The 'Splash' template library is distributed as part of the Template Toolkit. It can be found in the 'templates' sub-directory of the installation directory.

/your/tt2/installation
|
+-- docs
|      ...
|  
+-- images
|      ...
|
+-- examples
|      ...
|
+-- templates
    |
    +-- html
    |      ...
    +-- pod
    |      ...
    +-- splash     <<<< YOU ARE HERE
           ...

To use the Splash library, you first need to tell the Template Toolkit where to find the template files.

use Template;

my $tt2 = Template->new({
INCLUDE_PATH => '/usr/local/tt2/templates',
});

For a portable way to determine the installation 'templates' directory, you can use the Template::Config->instdir() class method.

use Template;

my $tt2 = Template->new({
INCLUDE_PATH => Template::Config->instdir('templates'),
});

Note that you should set the INCLUDE_PATH to the 'templates' directory as shown here and don't be tempted to set the INCLUDE_PATH to 'templates/splash'. Many of the Splash! components use elements in the 'html' directory and contain directives of the form:

[% INCLUDE html/something %].

The 'splash/config' template defines a 'splash' hash array which contains numerous configuration items for the Splash library. You must PROCESS this template to ensure that the hash definition is imported into your calling template. An INCLUDE is not sufficient as it localises variables and prevents the 'splash' hash array from existing outside the splash/config template.

[% PROCESS splash/config %]

Alternately, you can define the splash/config template as a PRE_PROCESS item when you create the Template processor.

use Template;

my $tt2 = Template->new({
INCLUDE_PATH => Template::Config->instdir('templates'),
PRE_PROCESS  => 'splash/config',
});

You can modify the default configuration by creating your own PRE_PROCESS config file which loads the 'splash/config' and then tweaks the settings to your own preferences.

my $tt2 = Template->new({
INCLUDE_PATH => [ '/home/abw/tt2/templates',
              Template::Config->instdir('templates') ],
    PRE_PROCESS => 'config'
});

/home/abw/tt2/templates/config:

[% # load the 'splash' configuration
   PROCESS splash/config;

   # tweak values to personal preferences
   splash.images       = '/~abw/tt2/images/splash'
   splash.select.col   = 'leaf'
   splash.unselect.col = 'bud'
%]

The splash/config file includes some instructional comments on things you might like to tweak.

The Splash! library uses the colours defined in the html/rgb template. The 'rgb' hash defined therein is imported as the 'splash.rgb' hash.

[% INCLUDE splash/box col='grey75' %]

See the examples for further enlightenment on using colour.

There are two very primitive "styles" implemented called "select" and "unselect". These are used to indicate which item on a menu is selected, for example. Each style defines characteristics like background colour, font face, size and colour, text alignment, and so on.

The styles are implemented as hashes within the 'splash' hash. Many of the components respond to a 'style' variable being set and you can pass a direct reference to splash.select or splash.unselect (or your own styles). e.g.

[% INCLUDE splash/button 
   content = "Unselected"
       style   = splash.unselect
%]
[% INCLUDE splash/button 
       content ="Selected"
       style   = splash.select
%]

Alternately, you can use the 'select' variable to indicate either of the inbuilt styles: splash.select or splash.unselect.

[% INCLUDE splash/button 
       content = "Unselected"
       select  = 0
%]
[% INCLUDE splash/button
       content = "Selected"
       select  = 1
%]

Simple template to format text according to a selected/unselected style, adding links, etc.

[% INCLUDE splash/text
       content = 'Template Toolkit'
       link    = 'http://www.template-toolkit.org'
       select  = 0
       bold    = 1
%]

Configuration items:

• content

  Text content.

• link

  URL which can be defined to make the text a link.

• style

  Reference to a style hash.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• col (style.col.text)
• font (style.font.face)
• bold (style.font.bold)
• size (style.font.size)

A thin wrapper around html/table, allowing a colour to be specified by name.

[% WRAPPER splash/table
       col   = 'aqua'
   pad   = 4
       width = '100%'
%]
<tr>
  <td>Foo</td>
  <td>Bar</td>
</tr>
[% END %]

Configuration items:

• content

  Table content.

• col

  Background colour.

• border

  Border width (default: 0)

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• pad

  Cell padding.

• space

  Cell padding.

Creates a row for an HTML table.

[% WRAPPER splash/table %]

[% WRAPPER splash/row col='marine' %]
<td>Foo</td><td>Bar</td>
[% END %]

[% WRAPPER splash/row col='aqua' %]
<td>Foo</td><td>Bar</td>
[% END %]

[% END %]

Configuration items:

• content

  Row content.

• col

  Background colour.

• valign

  Vertical alignment

• rowspan

  Number of rows to span.

Creates a cell for an HTML table.

