# Style Manager Reference

## Menus

1. - StyleManagerFileMenuDE

   - StyleManagerHelpMenuDE

## Windows and Dialog Boxes

1. - StyleManagerMainWindowDE

   - SMColorDialogDE

   - SMAddPaletteDialogDE

   - SMModifyPaletteDialogDE

   - SMColorUseDialogDE

   - SMFontDialogDE

   - SMBackdropDialogDE

   - SMKeyboardDialogDE

   - SMMouseDialogDE

   - SMAudioDialogDE

   - SMScreenDialogDE

   - SMWindowsDialogDE

   - SMStartupDialogDE

## Resources, Commands, and File Set

1. - StyleManagerResourcesSI

   - StyleManagerCommandSyntaxSI

   - StyleManagerFilesetSI

## Style Manager File Menu

Exit

- Closes the Style Manager window

## Style Manager Help Menu

Overview

- Displays the introduction help topic for Style Manager

Tasks

- Displays task instructions for most Style Manager operations

Reference

- Displays reference summaries for various Style Manager features, such as windows, dialog boxes, and menus

On Item

- Enables you choose an item in a Style Manager window and then displays help information about that item

Using Help

- Provides help on using the help windows

About Style Manager

- Displays the version and copyright information for Style Manager

## Style Manager Main Window

The Style Manager window contains controls that open dialog boxes for simple customization tasks.

Open Style Manager by choosing its control in the Front Panel.

| Select desktop colors and palettes. (See SMColorDialogDE.)
| Select application font sizes. (See SMFontDialogDE.)
| Select workspace backdrop patterns. (See SMBackdropDialogDE.)
| Set key click volume or character repeat capability. (See SMKeyboardDialogDE.)
| Change mouse button click settings, double-click speed, pointer acceleration, or pointer movement threshold. (See SMMouseDialogDE.)
| Change beep volume, tone, or duration. (See SMAudioDialogDE.)
| Specify screen saver and screen lock. behavior. (See SMScreenDialogDE.)
| Specify how a window acquires focus, if the window raises when it receives focus, and where window icons are placed. (See SMWindowsDialogDE.)
| Specify how your session begins and ends. (See SMStartupDialogDE.)
| Select which input method to use, specify input method start mode for next login session, as well as the input method style for preediting. This Internationalization control appears only if appropriate for the current locale. (See SMIntlDialogDE.)

## Style Manager Color Dialog Box

Palettes

- Lists the color palettes available to your display. (See SelectPaletteTA.)

Add

- Displays the Add Palette dialog box for creating your own palette. (See CreatePaletteTA.)

Color Buttons

- Display the colors that make up the currently selected palette. The Number of Colors setting determines how many color buttons are available and which desktop elements receive the colors on the buttons. See SMColorUseDialogDE for color button mappings for the different Number of Colors settings.

Modify

- Displays the Modify dialog box for modifying the currently selected color button. (See ModifyPaletteTA.)

Number of Colors

- Displays the Number of Colors dialog box for setting the number of colors used by the Desktop. (See LimitColorUseTA.)

OK

- Saves specified changes and closes the Color dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes.

Help

- Displays help about the dialog box.

## Style Manager Add Palette Dialog Box

New Palette

- Text field for entering the new palette to add

OK

- Adds the palette and closes the Add Palette dialog box

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes

Help

- Displays help about the dialog box

## See Also

1. - CreatePaletteTA

## Style Manager Delete Palette Dialog Box

Message area

- Lists the palette that will be deleted.

OK

- Deletes the palette and closes the Delete Palette dialog box

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without deleting the palette

Help

- Displays help about the dialog box

## See Also

1. - DeletePaletteTA

## Style Manager Modify Color Dialog Box

When you change the settings in this dialog box, you change a color in the currently selected palette. If you have a default palette (one of the palettes provided with the desktop) selected, you may want to copy it before you adjust the palette. (See CreatePaletteTA.) This ensures that you can return to the original settings of the default palette if necessary.

Old

- Shows the current color.

New

- Shows the new color as you make changes.

Grab Color

- Displays a pointer for you to choose a color in your workspace. When you click on a color, the dialog box controls are set to the correct values for that color.

R, G, B

- Changes red, green, and blue values.

Hue

- Changes red, green, and blue proportions.

Saturation

- Changes the color's purity.

Value

- Changes the color's brightness.

OK

- Saves changes and closes the Modify Palette dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes. All color settings are returned to the values they had before the dialog box was displayed.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

The color of text in titles, labels, lists, and text fields is toggled between white and black depending on the settings of the Hue, Saturation, and Value controls.

## See Also

1. - ModifyPaletteTA

## Style Manager Number of Colors Dialog Box

The color use option selected goes into effect for your next session. To save the color use choice, you must either choose to restart the current session or save a home session before you log out.

