The default background color for the Story Editor (note that separate settings exist in ViewPreferences > Story Editor for the display of plain text) |
Page Border | The 1px border around the pages on the canvas |
Selected Page Border | The same 1px border, but for the currently selected page |
Page Bleed | Border color for the page bleed guides |
Page Slug | Border color for the page slug guides |
Page Margins | Border color for the page margin guides |
Page Spine | Line color for the page spine (and flap) guides |
Img Placeholder | Background color for images in combination with display quality = "None" (which can be set in ViewPreferences) |
Divider Color | Color of the background between the center area (canvas + toolbars) and the left/right tabs |
Page Grid | Color of the page grid guides (which can be toggled in ViewPreferences > Grid And Snap) |
Snap Highlight | The line color of the span-to guides (which are shown as a frame is moved around the page) |
Loading Screen | Background color of the loading/saving/progress screen |
Progress Bar | Color of the progress bar in the loading/saving/progress screen |
Frame Border, Normal | Border color for frames without an applied border |
Frame Border, Selected | Border color for selected frame (if no border has been applied on the frame itself) |
Frame Border, Hover | Border color for editable frames (ie: not fully locked and not in adminstrative mode) during mouse over |
Frame Bg, Hover | Background color for editable frames (ie: not fully locked and not in adminstrative mode) during mouse over |
Frame Drag Target | Background color for frames in which content can be dropped. This is triggered by dragging (for example) and image from the DAM Feed onto an Image Frame, or a snippet onto a Snippet Frame |
Frame Inset | Line color for frame inset guides (if applicable) |
BaseLine Grid | Line color for visualization of the document baseline grid |
ToolBar Background | General background color for toolbars |
ToolBar Item Background | Background color for an individual toolbar item |
ToolBar Divider | Line color for the vertical line dividing toolbar items |
Tab Background | Background color for the lef/right (vertical) tabs |
Tab Text | Text color for the lef/right (vertical) tabs |
Tab Background, Selected | Background color for the selected lef/right (vertical) tabs |
Tab Text, Selected | Text color for the selected lef/right (vertical) tabs |
Tab Divider | Divider color between the panels and the vertical tabs (typically the same as "Tab Background, Selected" for the best visual result) |
Panel Background | Background color behind the Panels |
Panel Title Background | Background color for the title of Panels |
Panel Title Text | Text color for the title of Panels |
Panel Desc. Background | Background color for the description of a Panel (which is only visible if an actual description has been provided in the properties of the Panel) |
Panel Desc. Text | Text color for the description of a Panel |
Panel Item Background | Background color for the content of a Panel |
Viewer Canvas | Canvas color (see higher), applicable for book view |
Viewer Tab Background | Background color for tabs in book view |
Viewer Tab Border | Border color for tabs in book view |
Viewer Tab Text | Text color for tabs in book view |
Ad, Blank | Visualization color for a blank ad |
Ad, No PDF | Visualization color for a placed ad which does not yet have a PDF assigned to it |
Edit, No PDF | Visualization color for a placed edit which does not yet have a PDF assigned to it |
Ad, Warning | Visualization color for an ad with warnings (eg: a changed size in the supplied XML) |
Edit, Warning | Visualization color for an edit with warnings (eg: a changed size in the supplied XML) |
Control XXX | Various colors (in some cases gradients) to influence the skin of low level input controls (buttons, pulldown lists, checkboxes, ...) |