[% WRAPPER splash/table + splash/row + splash/cell col='grey75' %]
Hello World
[% END %]

Configuration items:

• content

  Cell content.

• col

  Background colour.

• align

  Horizontal alignment

• colspan

  Number of columns to span.

A box created from a union of splash/table, splash/row and splash/cell. The following is equivalent to the previous example.

[% WRAPPER splash/box col='grey75' %]
Hello World
[% END %]

Configuration items are as per the individual templates.

Creates a small button with rounded corners.

[% INCLUDE splash/button
       content = 'Template Toolkit'
       select  = 1
       width   = '50%'
%]

Configuration items:

• content

  Button content.

• style

  Reference to a style hash.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• col (style.col.text)
• textcol (style.col.text)
• font (style.font.face)
• size (style.font.size)
• bold (style.font.bold)
• width (style.button.width)
• align (style.button.align)

Creates a bar with rounded corners at either the top or bottom, and square corners on the other. Default has rounded at the top, set 'invert' to select bottom.

[% INCLUDE splash/bar
       content = 'Hello World',
       select  = 1
%]    

Configuration items:

• content

  Bar content.

• style

  Reference to a style hash.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• invert

  Flag to invert bar to hang down instead of sitting upright.

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• col (style.col.text)
• textcol (style.col.text)
• font (style.font.face)
• size (style.font.size)
• bold (style.font.bold)
• width (style.button.width)
• align (style.button.align)

Generates a frame enclosing the content within crosshair corners.

[% INCLUDE splash/hair
       content = 'Template Toolkit'
%]

Configuration items:

• content

  Hair content.

• style

  Reference to a style hash.

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• col (style.col.text)
• bgcol (style.col.back)
• align (style.button.align)

Creates a menu as a series of splash/button elements.

[% buttons = [ 
  { text => 'One', link => 'one.html' }
      { text => 'Two', link => 'two.html' }
   ]
%]

[% INCLUDE splash/menu
       select = 2        # Two
%]

Configuration items:

• buttons

  A reference to a list of hash arrays containing 'text' and 'link' items.

• select (n or 0)

  Indicates which button should be selected. First item is 1. 0 indicates no button selected.

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• align

  Horizontal alignment

As above, but incorporated into a wider bar.

[% WRAPPER splash/menubar %]
   Section Title
[% END %]

Configuration items:

• buttons

  A reference to a list of hash arrays containing 'text' and 'link' items.

• select (n or 0)

  Indicates which button should be selected. First item is 1. 0 indicates no button selected.

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• align

  Horizontal alignment

A table with a coloured edge.

[% WRAPPER splash/panel edge='black' fill='grey75' border=2 %]
   <tr>
     <td>Hello World</td>
   </tr>
[% END %]

Configuration items:

• content

  Panel content.

• style

  Reference to a style hash.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• align

  Horizontal alignment

• border

  Border width (default: 0)

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• edge (style.col.edge)
• fill (style.col.fill)
• pad (style.pad)

A union of splash/row + splash/cell.

[% WRAPPER splash/panel select=1 %]
   [% WRAPPER splash/pane col='grey75' %]
      Hello World
   [% END %]

   [% WRAPPER splash/pane col='grey50' %]
      Hello Again
   [% END %]
[% END %]

A simple button looking like a page tab.

[% INCLUDE splash/tab
       content = 'Option 1'
       col = 'aqua'
%]

Configuration items:

• content

  Tab content.

• style

  Reference to a style hash.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• align

  Horizontal alignment

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• col (style.col.text)
• textcol (style.col.text)
• font (style.font.face)
• size (style.font.size)
• bold (style.font.bold)
• tabalign (style.tab.align)

A set of splash/tab components, similar to a menu.

Configuration items:

• tabs

  List of hash references containing text/link entries, as per menu buttons.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

• invert

  Flag to invert tab to hang down instead of sitting upright.

Add a splash/tab to the top of a splash/box.

Configuration items:

• title

  title.

• content

  content.

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• tabwidth

  Width of tabs.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

• border

  Border width (default: 0)

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• col (style.col.text)
• fill (style.col.fill)
• tabalign (style.tab.align)
• tablocate (style.tab.locate)

Add a splash/tabset to the top of a splash/box.

Configuration items:

• tabs

  List of hash references containing text/link entries, as per menu buttons.

• select

  Flag to default the style to splash.select (select == true value) or splash.unselect (select == false value).

• content

  content.

• width

  Width in absolute pixels (e.g. '100') or as a percentage (e.g. '50%').

• border

  Border width (default: 0)

• invert

  Flag to invert to hang down instead of sitting upright.

The following items default to the relevant style values:

• col (style.col.text)
• fill (style.col.fill)
• tabalign (style.tab.align)
• tablocate (style.tab.locate)

As per splash/tabsbox, but attached to a splash/panel instead of a splash/box.