More Colors for Desktop

- Eight color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right, top to bottom):

  1. Active window borders

  2. Inactive window borders

  3. Switch for workspace 1 and every fourth additonal workspace (workspace 5, 9, ...)

  4. Text and list areas

  5. Main window background and switch for workspace 2 and every fourth additional workspace (workspace 6, 10, ...)

  6. Dialog box background and menu bar and switch for workspace 3 and every fourth additional workspace (workspace 7, 11, ...)

  7. Switch for workspace 4 and every fourth addional workspace (workspace 8, 12, ...)

  8. Front panel background

More Colors for Applications

- Four color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right):

  1. Active window borders

  2. Window bodies:

     - Inactive window borders

     - Main window and dialog box backgrounds and menu bar

     - Front Panel background

  3. Workspace switches and backgrounds

  4. Text and list backgrounds

Most Colors for Applications

- Two color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right):

  1. Active window borders

  2. Everything else

Black and White

- Two color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right):

  1. Active window borders

  2. Everything else

Default

- Sets Number of Colors to Use to default setting.

OK

- Saves changes and closes the Number of Colors dialog box

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box

## See Also

1. - LimitColorUseTA

## Style Manager Font Dialog Box

Size (list)

- Lists a series of relative font sizes (not the actual font size).

Preview

- Displays the selected font size. The text outside of the text field shows the font to be used for titles and labels. The text inside the text field shows the font to be used for lists and text fields. You may select the text field and type your own sample text.

OK

- Applies the selected font size and closes the Font dialog box. The selected font size is then used by new applications. To use the selected font size in currently running applications, you must exit and restart the application.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

## See Also

1. - ChangeFontSizeTA

## Style Manager Backdrop Dialog Box

Viewing area

- Sample of the backdrop that is currently selected.

Backdrops (list)

- Lists available backdrops

OK

- Puts the backdrop you selected on the workspace and closes the Backdrop dialog box.

Apply

- Puts the backdrop you selected on the workspace

Close

- Closes the dialog box without making changes

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box

## See Also

1. - ChangeBackdropTA

## Style Manager Keyboard Dialog Box

Default

- Sets Auto Repeat and Click Volume to default settings.

Auto Repeat

- Turns on auto repeat, which means a key repeats for as long as it is pressed.

Click Volume

- Specifies the volume of the keyboard click. A value of 0 turns off keyboard click.

OK

- Applies changes and closes the Keyboard dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

## See Also

1. - ChangeKeyboardTA

## Style Manager Mouse Dialog Box

Default

- Set all controls to the default mouse settings.

Handedness:

- Specifies the mapping of the mouse buttons. The Right setting arranges the buttons from left to right, the typical mapping for use by right-handed people. The Left setting arranges them from right to left. The mouse picture in the upper left corner shows the button arrangement for the current selection.

Button 2:

- Specifies whether the middle mouse button performs the Transfer or Adjust operation for lists and text. Transfer refers to the drag-and-drop action and Adjust is also known as extend.

  With the Transfer setting, you use mouse button 2 to drag and drop list or text items, if such action is supported in the application.

  With the Adjust setting, you extend list selections in a multiple-select list or extend the text selection in text fields with mouse button 2 and you drag and drop list and text items with mouse button 1.

Double-click

- Specifies the double-click speed, or the speed at which you must click a mouse button twice for the system to sense a double-click. Test the new speed by double-clicking the mouse picture in the upper left corner of the dialog box.

Acceleration

- Specifies how fast the pointer moves across the screen when in acceleration mode. A setting of 2, for example, causes the pointer to move twice as fast as the mouse moves.

Threshold

- Specfies the minimum number of pixels you must move the mouse at one time before the pointer moves at the accelerated speed. With threshold and acceleration adjustments, the mouse can be used for precise alignment when it is moved slowly, or moved quickly across the screen at the accelerated speed.

OK

- Saves specified changes and closes the Mouse dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making any specified changes.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

## See Also

1. - ChangeMouseTA

## Style Manager Beep Dialog Box

Default

- Sets Volume, Tone, and Duration of the system beep to default values.

Volume

- Specifies the beep volume in percent of total possible volume. The range is 0 to 100%, where 0 is off.

Tone

- Specifies the frequency or pitch of the system beep, from 82 to 9000 Hertz.

Duration

- Specifies the duration of the system beep, from .1 to 2.5 seconds.

OK

- Saves changes and closes the Beep dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making any specified changes.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

## See Also

1. - ChangeAudioTA

## Style Manager Screen Dialog Box

## System without Screen Lock Extensions

1. Default

2. Sets all controls in the dialog box to default values, but does not change the current screen saver selections.

Screen Blanker

- Enables (On) or disables (Off) the screen saver immediately, even before you click OK. When Screen Blanker is On the Start Blanker slider is active.

Start Blanker

- Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer movement or keystroke before the screen is blanked. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK.

