Changing Styles for the Word Forms Dialog Box

The appearance of the Word Forms dialog box, when it is displayed in the browser window (fonts and colours of headers, hyperlinks, table parameters, etc.) are determined by the styles sheets which are specified in the Paradigm.css file. This file is located in the installation folder of ABBYY Lingvo. You can change the appearance of the dialog box by creating new display rules for its elements in the Paradigm.css file.

Basic font

The properties of the basic font of the Word Forms dialog box are specified in the body element:

font (font type and size). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the messagebox type is selected

color (font colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #000000 colour is selected

background-color (background colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #ffffff colour is selected

Hyperlinks

The colour of hyperlinks in the Word Forms dialog box is specified in the following elements:

a:link (normal hyperlink colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #000080 colour is selected

a:visited (visited hyperlink colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #0066FF colour is selected

a:active (colour of hyperlinks as they are clicked). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #0000FF colour is selected

a:hover (hyperlink colour when mouse pointer is held over it). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #800080 colour is selected

Headword

Headword properties are specified in the h3 element:

margin-top (top margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.2em value is selected

margin-bottom (bottom margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.2em value is selected

font (font type and size). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the caption type is selected

Labels

The properties of labels are specified in the h2 element:

margin-top (top margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.2em value is selected

margin-bottom (bottom margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.2em value is selected

font (font type and size). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the caption type is selected

color (labels colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #800080 colour is selected

Tables

General table parameters for the Word Forms dialog box are specified in the table element where you can select values for the following properties:

background (table background colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #999999 colour is selected

font (type and size of table text font). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the messagebox type is selected

width (table width). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the parameter is set to 300px

Table header parameters are specified in the th element:

text-align (horizontal text alignment). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the parameter defaults to left alignment (left)

background (header background colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #cccccc color is selected

vertical-align (vertical text alignment). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the parameter defaults to bottom alignment (bottom)

padding-top (top margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.3em value is selected

padding-bottom (bottom margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.3em value is selected

Table row parameters are specified in the tr element:

vertical-align (vertical text alignment). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the parameter defaults to top alignment (top).

Table column parameters are specified in the td element:

background (background colour). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the #ffffff colour is selected

vertical-align (vertical text alignment). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the parameter defaults to top alignment (top)

padding-top (top margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.3em value is selected

padding-bottom (bottom margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the 0.3em value is selected

Table cell parameters are specified in the hr element:

margin-top (top margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the -.4em value is selected

margin-bottom (bottom margin). In the current version of ABBYY Lingvo, the -.4em value is selected