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248          <h2>Contents</h2>
249          <ol>
250            <li>
251              <a href="#manifest"> Manifest </a>
252              <ol>
253                <li>
254                  <a href="#colors">colors</a>
255                </li><li>
256                  <a href="#images">images</a>
257                </li><li>
258                  <a href="#properties">properties</a>
259                </li><li>
260                  <a href="#tints">tints</a>
261                </li>
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278                        <a href="#property-anchor">propertyName</a>
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319
320<p>
321A <em>theme</em> is a special kind of extension
322that changes the way the browser looks.
323Themes are <a href="packaging.html">packaged</a> like regular extensions,
324but they don't contain JavaScript or HTML code.
325</p>
326
327<p>
328You can find and try a bunch of themes at the
329<a href="https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/">themes gallery</a>.
330</p>
331
332<img src="images/themes-1.gif" width="100" height="80" alt="grassy theme">
333
334<img src="images/themes-2.gif" width="100" height="80" alt="dark theme">
335
336<img src="images/themes-3.gif" width="100" height="80" alt="foggy theme">
337
338<h2 id="manifest"> Manifest </h2>
339<p>
340Here is an example
341<a href="manifest.html"><code>manifest.json</code></a>
342file for a theme:
343</p>
344
345<!-- [PENDING: This page should eventually be (or point to) something that's very friendly to artists.  You should only have to look at one page to create a theme. -->
346
347<pre>{
348&nbsp;&nbsp;"version": "2.6",
349&nbsp;&nbsp;"name": "camo theme",
350<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;"theme": {
351&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;"<a href="#images">images</a>" : {
352&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"theme_frame" : "images/theme_frame_camo.png",
353&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"theme_frame_overlay" : "images/theme_frame_stripe.png",
354&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"theme_toolbar" : "images/theme_toolbar_camo.png",
355&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"theme_ntp_background" : "images/theme_ntp_background_norepeat.png",
356&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"theme_ntp_attribution" : "images/attribution.png"
357&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;},
358&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;"<a href="#colors">colors</a>" : {
359&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"frame" : [71, 105, 91],
360&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"toolbar" : [207, 221, 192],
361&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"ntp_text" : [20, 40, 0],
362&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"ntp_link" : [36, 70, 0],
363&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"ntp_section" : [207, 221, 192],
364&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"button_background" : [255, 255, 255]
365&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;},
366&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;"<a href="#tints">tints</a>" : {
367&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"buttons" : [0.33, 0.5, 0.47]
368&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;},
369&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;"<a href="#properties">properties</a>" : {
370&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"ntp_background_alignment" : "bottom"
371&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}
372&nbsp;&nbsp;}</b>
373}
374</pre>
375
376<h3 id="colors">colors</h3>
377
378<p>
379Colors are in RGB format.
380To find the strings you can use within the "colors" field,
381look for kColor* strings in
382<a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/browser/browser_theme_provider.cc"><code>browser_theme_provider.cc</code></a>.
383</p>
384
385<h3 id="images">images</h3>
386
387<p>
388Image resources use paths relative to the root of the extension.
389You can override any of the images that are specified by
390<code>kThemeableImages</code> in
391<a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/browser/browser_theme_provider.cc"><code>browser_theme_provider.cc</code></a>.
392Just remove the "IDR_"
393and convert the remaining characters to lowercase.
394For example, <code>IDR_THEME_NTP_BACKGROUND</code>
395(which <code>kThemeableImages</code> uses
396to specify the background of the new tab pane)
397corresponds to "theme_ntp_background".
398</p>
399
400<h3 id="properties">properties</h3>
401
402<p>
403This field lets you specify
404properties such as background alignment,
405background repeat,
406and an alternate logo.
407To see the properties and the values they can have, see
408<a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/browser/browser_theme_provider.cc"><code>browser_theme_provider.cc</code></a>.
409<!-- [PENDING: We should flesh this out.] -->
410</p>
411
412<h3 id="tints">tints</h3>
413
414<p>
415You can specify tints to be applied to parts of the UI
416such as buttons, the frame, and the background tab.
417Google Chrome supports tints, not images,
418because images don't work across platforms
419and are brittle in the case of adding new buttons.
420To find the strings you can use within the "tints" field,
421look for kTint* strings in
422<a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/browser/browser_theme_provider.cc"><code>browser_theme_provider.cc</code></a>.
423</p>
424
425<p>
426Tints are in Hue-Saturation-Lightness (HSL) format,
427using floating-point numbers in the range 0 - 1.0:
428</p>
429
430<ul>
431  <li>
432    <b>Hue</b> is an absolute value, with 0 and 1 being red.
433  </li>
434  <li>
435    <b>Saturation</b> is relative to the currently provided image.
436    0.5 is <em>no change</em>,
437    0 is <em>totally desaturated</em>,
438    and 1 is <em>full saturation</em>.
439  </li>
440  <li>
441    <b>Lightness</b> is also relative,
442    with 0.5 being <em>no change</em>,
443    0 as <em>all pixels black</em>,
444    and 1 as <em>all pixels white</em>.
445  </li>
446</ul>
447
448<p>
449You can alternatively use <code>-1.0</code> for any of the HSL values
450to specify <em>no change</em>.
451</p>
452
453
454<h2 id="moredoc"> Additional documentation </h2>
455
456<p>
457Community-written documentation to help you write themes is here:
458</p>
459
460<blockquote>
461<a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/ThemeCreationGuide">http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/ThemeCreationGuide</a>
462</blockquote>
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551                <!-- MIN_VERSION -->
552                <p>
553                  This function was added in version <b><span></span></b>.
554                  If you require this function, the manifest key
555                  <a href="manifest.html#minimum_chrome_version">minimum_chrome_version</a>
556                  can ensure that your extension won't be run in an earlier browser version.
557                </p>
558              </div> <!-- /description -->
559
560            </div>  <!-- /apiItem -->
561
562          </div>  <!-- /apiGroup -->
563
564          <!-- EVENTS -->
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567            <h3 id="events">Events</h3>
568
569            <!-- iterates over all events -->
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571              <a></a>
572              <h4>event name</h4>
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577              </div>
578
579              <div class="description">
580                <p class="todo">Undocumented.</p>
581                <p>
582                  A description from the json schema def of the event goes here.
583                </p>
584
585                <!-- PARAMETERS -->
586                <h4>Parameters</h4>
587                <dl>
588                  <div>
589                    <div>
590                    </div>
591                  </div>
592                </dl>
593
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603            <h3 id="types">Types</h3>
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607              <a></a>
608              <h4>type name</h4>
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