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== Mockup Tookit ==
== Mockup Toolkit ==


[[File:VDGMockupKit.png]]
[[File:VDGMockupKit1.png]]


Mockups can be used to design the visual layout of each screen of an application, without writing code.  The mockup toolkit is provided as an Inkscape SVG with each Building Block UI element and sample mocked applications.
Mockups can be used to design the visual layout of each screen of an application, without writing code.  The mockup toolkit is provided as an Inkscape SVG with each Building Block UI element and sample mocked applications.


IMPORTANT: Right click on the link below and select "Save As".
[https://share.kde.org/public.php?service=files&t=35e27ef65ab783d32e53ab93baedab2b Mockup Toolkit]
 
[[Media:VDGMockupToolkit3.svg|Mockup Toolkit]]


=== Inkscape Color Swatch ===
=== Inkscape Color Swatch ===
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Instructions:
Instructions:
* Download color swatch file [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByPjsJxADBehd2xzRm9YTllkbHM/edit?usp=sharing KDEPlasmaColors.gpl] to ~/.config/inkscape/palettes.
* Download color swatch file [https://share.kde.org/public.php?service=files&t=49df395be8e9722b9b587e3d105cc0e2 VDG-breezeColorPaletteExtendedGPL.gpl] to ~/.config/inkscape/palettes.
* Open/Re-open Inkscape
* Open/Re-open Inkscape
* Show Color Swatches by selected View > Color Swatches
* Show Color Swatches by selected View > Color Swatches
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=== Oxygen Font ===
=== Oxygen Font ===
If the ''Oxygen'' font is not already installed on your system, you can download it [https://www.google.com/fonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Oxygen here].
If the ''Oxygen'' font is not already installed on your system, you can download it [https://www.google.com/fonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Oxygen here].
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Revision as of 19:54, 15 March 2015

Mockup Toolkit

Mockups can be used to design the visual layout of each screen of an application, without writing code. The mockup toolkit is provided as an Inkscape SVG with each Building Block UI element and sample mocked applications.

Mockup Toolkit

Inkscape Color Swatch

Instructions:

  • Download color swatch file VDG-breezeColorPaletteExtendedGPL.gpl to ~/.config/inkscape/palettes.
  • Open/Re-open Inkscape
  • Show Color Swatches by selected View > Color Swatches
  • Click the little triangle on the right that points to the left
  • Select KDEPlasma from the list that appears.

Note: Sometimes the color swatch toolbox needs to be resized to see the color swatches.

Oxygen Font

If the Oxygen font is not already installed on your system, you can download it here.