Enhanced Color System
Version 1.1.0.0
Content:
- Description
- History and Credits
- Usefull information for paranoid people
- RC File Commands
- !Bang Commands
- Feedback
- Changes
- License
!Bang Commands
Example of use:
- *popup "Sans Serif" !ecsCaptionFontFacename "MS Sans Serif"
- *popup "Sans Serif (mixed)" !ecsCaptionFont "MS Sans Serif" 12 900 1
- *popup "Serif" !ecsCaptionFontFacename "Times New Roman"
There is a bang command that stores your current system settings to an rc file (making theme-creation much easier).
- !ecsSaveToRc
Example of use:
- !ecsSaveToRc "c:\litestep\myecs.rc"
Also, there is a bang command that disables the use of visual styles (XP and later) if you have used the rc command "ecskeepvisualstyles" (see RC commands) while loading/recycling litestep.
- !ecsDisableVisualStyles
Example of use:
- !ecsDisableVisualStyles
The following bang commands can be used to change a system color. They expect regular hexed rc-color-formats.
- !ecsScrollbarColor
- !ecsBackgroundColor
- !ecsActiveCaptionColor
- !ecsInactiveCaptionColor
- !ecsMenuColor
- !ecsWindowColor
- !ecsWindowframeColor
- !ecsMenutextColor
- !ecsWindowtextColor
- !ecsCaptiontextColor
- !ecsActiveborderColor
- !ecsInactiveborderColor
- !ecsAppworkspaceColor
- !ecsHighlightColor
- !ecsHighlighttextColor
- !ecsBtnfaceColor
- !ecsBtnshadowColor
- !ecsGraytextColor
- !ecsBtntextColor
- !ecsInactiveCaptiontextColor
- !ecsBtnhighlightColor
- !ecs3DdkshadowColor
- !ecs3DlightColor
- !ecsInfotextColor
- !ecsInfobkColor
- !ecsHotlightColor
- !ecsGradientactiveCaptionColor
- !ecsGradientinactiveCaptionColor
- !ecsMenuhilightColor
- !ecsMenubarColor
I also implemented the Microsoft stubs (stub = other name, same function) for you.
- !ecsDesktopColor
- !ecs3DfaceColor
- !ecs3DshadowColor
- !ecs3DhighlightColor
- !ecs3DhilightColor
- !ecsBtnhilightColor
Example of use:
- !ecsBackgroundColor 3366CC
The following bang commands can be used to change nonclientmetrics. They expect a single numeric value.
- !ecsBorderWidth
- !ecsScrollWidth
- !ecsScrollHeight
- !ecsCaptionWidth
- !ecsCaptionHeight
- !ecsSmallCaptionWidth
- !ecsSmallCaptionHeight
- !ecsMenuWidth
- !ecsMenuHeight
- !ecsCaptionFontHeight
- !ecsCaptionFontWeight
- !ecsSmallCaptionFontHeight
- !ecsSmallCaptionFontWeight
- !ecsMenuFontHeight
- !ecsMenuFontWeight
- !ecsStatusFontHeight
- !ecsStatusFontWeight
- !ecsMessageFontHeight
- !ecsMessageFontWeight
Example of use:
- !ecsBorderWidth 16
Note that font names always have to be quoted and that they may not exceed 32 chars in length (which is defined by Microsoft).
- !ecsCaptionFontFacename
- !ecsSmallCaptionFontFacename
- !ecsMenuFontFacename
- !ecsStatusFontFacename
- !ecsMessageFontFacename
Example of use:
- !ecsCaptionFontFacename "Verdana"
And then there are the values which only expect a boolean (so 0 or 1).
- !ecsCaptionFontItalic
- !ecsSmallCaptionFontItalic
- !ecsMenuFontItalic
- !ecsStatusFontItalic
- !ecsMessageFontItalic
Example of use:
- !ecsCaptionFontItalic 1
Last but not least, the following bang commands can be used to change some nonclientmetrics in a more powerfull combination.
Format them like this: !bang [fontname] [height] [weight] [italic]
- !ecsCaptionFont
- !ecsSmallCaptionFont
- !ecsMenuFont
- !ecsStatusFont
- !ecsMessageFont
Example of use:
- !ecsCaptionfont "MS Sans Serif" 16 900 1
Now, on to the icons. These bang commands allow you to set the icon spacing. They expect a single numeric value.
- !ecsIconHorzSpacing
- !ecsIconVertSpacing
Example of use:
- !ecsIconHorzSpacing 48
This bang command allows you to toggle the icon title wrapping. It expects a boolean (so 0 or 1).
- !ecsIconTitleWrap
Example of use:
- !ecsIconTitleWrap 1
As you might have expected, you can change the icon font too.
Note that font names always have to be quoted and that they may not exceed 32 chars in length (which is defined by Microsoft).
- !ecsIconFontFacename
Example of use:
- !ecsIconFontFacename "Verdana"
The following icon font related bangs expect a single numeric value.
- !ecsIconFontHeight
- !ecsIconFontWeight
Example of use:
- !ecsIconFontHeight 11
And this one a boolean (so 0 or 1).
- !ecsIconFontItalic
Example of use:
- !ecsIconFontItalic 1
The following bang commands can be used to change the icon font in a more powerfull combination.
Format them like this: !bang [fontname] [height] [weight] [italic]
- !ecsiconfont
Example of use:
- !ecsiconfont "MS Sans Serif" 16 900 1