User guide
Table Of Contents
- BlackBerry Theme Builder overview
- Configuring the BlackBerry Theme Builder
- Creating and changing theme projects
- Working with images
- Work with images
- Change all images
- Best practice: Creating effective designs
- Creating background images for dynamically sized screen elements
- Creating images with multiple states
- Best practice: Creating images
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Style 9670 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone and BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Curve 9300 and BlackBerry Curve 9330 smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Series smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Tour Series, BlackBerry Curve 8900, and BlackBerry Curve 8910 smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Curve 8300, and BlackBerry 8800 Series smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Series smartphone
- Using catalogs to manage theme images and colors
- Changing fonts for themes
- Using colors
- Customizing the Home screen
- Change the Home screen wallpaper
- Add an animation to the Home screen
- Create a slide show for your wallpaper
- Create a wallpaper that changes on specific dates or time
- Change the font settings for the Home screen
- Customizing a Today theme Home screen
- Customizing a Zen theme Home screen
- Customizing a Home screen with a BlackBerry 6 theme layout
- Customizing a Home screen with a Custom or Custom 6 theme layout
- Specify the applications that appear on the Home screen with a Custom layout
- Move the application icons on the Home screen with a Custom layout
- Layer the Home screen over the banner
- Customize the cursor navigation path on a Home screen with a Custom layout
- Retain navigation history
- Specify the default navigation links
- Designing banners
- Customizing external flip screens
- Customizing BlackBerry devices with touch screens
- Customizing the Application List screen
- Customizing UI controls and application lists
- Customizing the message list
- Customizing the Phone screens
- Change the background image for the Phone screens
- Change the text color for the phone screens
- Change images for the phone screens
- Add a ring tone
- Phone hotlist settings for touch screen devices
- Active Call screen settings for BlackBerry devices with a touch screen
- Incoming Call screen settings for BlackBerry devices with a touch screen
- Customizing the Lock screen
- Customizing global UI elements
- Testing your theme
- Managing themes on the BlackBerry device
- Making themes available to BlackBerry device users
- Considerations for exporting themes
- Add a theme to a .zip file to upload to BlackBerry App World
- Install a theme directly on the BlackBerry device
- Export a theme for distribution over the wireless network
- Export a theme for distribution using the application loader tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager
- Provide feedback about the BlackBerry Theme Studio
- Provide feedback
- Legal notice
Layer the Home screen over the banner
You can create a layered effect by placing the Home screen over the banner. The .svg file and any applications that
you choose are placed in front of the banner.
1. In the Inspector, click the Home Screen button.
2. On the Quick Edit bar, in the Home Screen section, select the Home Screen Over Banner check box.
Customize the cursor navigation path on a Home screen with a Custom
layout
1. In the Inspector, click the Home Screen button.
2. On the Quick Edit bar, in the Home Screen section, click the Navigation button.
3. In the Navigation dialog box, click the center icon to choose an application.
4. Click OK.
5. Click each of the surrounding icons to specify the cursor navigation order from that application to each of the
other applications.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for each application.
7. To view the navigation paths in the preview area of the canvas, click Show Navigational Paths on the Preview.
Retain navigation history
You can specify how much of the navigation history to retain. You can retain the complete history, a single step, or
no history at all.
1. In the Inspector, click the Home Screen button.
2. On the Quick Edit bar, in the Home Screen section, click the Navigation button.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
• To retain the complete history, in the Navigational History drop-down list, click Full Memory.
• To retain one step, in the Navigational History drop-down list, click One Step.
• To retain no history, in the Navigational History drop-down list, click No Memory.
Specify the default navigation links
You can specify which direction to automatically create navigation links for additional applications on a Home screen
with a Custom or Custom 6 layout. You can create vertical or horizontal links automatically. If you choose not to
create links automatically, you must create them manually for applications that you want to add to the navigation.
1. In the Inspector, click the Home Screen button.
2. On the Quick Edit bar, in the Home Screen section, click the Navigation button.
3. In the Default Connections section, perform one of the following actions:
• To create vertical links automatically, select the Auto Create Vertical Defaults option.
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