How to mod. an info.plist for color variations

[TheCrow]

1. Make a new folder on your desktop. Call it however you want. I called mine FSM…

2. Open a text editor. On OSX i use TextMate ( use what ever u want ) , on Windows use Notepad.

3. Copy-Paste the following code in your new document

    <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC “-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN” “http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd”>
    <plist version=”1.0″>
    <dict>
    <key>NavigationBarStyle</key>
    <string>1</string>
    <key>UndockedIconLabelStyle</key>
    <string>/*font-family: monospace;*/ font-size: 13px; color: Hex_Value</string>
    <key>DockedIconLabelStyle</key>
    <string>/*font-family: monospace;*/ font-size: 13px; color: Hex_Value</string>
    <key>TimeStyle</key>
    <string>/*font-family: monospace;*/ font-size: 16px; color: Hex_Value</string>
    </dict>
    </plist>

NOTE1:

* notice that you have 3 locations: NavigationBarStyle , UndockedIconLabelStyle, TimeStyle . You can change the font color for all of the locations, or just one . You choose what colors you want to use. If you want to change only the color of the clock ( TimeStyle ), for example, the other two , you will leave blank.

NOTE2:

* What is a “Hex Value” ? In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal (also base-16, hexa, or hex) is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F (or a through f) to represent values ten to fifteen. You still have no idea , i know. When it comes to colors, hex value is basically the RGB value represented by 6 digits and letters. Those 6 digits and letters are taken two by two and they represent the value of R G and B.
* How to get “Hex Values” ? This is extremely simple. I use Photoshop for this. If you use Photoshop, i dont need to explain you how to get a hexa color, although i will have a screenshot below. If you dont use/have any photo editing software on your computer, there are plenty of sites on the www. that you can use for this. For example , go here, and play with the RGB sliders until you get the color you want. Than copy paste the hexa code in your document.

Than just copy the (Hex) code number from PhotoShop, something similar to this (00bd145) and than put it in the desired text your trying to mod.

[Tatloe]

Thanks for the help!, very helpful tutorial!

[TheCrow]

Thanks, I*C the Moderator might make it a Sticky and that is what I hope for because many would like to play with the info.plist themselves right?

[monty]

Great tut crow, very informative

[turtlepaw]

Wow, I've never seen this tutorial before! Thanks for the info Crow!

[Slate004]

Thanks for the share bro big time ................. Ive done this before but quickly forget when im attempting new themes :P

[jranders]

how about the lock clock color , how do you change that?

[monty]

I dont think can at the moment, never seen anyone else do it ha

[adlyr]

The only way to do the Lock Clock, is to basically hide it, and make a new one with html. But unless you know what your doing, there will likely be some issues.