Selectors

Selectors

Selectors identify the element that is to be styled and can comprise of a Element, an object Name or an object Extra. Additionally styles can be assigned at Platform level if required.

Selector	Prefix	Description
*	none	Default style applied to all objects
<element>	none	Style applied to all objects of an element
~<platform>	Tilde	Style applied to platform
#<name>	Hash	Style applied to object with unique name
.<extra>	Period	Style applied to all objects with this "Extra" name

Selectors must be applied in order to enable them, however they do not all need to be included. For example the following selectors are all valid:

* {}
textarea~linux {}
textarea#username {}
\#username.central {}

Element

An element is the object type of a MaxGUI gadget equivalent to the value returned by gadgetClass(). For additional gadgets the Element name will be the Class Type (Reflection is used to obtain this).

Standard Element Selectors

• button
• combobox
• desktop
• htmlview
• label
• listbox
• menuitem
• node
• panel
• progbar
• slider
• tabber
• textarea
• textfield
• toolbar
• treeview
• window

Platform

As of Version 1.0 there are three platforms defined. These can be identified in your stylesheet prefixed with the Tilde character.

Standard Platform Selectors

• linux
• mac
• windows

Platform selectors can be used in the following ways:

~windows#name
~windows#name.extra
~windows.extra
textfield~windows {}
textfield~windows#name {}
textfield~windows#name.extra {}

Name

Name is identified in the selector by use of a hash sigh "#" and represents the unique gadget.name property of a MaxGUI gadget.

Extra

Extra is identified in the selector by use of a period "." and represents a string of the gadget.extra property of a MaxGUI gadget. This is equivalent to a Class in Cascading stylesheets.