DesktopX 2.4 Developer’s Guide
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Contents
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1 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE.......................................................................................................................4
2 Development Basics ............................................................................................................... 5
2.1 CREATING A THEME .....................................................................................................................5
Hiding elements .......................................................................................................... 5
Workarea .................................................................................................................... 5
Resolutions ................................................................................................................. 6
Wallpaper and Labels ................................................................................................. 6
Theme Information...................................................................................................... 7
2.2 CREATING AN OBJECT..................................................................................................................8
2.3 OBJECT TYPES..............................................................................................................................9
Layer .......................................................................................................................... 9
Shortcut .................................................................................................................... 10
URL .......................................................................................................................... 10
Object Controller...................................................................................................... 11
Taskbar..................................................................................................................... 11
System Tray............................................................................................................... 12
System....................................................................................................................... 12
DesktopX .................................................................................................................. 12
Widget....................................................................................................................... 12
2.4 OTHER OBJECT BASICS..............................................................................................................13
Labels ....................................................................................................................... 13
Summary tab............................................................................................................. 13
Alignment.................................................................................................................. 14
2.5 EXPORTING WIDGETS, OBJECTS AND THEMES ..........................................................................15
3 Enhancing Objects............................................................................................................... 17
3.1 OBJECT APPEARANCE & STATES...............................................................................................17
States ........................................................................................................................ 17
Image objects............................................................................................................ 17
Image sizing and offsets ............................................................................................ 19
Text Objects .............................................................................................................. 19
Object Transparency................................................................................................. 19
