Oracle Visual Builder: Applications That Outlive Their First Release · Module 9 · Fragments, components and reuse
Theming and staying consistent
Lesson 96 of 176 · 3 min
Looking like it BELONGS BESIDE FUSION, and the difference between MATCHING A BRAND AND REBUILDING ONE. An application here sits beside Oracle's own screens, and a user moving between them notices inconsistency far more than they notice styling. THE DEFAULT THEME IS ALREADY THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR MOST OF THIS, AND THAT IS WORTH SAYING PLAINLY. It matches the ecosystem, it has been tested for contrast and readability, and it carries right-to-left and accessibility work you would otherwise redo. An application that looks like the rest of the estate reads as part of the estate, which is usually exactly what is wanted. MATCHING A BRAND MEANS ADJUSTING THE THEME'S OWN VALUES: COLOURS, FONTS, SPACING. The components keep their structure and behaviour and take your palette. That is cheap, it survives platform updates, and it gets most of what anybody actually asked for when they said "make it look like ours".…
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