OK, that will achieve what I need to do at the moment. Is it possible to set a particular skin for a specific component instance if required? Or is a component class only ever associated with 0 or 1 skin classes via the theme?
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Rather than replacing the Sheet skin with a ModifiedTerraSheetSkin, I would > suggest that you create a custom Sheet subclass called ModifiedSheet and > associate your modified skin class with that class instead. That way, you > can instantiate Sheet to get the default sheet skin, and ModifiedSheet to > get your custom skin. > > Greg > > On Jun 9, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Chris Bartlett wrote: > > > > > If I create a custom skin for a standard Pivot component (such as a > Sheet), how do I go about using it? > > > > The following works fine, but associates the skin with all instances of > Sheet. > > Theme.getTheme().set(Sheet.class, ModifiedTerraSheetSkin.class); > > > > Is it possible to set a particular skin for a specific component > instance? > > > > org.apache.pivot.wtk.Component defines protected void setSkin(Skin > skin) > > whose javadoc comment says 'Sets the skin, replacing any previous skin.' > > > > However it throws an IllegalStateException if a "Skin is already > installed." > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Chris > > > >