Use Backgrounds For Lock

- Enables the lock backgrounds.

Transparent Lock

- Backgrounds are not used when the screen is locked.

Backgrounds List

- Displays the available backgrounds in a multiple-select list. Select or deselect a background by clicking on the list item.

Background Preview

- Displays the last background selected.

Start Saver

- Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer movement or keystroke before the screen saver starts. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK.

Time Per Background

- Specifies the number of minutes each selected background runs before the next one starts when the screen is being saved. The backgrounds are cycled through in the same sequence as they appear in the list. A setting of 0 (zero) results in only the last background (the one currently in the preview area) being used.

OK

- Saves changes and closes the Screen dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making any specified changes.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

## System with Screen Lock Extensions

1. Default

2. Sets all controls in the dialog box to default values, but does not change the current screen saver selections.

Screen Saver:

3. Enables (On) or disables (Off) the screen saver. When Screen Saver is On, the Start Saver slider is active.

Start Saver

4. Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer move or keystroke before the screen saver starts. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK.

   In a system without screen lock extensions, the default system screen saver is used, not the screen savers shown in this dialog box. In this case, the screen savers in this dialog box are used only for screen lock.

Screen Saver Preview

5. Displays a demonstration of the last screen saver selected.

Screen Saver List

6. Displays the available screen saver behaviors in a multiple-select list. Select or deselect a behavior by clicking on the list item.

Time per Saver

7. Specifies the number of minutes each selected screen saver runs before the next one starts.

Screen Lock:

8. Enables (On) or disables (Off) Screen Lock on a timeout. When this setting is changed, the new setting goes into effect immediately, even before the dialog box is closed.

   If screen saver and screen lock are both enabled (On) and the Start Lock value is smaller than the Start Saver value, when the screen lock times out it replaces the contents of the screen with the currently selected screen savers. If Start Lock is greater than Start Screen, then the automatic screen lock simply continues the current screen saver.

   If the screen saver is disabled (Off) and automatic screen lock is enabled (On), when the screen lock times out the screen contents of the screen are not covered with a screen saver.

Start Lock

9. Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer move or keystroke before the screen lock starts. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK.

## See Also

1. - ChangeScreenTA

## Style Manager Window Dialog Box

Default

- Puts all controls in the dialog box at their default settings

Point In Window To Make Active

- &newline;Makes a window active when the mouse pointer enters it

Click In Window To Make Active

- &newline;Makes a window active when you click mouse button 1 inside the window

Raise Window When Made Active

- &newline;Brings a partially concealed window to the top when it becomes active

Allow Primary Windows On Top

- &newline;Keeps a primary window totally visible

Show Contents During Move

- Moves the window during a window move (instead of moving its outline first)

Use Icon Box

- Displays an icon box in which to hold window icons

Place On Workspace

- Places window icons on the workspace (instead of in an icon box)

OK

- Saves changes and closes the Window dialog box

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box

The changes specified in the Window dialog box do not take effect until you restart Workspace Manager. If you specify a change, you are prompted to restart Workspace Manager after you click OK.

## See Also

1. - WindowBehaviorTA

## Style Manager Startup Dialog Box

Resume current session

- Starts your next session with the workspace contents the way you left them in your last session, including any setting, client, or resource modifications.

Return to Home session

- Starts the session with the workspace contents the way you left them in a special arrangement called your home session. If you have not set your home session, the system default session starts.

Logout Confirmation Dialog

- When On, asks you to confirm that you want to log out.

Set Home Session

- Defines a new home session based on the current state of your desktop environment.

OK

- Applies changes and closes the Startup dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

## See Also

1. - ChangeSessionsTA

## Style Manager Internationalization Dialog Box

To open the Internationalization dialog box, click the Style Manager Internalization control.

Input Method

- Specifies the Input Method Server host and the input method to use.

Input Method Start Mode

- Specifies whether the user will be asked at each login to select an Input Method to use, or wheter the currently selected Input Method will be invoked automatically.

Preedit Type

- Specifies the preferred ordered list of input method styles to use. The input method style determines how pre-editing will occur. You can change the order of this list, by selecting an element, then moving it up or down using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

OK

- Applies changes and closes the Internationalization dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making changes.

Help

- Displays Help about the dialog box.

## Style Manager Resources

For information about Style Manager resources, see the `dtstyle` man page by typing `man dtstyle` at the command line in a Terminal window.

## Style Manager Command-line Syntax

For information about Style Manager command-line syntax, see the `dtstyle` man page by typing `man dtstyle` at the command line of a Terminal window.

## Style Manager Fileset

For information about Style Manager command-line syntax, see the `dtstyle` man page by typing `man dtstyle` at the command line of a Terminal window.

## Style Manager Internationalization Control

Click to select the input method to use, the input method start mode for the next login session, and the input method style for preediting.