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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/kcmcss/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/kcmcss/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..106cc38d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/kcmcss/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,257 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article> +<articleinfo> + +<authorgroup> +<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2003-10-12</date> +<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>CSS</keyword> +<keyword>Stylesheets</keyword> +<keyword>Accessibility</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</articleinfo> + +<sect1 id="stylesheets"> + +<title>Stylesheets</title> + +<sect2> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para><acronym>CSS</acronym> style sheets affect the way web pages +appear. <acronym>CSS</acronym> stands for +<emphasis>C</emphasis>ascading <emphasis>S</emphasis>tyle +<emphasis>S</emphasis>heets.</para> + +<para>&kde; can use its own stylesheet, based on simple defaults and +the color scheme you are using for your desktop. &kde; can also use a +stylesheet that you have written yourself. Finally, you can specify a +stylesheet in this module. The options presented in this module are +tuned for accessibility purposes, especially for people with reduced +vision.</para> + +<para>Your choices here affect every &kde; application that renders HTML +with &kde;'s own renderer, which is called khtml. These include +&kmail;, &khelpcenter; and of course &konqueror;. Choices here do not +affect other browsers such as &Netscape;.</para> + +<para>The module has two pages, <guilabel>General</guilabel>, where you +can choose which stylesheet to use, and <guilabel>Customize</guilabel> +where you can design an accessibility stylesheet.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="css-general"> +<title>General</title> + +<para>This page contains the following options:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Use default stylesheet</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>&kde; will use the default stylesheet. Some of the colors will +default to those defined in your chosen color scheme. Most settings are +easily overridden by the page you are viewing.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Use user-defined stylesheet</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>&kde; will use a stylesheet that you have written yourself. You +can use the browse button to locate the stylesheet on your system. +<acronym>CSS</acronym> files traditionally have a <literal +role="extension">.css</literal> extension, but this is not +required.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Use accessibility stylesheet defined in +"Customize"-tab</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Use the settings defined in the <guilabel>Customize</guilabel> +tab. Enabling this option will enable the options on the +<guilabel>Customize</guilabel> page.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="css-customize"> +<title>Customize</title> + +<para>Here you can set up a user stylesheet. The options available are +only a subset of the instructions you can add in a stylesheet, and they +are geared towards people with reduced vision, to allow users to create +a stylesheet that makes web pages and the &kde; help files more +readable.</para> + +<para>The options on this page are disabled unless you chose +<guilabel>Use accessibility stylesheet defined in +"Customize"-tab</guilabel> on the previous page.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Font Family</guilabel></title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Base family</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Choose a font family to use for body text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Use same family for all text</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>If you enable this, then the same font family will be used for all +text, regardless of the settings on the page you are viewing. This is +useful for pages which have used a decorative or hard to read font for +headlines.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Font Size</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Base Font Size</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This is the default size for text on the page. Many web sites set +their font sizes relative to this default, using <quote>larger</quote> +or <quote>+1</quote> to make the text bigger, and <quote>smaller</quote> +or <quote>-1</quote> to make the text smaller.</para> +<para>Many people design their web pages on platforms where the ordinary +default text size is too large for the average user to read, so it is +very common to come across web pages that have forced the font smaller +in this way.</para> +<para>This setting will allow you to set the default font to a +comfortable size, so that the relative sizes are also enlarged enough to +be comfortable.</para> +<para>Do not forget you can also have &konqueror; enforce a minimum size, +so that text is <emphasis>never</emphasis> too small to read. Set that +under Behavior, in the Web Browser section in &kcontrol;.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Use same size for all elements</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>If you enable this option, then all text will be rendered at your +specified font size, regardless of the instructions the page contains. +Relative font sizes as discussed earlier, and even specific instructions +that text should be rendered at a certain size will be overridden +here.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Colors</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Black on White</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Many people with reduced vision find black text on a white screen +gives the most contrast, and is easiest to read. If this applies to +you, you can set this here.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>White on Black</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Many other people with reduced vision find the opposite to be +true, that white text on a black screen is easier to read.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Custom</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Still other people find that pure black and white, in either +order, is difficult to read. You can set custom colors here for both +the <guilabel>Background</guilabel> and the +<guilabel>Foreground</guilabel>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Use same color for all text</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Many web sites use a different, often contrasting color for +headings or other flourishes. If this interferes with your ability to +read the content, you can enable this checkbox to have &kde; use the +colors you have set above for all text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Images</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Suppress images</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>If you do not want to view images, you can turn this off +here.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Suppress background images</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>One major problem for reduced vision users is that background +images do not give sufficient contrast to allow them to read the text. +You can disable background images here, independently of your choice +above to view all images.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Preview</title> + +<para>The <guibutton>Preview</guibutton> allows you to see the effect of +your changes. A window will pop up, showing how several types of +headings will appear with your stylesheet, and a sentence in the default +body text.</para> + +<para>This should allow you to fine tune your stylesheet until you have +something that you can comfortably read.</para> + +<para>Happy surfing!</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +</article> |