Look and Feel

The lookAndFeel style attribute allows you to customize your application.

All widgets used by GDC can follow a given style, which defines how a widget must be drawn on the screen. By default, it uses the system platform style. The internal style used by GDC will be modified.

If you are a skilled C++ developer, you can build your own style, following Qt's guidelines. This gives you an example of what can be done.

A few built-in styles are provided; the list varies based on the platform where the GDC runs. You can view the list of built-in styles provided for a platform by viewing the Information tab in the Genero Desktop Client console's About box.

Figure: Viewing the list of look-and-feel presentation styles


The screen shot shows the list that is provided in the message area of the About window, when on the Information tab.

Example

This example of a 4st file defines a window style using a "dotnetoffice" look-and-feel.
<Style name="Window.Office">
  <StyleAttribute name="lookAndFeel" value="dotnetoffice" />
</Style>