Just slight color change - need style builder?

[Wai Kei]

Hi Telerik,

    We have been using the default gray tone css style for our mvc controls. Most users said that the gray is too dark. We would like to keep the default style but just wanted the gray color to become a little lighter. I have been trying to make the visual style builder work. And I think I finally got it. It is just a lighter gray color on top of the simple css style (as I couldn't really figure out how I can use the default as the base and just change the gray color to become lighter, it seems impossible to do). However, the simple style does not look as good as the default style. It seems that the default style has that gradient changing effect but the simple style does not. So I am wondering if I can just tweak the default style directly to make it the lighter gray color? Or should I try again with the visual style builder?

   As I mentioned, my final goal is just to have the style be based on default (the gray) but make it a lighter gray instead.

Thanks,

Wai Kei

[Dimo]

Hello Wai Kei,

The easiest way to make the Default skin look lighter is to edit the sprite image and increase the lightness setting of the gradients (Photoshop menu > Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation). Unfortunately, the Style Builder cannot do that currently, so I am sending you a modified version of the sprite.png file for the Default skin. Simply replace the file in your application.

Best wishes,
Dimo
the Telerik team

[Wai Kei]

Thanks for the updated sprite image. It looks a lot better now.