How do I customize the Private Message OpenSkin Window?
The private message window has new keys in the skin file to customize colors, fonts, styles, and sizes:
The skin file looks like the following as of v3.4.2.147:
[pm]
background=/default/pm.jpg
namefont=Arial
namesize=20
namebold=1
nameitalic=1
namecolor=black
selfheadercolor=red
secondaryheadercolor=cyan
selftextcolor=white
secondarytextcolor=white
chatfont=Verdana
chatheaderfontsize=9
chattextfontsize=7
chatboxbackgroundcolor=black
typeboxbackgroundcolor=black
typeboxforecolor=white
background = the file of the background image.
name font = the font of the name of the person that has PMed you (above the chat box).
name size = Size of the font (numeric)
name bold = Is Bold (0 or 1)
name italic = Is Italic (0 or 1)
name color = Color of the font of the name of the person that has PMed you (see color formatting).
selfheadercolor = the color of the header text (You Says) of when you talk.
secondaryheadercolor = the color of the header text (X Says) of when someone talks.
selftextcolor = the color of the text of when you talk.
secondarytextcolor = the color of the text of when someone talks.
chatfont = the font of the chat box regardless of who speaks.
chatheaderfontsize = the font size of all headers (numeric).
chattextfontsize = the font size of the text of when someone talks (numeric).
chatboxbackgroundcolor = the background color of the big text box (where all the chatting text place, see color formatting).
typeboxbackgroundcolor = the background color of the box that you type in (see color formatting).
typeboxforecolor = the color of the text of the box that you type in (see color formatting).
Color Formatting
For all color fields, the following colors are accepted:
White, Black, Cyan, Magenta, Green, Red, Yellow, Blue.
OR Any HTML Hex Color (IE. #000000).
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