Feature: theme support?

[drew-512]

Hi!

In making UIs and again and again and again setting things like colors, corner radii, and shadows over and over to all be the same values, I'm seeing a tweak to UIBlock that would offer a ton a value that I suspect everyone here would totally cheer on. In short, theme support...

Suppose a UIBlock optionally a set of immutable tags it responds to (think HashSet<int> or List<UIBlockTag>). At runtime, a UIBlock having a given theme tag ID is implicitly linked to a, say, UIBlockTheme. A UIBlockTheme is characterized as a "visitor pattern" to its linked UIBlocks where it performs a prescribed set of property alterations / additions to the linked UIBlock (e.g. body color, shadow) or the block's parent (e.g. parent margin). Also, a theme property could be altered even at runtime and it could auto-push live -- that's huge.

This "small" feature would be a massive aid and game-changer that allows entire UI trees to be massively simplified into these theme applicators. Naturally, this is one of the strongest ways to leverage the value props of Nova and would offer another compelling selling point and value-add for Nova.

Would love to hear from everyone -- please chime in with your thoughts. I think this would be a huge value add.

[adgray1]

I'm marking this as a "duplicate" of Theme/Styles. Even though that original request is currently on hold, it's the work item we're using to track the feature.

[drew-512]

Hi, I appreciate the update @adgray1. Assuming the block is a manpower issue, can I get your email to open discussions on offering a bounty for this feature and/or a couple particular fixes? Or you can email me if you look at my Github profile here (andy55@).

Thanks,
Drew

[adgray1]

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