Introduction

NOTE: All the functionality described below will only be available in version 0.1.3. If you want to start creating your skins now, you should install the latest source. Instructions for doing this are here. Also, remember that between now and the release, there are bound to be minor changes.

Skinning Ubiquity is easy. Ubiquity styles are managed by a single CSS file that also contains metadata. While creating your skins locally, any changes in the CSS file will only be reflected when Firefox is restarted. To update the skin immediately, go to the Your Skins page and click on your skin again.

Metadata

 /*
   =skin=
   @name Default
   @author Mozilla Labs
   @homepage http://labs.mozilla.com
   @email abimanyuraja@gmail.com
   @license MPL/LGPL/GPL
   =/skin=
 */

In your CSS file, you should add the metadata in comments formatted as above. Your command must have a name but all fields are optional.

CSS Elements

#cmd-panel

Formatting for the actual popup layer.

#cmd-entry-container

Container for the entry box. Padding properties for around the box, for the most part.

#cmd-entry

Actual entry box. Fonts, padding, backgrounds, etc. All controlled here.

#cmd-preview

The container for the rest of the items, i.e. verb suggestions + preview pane.

#ubiquity-preview

As of now, contains the width of the preview window.

div#ubiquity-preview .gresult

Manages each Google search result.

div#ubiquity-preview .gresult a

The anchor properties of the Google search results, in this case, the title of the page.

div#ubiquity-preview .gresult-url

The properties for the URL showed under the description.

div#ubiquity-preview .gresult-content

The description properties for the Google result.

div#ubiquity-preview #preview-pane

The properties of the pane itself, such as borders, etc.

div#ubiquity-preview .hilited-text

Manages the currently selected verb/function's text property.

div#ubiquity-preview .hilited

Manages the currently selected verb/function's area; think of this as a hover property.

div#ubiquity-preview .suggested

The properties for the list of functions (i.e. google, wikipedia), those not selected.

div#ubiquity-preview .needarg

The property that manages the variables of different verb/functions. For example, the (message) and (to contact) areas in the "email" verb.

div#ubiquity-preview .cmdicon

The properties for the icon division, such as Google's "g."

div#ubiquity-preview img

The properties per icon image.

Sharing

You can share your commands by linking to the CSS file. Just add the following code to any webpage:

<link rel="ubiquity-skin" href="http://path-to-css" />

Anyone with Ubiquity who visits your page will be able to immediately install your skin.

For an example page where you can install skins, check this out.

Example Skin


/*
  =skin=
  @name Default
  @author Yatrik Solanki
  @homepage http://www.yatriksolanki.com
  @email yatriksolanki@gmail.com
  @license MPL/LGPL/GPL
  =/skin=
*/


/* Formatting for the Ubiquity Pop-Up */


#cmd-panel {
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 10px;
  background: rgba(0%, 0%, 0%, 0.8);
  -moz-border-radius: 20px;
  -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0px;
}

#cmd-entry-container {
  margin: 8px;
  padding: 3px;
  font-size: 14pt;
  border: 0px solid #aaa;
  -moz-border-radius: 0px;
  background: transparent;
  font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
}

#cmd-entry {
  -moz-appearance: none;
  background: transparent;
  border: none;
  font-size: 18pt;
  color: #ffffff;
  width: 100%;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
}

#cmd-preview {
  -moz-appearance: none;
  border: none;
  margin: 10px;
  overflow: hidden;
}


body#previewbody {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    color: #BBB;
}

#ubiquity-preview {
    width: 500px;
}

/* Formatting for the Preview box */

div#ubiquity-preview .help {
  font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
  font-size: 11pt;
  color: #FFF;
}

div#ubiquity-preview .gresult {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

div#ubiquity-preview .gresult a {
  color: #FFFFFF;
  text-decoration: underline;
  font-size: 14pt;
  font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
  cursor: pointer;
}
div#ubiquity-preview .gresult-url {
  font-size: x-small;
  font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
  color: #777;
}
div#ubiquity-preview .gresult-content {
  margin-right: 10px;
  font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
  font-size: small;  
}

div#ubiquity-preview.img {
    padding: 5px;
}

/* Formatting for the Preview Pane and Verb/Command suggestion list */

div#ubiquity-preview #preview-pane {
    color: #ffffff;
    background: transparent;
    padding-left: 15px;
    padding: 7px;
    border-top: 1px solid #333;
    margin-top: 5px;
    font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
    font-size: 11pt;
} 


div#ubiquity-preview .hilited-text {
    font-color: #FFF;
    font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
}

div#ubiquity-preview .hilited {
    padding: 5px;
    margin: 2px;
    background: rgba(100%, 100%, 100%, 0.3);
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    color: #FFF;
}


div#ubiquity-preview .suggested {
    margin: 2px;
    padding: 5px;
    border-left: solid 10px transparent;
    font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;
    color: #FFF;
}

div#ubiquity-preview .needarg {
    font-style: oblique;
    color: #999999;
}
div#ubiquity-preview .cmdicon {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 16px;
}
div#ubiquity-preview .cmdicon img {
    vertical-align: middle;
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
}

Skins and the Herd

As of now, there are plans to implement skin listing in the Herd. Updates will follow as they happen.

Labs/Ubiquity/Skins/

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