Steam Skins

The most important thing about skinning in the new Steam is the change of the skinning method. Instead of using TrackerScheme.res, steamscheme.res is now used. The steamscheme.res file is located in the resource folder in the Steam root folder. It should be copied to skins\YourSkinName\resource. Like everything else, images are uncompressed 24-bit TGA files.

The following is documentation on the structure of sourcescheme.res.

Scheme

BaseSettings

Key name	Description
Borders
Border.Bright	Lit side of a control
Border.Dark	Dark/unlit side of a control
Border.Selection	Additional border color for displaying the default/selected button
CheckButton
CheckButton.BgColor
CheckButton.Border1	Left checkbutton border
CheckButton.Border2	Right checkbutton border
CheckButton.Check	Color of the check itself
DragDrop
DragDrop.DragFrame
DragDrop.DropFrame
Frame
Frame.ClientInsetX	Where to start the title bar (x)
Frame.ClientInsetY	Where to start the title bar (y)
Frame.BgColor
Frame.OutOfFocusBgColor
Frame.FocusTransitionEffectTime	Time for a window to fade on focus
Frame.TransitionEffectTime	Time for a window to fade on open/close.
Frame.AutoSnapRange
Frame.UsesAlphaBlending
FrameTitleBar.Font
FrameTitleBar.SmallFont
FrameSystemButton.Icon	Top left corner icon
FrameSystemButton.DisabledIcon	Top left corner disabled icon
ListPanel
ListPanel.TextColor
ListPanel.BgColor
ListPanel.SelectedTextColor
ListPanel.SelectedBgColor
ListPanel.SelectedOutOfFocusBgColor
ListPanel.DisabledTextColor
ListPanel.DisabledSelectedTextColor
ListPanel.EmptyListInfoTextColor
ListPanel.RowHeight
ListPanel.PerPixelScrolling
Menu
Menu.TextInset
Panel
Panel.FgColor
Panel.BgColor
PropertySheet
PropertySheet.TransitionEffectTime	Time to change from one tab to another
PropertySheet.TabGap
RichText
RichText.InsetX	Margin (x)
RichText.InsetY	Margin (y)
RichText.TextColor
RichText.BgColor
RichText.SelectedTextColor
RichText.SelectedBgColor
ScrollBar
ScrollBar.Wide
SectionedListPanel
SectionedListPanel.CollapserWidth
TextEntry
TextEntry.CursorColor
GamesList
GamesList.InstalledAppColor
GamesList.NotInstalledAppColor
GamesList.ReadyStatusColor
GamesList.UpdatingStatusColor
GamesList.NotInstalledStatusColor

Controls

The Override Keys sections list all of the functioning KeyValues entries for a specific control. What Override Keys do is replace the Base Keys when a specific condition is met. Once the condition is destroyed, the control converts back to the Base Keys.

BaseControls

Panel

Base Keys

Key name	Description
textcolor
shadowtextcolor
bgcolor
border	Border must be defined as a subkey in the Borders KeyValues
image	TGA image to be drawn on this control

Button

Override Keys

Key name	Description
mousedown
keyfocus
disabled
keyfocus_mouseover
defaultbutton
defaultbutton_mouseover

CheckButton

Override Keys

Key name	Description
mousedown
selected
selected_mouseover
selected_mousedown
selected_keyfocus
selected_keyfocus_mouseover
keyfocus
keyfocus_mouseover
disabled
selected_disabled