Changing the Default Templates in a Theme

A standard theme contains templates for every type of application component and region type. You can change the selected default templates for a theme on the Create/Edit Theme page.

You can override the default templates in a theme by selecting another template when you create new components or regions, or by changing the template on the component or region attributes page.

To review or change the default templates in a theme:

1. Navigate to the Themes page:

   1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

   2. Select an application.

   3. Click Shared Components.

   4. Under User Interface, select Themes.

      The Themes page appears.

2. To edit a theme:

   1. From the View list, select Details and click Go.

   2. Click the theme name.

   The Create/Edit Theme page appears.

   The Create/Edit Theme page is divided into sections. You can access these sections by scrolling down the page, or by clicking a navigation button at the top of the page. When you select a button at the top of the page, the selected section appears and all other sections are temporarily hidden. To view all sections of the page, click Show All.

   Note the application ID and the Theme Identification Number display at the top of the page.

3. To change the theme name, enter a new name in the Name field.

4. To change a default template, make a new selection from the appropriate list.

   Table: Component Default Templates describes the default templates available under Component Defaults.

   Component Default Templates

   Attribute	Description
   Page	Identifies the default template for displaying pages. If a developer does not explicitly choose a template, then the Application Express engine uses the template specified here. Once defined, this default template appears on the Edit Definition page under the heading Application Template Defaults. See Also: "Display Attributes" for information about overriding the page template on the Page Attributes page
   Error Page	Specifies a page template to use for errors that display on a separate page as opposed to those that display inline. Leave this attribute blank if you do not want to use a template designed to display errors. Once defined, this default template appears on the Edit Definition page under the heading Application Template Defaults.
   Printer Friendly Page	Identifies the template to be used when the Application Express engine is in printer friendly mode. See Also: "Optimizing a Page for Printing"
   Breadcrumb	Identifies the default breadcrumb template used when you create a breadcrumb.
   Button	Identifies the default button template used when you create a button.
   Calendar	Specifies the default calendar template used when you create a calendar.
   Label	Identifies the default label template used when you create a label.
   List	Specifies the default list template used when you create a list.
   Region	Specifies the default region template used when you create a region.
   Report	Identifies the default region template used when you create a report.

   
   

   Table: Region Defaults describes the default templates available under the section Regions Defaults.

   Region Defaults

   Attribute	Description
   Breadcrumbs	Default region template used when you create a breadcrumb.
   Charts	Default chart template used when you create a chart.
   Forms	Default form template used when you create a form.
   Lists	Default region template used when you create a list.
   Reports	Default region template used when you create a report.
   Tabular Forms	Default region template used when you create a tabular form.
   Wizards	Default region template used when you create a wizard component.