How to change default skin?

Question

Hi, I would like to be able to change e.g. the default #FEFECE background color to a different value. For many diagram types this is possible via skinparam but seemingly not for work breakdown structures. Thanks (for an answer and for this incredibly helpful tool!!!)

Answer 1

Well, we are currently thinking about a completely new way of changing colors/fonts.

MindMap diagram and WBS diagram have been choosen as beta tools for this new feature (which will be deployed some days for all diagrams).

You'll find some examples on http://plantuml.com/style-evolution

Since this is still under development, your idea/suggestion are welcome.

A basic example :

@startwbs
<style>
wbsDiagram {
  Linecolor black
  BackgroundColor Red
  FontColor White
  RoundCorner 10
}
</style>
* World
** America
*** Canada
*** Mexico
**** Chihuahua
*** USA
**** Texas
***< New York
** Europe
*** England
*** Germany
*** Spain
@endwbs

Comments

Thanks, that is better than I hoped for. I will start using it and follow up with you regarding findings and wishes.

Excellent work!

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Regarding the part:

<style>
wbsDiagram {
  Linecolor black
  BackgroundColor Red
  FontColor White
  RoundCorner 10
}
</style>

I see it is also possible to use a CSS like syntax i.e. use a colon to separate name and value and a semicolon at the end of the line. I think it would be better to show this as a default.

By accident I typed BackgroundColor: x00ff00; instead of  

BackgroundColor: U00ff00; but I didn't get an error message.

Answer 2

Hi there,
thanks for developing Mindmap.
Wrt the OP: for me it would be enough to be able to change the colors etc via the standard way like:

!startsub mindmap
skinparam mindmap {
        BorderColor $WHITE
        FontColor $BLACK
        BackgroundColor $WHITE
}
!endsub

and then "plantuml -Imystyles.puml mindmapdiagram.puml". But this doesn't seem to work currently.