Using Solar Themes

New in Release 9.0.1

The Solar Themes options in the Solar Preferences window let you manage the look and feel of your Solar window. The new Solar Themes let you select from viewing your Solar windows in the following ways:

Note: Regardless of the theme you select, the main Solar Desktop always maintains the Total Solar Eclipse look and feel.

Classic Solar Eclipse Theme

This option keeps the Solar windows with the Classic Solar look and feel, keeping the menu options at the top of the window and none of the inner workings change. ClosedClick here to view the current window.

Partial Solar Eclipse Theme

This option keeps the Solar window menu look and feel, but provides you a new My Favorites menu and updates the window on which you are working to the newer Solar Eclipse look. Use the Customize Favorites option to manage your custom menus.

Total Solar Eclipse Theme

Prior to Release 9.0.1, the system maintains its previous look and feel with sub-screens. In Release 9.0.1, with the new Partial Solar theme the sub-screens have been updated to fit the new look and feel of the Solar 9.0 User Interface with the menu options. The Classic Solar Eclipse menu bar options that displayed at the top of the window, now display as My Favorites on the left side pane for easy access. The submenus display similarly to the new Main Menu in Solar Eclipse.

Menu locations in Classic Solar for Release 9.0 and below:

This menu can be collapsed so that it displays only when your mouse hovers over it. Or you can use the Push Pin icon to keep the menu permanently open.

Using My Favorites

You can make the My Favorites menu your default menu display on every window in Solar Eclipse. Use the Use "My Favorites" On All Windows option from the User Settings Menu. This means any user-defined favorites you have defined display first when you open any window. If no favorites are defined, the main menu for the window displays.