3-8 Skin Editor Users Guide for Oracle Application Development Framework
To go to the declaration of a property: 1.
Identify a property in your ADF skin that inherits its values from an extended ADF skin. A blue upward-pointing arrow, as shown in
Figure 3–8 , identifies these
properties.
2. Click the list beside this property to invoke a context menu where you select Go to
Declaration , as shown in
Figure 3–9 .
Figure 3–9 Go to Declaration Context Menu
The extended ADF skin opens in the source view, as shown in Figure 3–10
. If the extended ADF skin is one that you created, you can modify the property values
defined in it. The ADF skins provided by Oracle ADF, described in Section 11.4, ADF
Skins Provided by Oracle ADF, are read-only.
Figure 3–10 Property Value Defined in Extended ADF Skin
3.5 Customizing the ADF Skin Editor
You can alter the appearance and functionality of a variety of ADF Skin Editor features.
3.5.1 How to Change the Look and Feel of the ADF Skin Editor
You can alter the appearance of the ADF Skin Editor using pre-defined settings.
To change the look and feel of the ADF Skin Editor: 1.
From the main menu, choose Tools Preferences. For more information at any time, press F1 or click Help from within the Preferences dialog.
2. In the Preferences dialog, select the Environment node if it is not already selected.
3. On the Environment page, select a different look and feel from the Look and Feel
list.
Working with the Oracle ADF Skin Editor 3-9
4. Click OK.
5.
Restart the ADF Skin Editor.
3.5.2 How to Customize the General Environment for the ADF Skin Editor
You can customize the default display options such as whether dockable windows are always on top, as well as other general behavior, such as whether the ADF Skin Editor
will automatically reload externally modified files and whether output to the Log window is automatically saved to a file.
To change the general environment settings for the ADF Skin Editor: 1.
From the main menu, choose Tools Preferences. For more information at any time, press F1 or click Help from within the Preferences dialog.
2. In the Preferences dialog, select the Environment node if it is not already selected.
3. On the Environment page, select the options and set the fields as appropriate.
4. Click OK.
5. Restart the ADF Skin Editor.
For information about how to start the ADF Skin Editor, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Application Development Framework Skin
Editor.
3.5.3 How to Customize Dockable Windows in the ADF Skin Editor
You can customize the layout for dockable windows in their docked position. You can also set dockable windows to remain on top of other GUI elements, or not, when those
windows are moved.
To change the shape of one or more of the four docking areas: 1.
From the main menu, choose Tools Preferences. For more information at any time, press F1 or click Help from within the Preferences dialog.
2. In the Preferences dialog, select the Environment node select Dockable Windows.
