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4.4.7. Changing skin in runtime

You can change skins during runtime by defining the following EL-expression in your web.xml. 
<context-param>
	<param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
	<param-value>#{skinBean.skin}</param-value>
</context-param>
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The skinBean code looks like this: 
public class SkinBean {

	private String skin;

	public String getSkin() {
		return skin;
	}
	public void setSkin(String skin) {
		this.skin = skin;
	}
}
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You must also set the skin property's initial value in the configuration file. To set classic: 
<managed-bean>
	<managed-bean-name>skinBean</managed-bean-name>
	<managed-bean-class>SkinBean</managed-bean-class>
	<managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
	<managed-property>
		<property-name>skin</property-name>
		<value>classic</value>
  	</managed-property>
</managed-bean>
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You can also change the properties of the default skin. To do so, edit the properties of the default skin. The following shows you example page code: 
<h:form>
     <div style="display: block; float: left">
          <h:selectOneRadio value="#{skinBean.skin}" border="0" layout="pageDirection" title="Changing skin" style="font-size: 8; font-family: comic" onchange="submit()">
               	<f:selectItem itemLabel="plain" itemValue="plain" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="emeraldTown" itemValue="emeraldTown" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="blueSky" itemValue="blueSky" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="wine" itemValue="wine" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="japanCherry" itemValue="japanCherry" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="ruby" itemValue="ruby" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="classic" itemValue="classic" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="laguna" itemValue="laguna" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="deepMarine" itemValue="deepMarine" />
		<f:selectItem itemLabel="blueSky Modified" itemValue="blueSkyModify" />
          </h:selectOneRadio>
     </div>
     <div style="display: block; float: left">
          <rich:panelBar height="100" width="200">
               <rich:panelBarItem label="Item 1" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12;">
	     Changing skin in runtime
	</rich:panelBarItem>
	
	<rich:panelBarItem label="Item 2" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12;">
	     This is a result of the modification "blueSky" skin
	</rich:panelBarItem>
          </rich:panelBar>
     </div>
</h:form>
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The above code will generate the following list of options:
Changing skin in runtime
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Changing skin in runtime

Figure 4.5. Changing skin in runtime

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