--- title: "Adding a new Theme to a Spring Roo Project" date: 2011-02-11T07:43:57+00:00 author: "poornerd" canonical: https://www.poornerd.com/2011/02/11/adding-a-new-theme-to-a-spring-roo-project/ source: Raw Markdown twin of the HTML article; content is the original source. --- Yes it would be good idea for a simple addon, but until someone (or myself) get around to writing one, here is the solution for the impatient: 1. go to **/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes** and duplicate the **standard.properties** as your new theme – for example: **new.properties** 2. Edit the **/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/i18n/messages.properties** and the name of your Theme:

global_theme_new=My New Theme

3. Next edit **/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tags/util/theme.tagx** and add your new theme (before the last

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. For Example:

<c:out value=" | " />
      <spring:url var="url_theme3" value="">
        <spring:param name="theme" value="new" />
        <c:if test="${not empty param.page}">
          <spring:param name="page" value="${param.page}" />
        </c:if>
        <c:if test="${not empty param.size}">
          <spring:param name="size" value="${param.size}" />
        </c:if>
      </spring:url>
      <spring:message code="global_theme_new" var="theme_new" />
      <a href="${url_theme3}" title="${theme_new}">${theme_new}</a>