Applications and Navigation - Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 - page 63

Selecting a Theme
APEX themes are groupings of templates that are used to establish the look and feel of pages, reports, buttons, and
other graphical components. As APEX and web standards evolve, so do the premade themes in APEX. Version 4.2
offers several new theme options, including a number of HTML5/CSS3-compliant themes and a responsive theme,
as well as the legacy themes, some of which have been around for quite a long time.
Although APEX currently comes with 26 themes of varying looks, it's always possible to customize an existing
theme or to create a completely new theme. The APEX administrator also has the ability to create themes that are
specific to their instance of APEX. Choosing a theme as part of the Create Application Wizard is an easy way to apply
a default theme. As you might expect, you can change your mind later and apply a different theme. Additional themes
can be added, modified, and tested as part of the shared components of APEX.
Figure 5-14 shows the APEX theme chooser. The select list at the top of the region dictates which themes to show.
Your choices are as follows:
• Standard Themes : Shows the six standard built-in themes in APEX 4.2, four of which are
HTML5-compliant themes.
• Custom Themes : Shows any custom themes that have been installed by the workspace or
instance administrator. By default, there are no custom themes.
• Legacy Themes : Shows all the older, table-based themes. Any theme marked with an astrisk (*)
is compatible with Internet Explorer 6.
• All Themes : Shows all available themes across all the previous sets.
Figure 5-14. Theme selection