There are 11 EdgeTX OS color variables that are used to define EdgeTX UI look & feel. PRIMARY1, PRIMARY2, PRIMARY3, SECONDARY1, SECONDARY2, SECONDARY3, FOCUS, ACTIVE, WARNING & DISABLED. Color values format uses 24bit value (RGB color scheme) coded in hex format RRGGBB where RR stands for Red component value, GG for Green and BB for Blue. Each component can have 256 values (00-FF range in hex format)
RGB color scheme examples:
- FF0000 (Light Red)
- 440000 (Dark Red)
- 00FF00 (Light Green)
- 002400 (Dark Green)
- 0000FF (Light Blue)
- 000064 (Dark Blue)
- FFFFFF (White)
- 808080 (50% Gray)
- 202020 (Dark Gray)
Themes colors definition is stored in YAML format text files placed in /THEMES/<themename>
folder in radio's SD card. YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) is simple markup language to define data structure. It can be edited using any text editor. The theme definition file has to be called theme.yml
Additionally you can include graphic file (in PNG format) to display in EdgeTX User Interface tab theme preview. To display, preview file name must be logo.png
.
Data in YAML file is structured using basic scheme "name: value". Leading spaces are important as they define data group assignment.
Example of theme colors definition:
---
summary:
name: Theme name
author: Creator
info: Here is short description
colors:
PRIMARY1: 0xA0A0A0
PRIMARY2: 0x202020
PRIMARY3: 0x505050
SECONDARY1: 0x808080
SECONDARY2: 0x505050
SECONDARY3: 0x303030
FOCUS: 0xC0C0C0
EDIT: 0xEEEEEE
ACTIVE: 0xD0D0D0
WARNING: 0x404040
DISABLED: 0x808080
Breakdown of syntax:
'---' YAML format marker (must be placed as first line)
'summary: ' Group marker (description)
' name: ' Name of theme displayed in EdgeTX UI
' author: ' Name of author displayed in EdgeTX UI
' info: ' Short info about theme displayed in EdgeTX UI
'colors: ' Group marker (colors definition)
' PRIMARY1: ' ETX color variable in 0xRRGGBB format (0x means value is in hex)
' PRIMARY2: ' ETX color variable in 0xRRGGBB format (0x means value is in hex)
etc
In addition to 0xRRGGBB
notation, you can also specifiy colours in decimal RRR, GGG, BBB format using the RGB()
function if you prefer decimal notation. For example: SECONDARY1: RGB(0x80, 0x80, 0x80)
or SECONDARY1: RGB(128, 128, 128)
.
PRIMARY1
Label text
Button text (not focused)
PRIMARY2
ETX Logo icon,
TopBar Icons
TopBar text
TopBar tab name text
BottomBar text
Editable field background
Editable field text (editing)
Button text (focused)
PopUp selectable field background
Trim knob
Slider knob
PRIMARY3
Scroll marker
Inactive part of TopBar icons
SECONDARY1
TopBar background
BottomBar background
Trim knob path
Trim Knob shadow
Slider path
Slider knob shadow
SECONDARY2
Label background
Button background
SECONDARY3
Main screen's background
PopUp's background
FOCUS
ETX Logo background
TopBar icon background (selected)
Label background (focused)
Editable field background (focused)
Trim knob
Slider knob
EDIT
Editable field background (editing)
ACTIVE
Buttons background (button active)
Editable field background (variable active)
WARNING
Label text (warning)
DISABLED
Disabled elements