If you are a TOPdesk operator that has trouble working with TOPdesk due to it's white and blue color scheme, the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring project can help by adjusting the colors of TOPdesk to your needs.
There are plenty of things in TOPdesk of which the color can't be changed like this. For example the circular context menu buttons on fields in most cards won't change. However, most things can be changed, so that an operator with dyslexia, contrast (in)sensitivity, or color blindness can work with TOPdesk.
Install Stylus
The Stylus browser extension is needed by the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring to override the TOPdesk styling. Stylus is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
Click the Allow extensions from other stores button in the bar at the top of the page.
A confirmation popup will appear, click Allow.
The Add to Chrome button will now be available near the top of the page, click it.
A permission confirmation popup will appear, choose Add extension.
The Stylus extension button will now appear in Edge's extension bar.
Install TOPdesk Operator Recoloring
Once Stylus has been installed, TOPdesk must be prepared and finally the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring can be installed.
Installing Custom Styles
In the TOPdesk operator's section, open the User menu and click the My settings option.
In the Accessibility block, tick Support custom colours and click Save.
Click the install button for your favorite theme which will open a new window.
If Stylus is installed, the opened window will look like this. Click the Install style button.
The TOPdesk colours will now be overridden by your chosen theme!
Themes
There are a couple of themes available out of the box. You can completely adjust any theme to your needs. See below for instructions on how to customize the theme to your liking.
Default Dark
The default dark theme uses white text on black and dark gray backgrounds, with occassional bright orange accents to create a "dark mode" with strong contrast.
The Soft Green theme replaces the stark white and blue backgrounds of TOPdesk with off-white and mauve. Still light, but lower contrast and much easier on the eye. The green color accentuates a few things to provide an anchor, and identify important things.
Inspired by the Cobalt themes by Wes Bos, Cobalt Blue reduces the bright light coming from your screen without going full black. Two tints of blue, and a yellow accent color, produces a stylish not-quite dark mode.
All the colors used by the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring can be adjusted to your preference.
Some cases, mostly icons, require a complicated filter instruction to color accordingly. Fortunately this instruction can be calculated automatically from your hexadecimal color! All the steps are explained below!
Custom Colors
Open the Stylus extension menu, and click the gear icon in the menu item of the theme.
Click the color box for the color you want to change, and pick your new color.
Fill in the hexadecimal value of the new color in the Calculate Filter form below, and click Calculate.
The result appears next to the form after a short time. Click Copy to copy the result to the clipboard.
Paste the new filter value in the filter field of the color you changed. Make sure the changes are saved.
If you are a TOPdesk operator that has trouble working with TOPdesk due to it's white and blue color scheme, the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring project can help by adjusting the colors of TOPdesk to your needs.
There are plenty of things in TOPdesk of which the color can't be changed like this. For example the circular context menu buttons on fields in most cards won't change. However, most things can be changed, so that an operator with dyslexia, contrast (in)sensitivity, or color blindness can work with TOPdesk.
Install Stylus
The Stylus browser extension is needed by the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring to override the TOPdesk styling. Stylus is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
Click the Allow extensions from other stores button in the bar at the top of the page.
A confirmation popup will appear, click Allow.
The Add to Chrome button will now be available near the top of the page, click it.
A permission confirmation popup will appear, choose Add extension.
The Stylus extension button will now appear in Edge's extension bar.
Install TOPdesk Operator Recoloring
Once Stylus has been installed, TOPdesk must be prepared and finally the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring can be installed.
Installing Custom Styles
In the TOPdesk operator's section, open the User menu and click the My settings option.
In the Accessibility block, tick Support custom colours and click Save.
Click the install button for your favorite theme which will open a new window.
If Stylus is installed, the opened window will look like this. Click the Install style button.
The TOPdesk colours will now be overridden by your chosen theme!
Themes
There are a couple of themes available out of the box. You can completely adjust any theme to your needs. See below for instructions on how to customize the theme to your liking.
Default Dark
The default dark theme uses white text on black and dark gray backgrounds, with occassional bright orange accents to create a "dark mode" with strong contrast.
The Soft Green theme replaces the stark white and blue backgrounds of TOPdesk with off-white and mauve. Still light, but lower contrast and much easier on the eye. The green color accentuates a few things to provide an anchor, and identify important things.
Inspired by the Cobalt themes by Wes Bos, Cobalt Blue reduces the bright light coming from your screen without going full black. Two tints of blue, and a yellow accent color, produces a stylish not-quite dark mode.
All the colors used by the TOPdesk Operator Recoloring can be adjusted to your preference.
Some cases, mostly icons, require a complicated filter instruction to color accordingly. Fortunately this instruction can be calculated automatically from your hexadecimal color! All the steps are explained below!
Custom Colors
Open the Stylus extension menu, and click the gear icon in the menu item of the theme.
Click the color box for the color you want to change, and pick your new color.
Fill in the hexadecimal value of the new color in the Calculate Filter form below, and click Calculate.
The result appears next to the form after a short time. Click Copy to copy the result to the clipboard.
Paste the new filter value in the filter field of the color you changed. Make sure the changes are saved.