# Useful CSS Stuff

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 2, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/useful-css-stuff/95414 "2024-09-02T01:58:19Z")\
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It's not a module as such, it's just a script library that add a toolbar icon into the Designer and launches a Java UI.

It should support v8.1 and v8.3, although I've only tested this standalone version in 8.3 (I unbolted it from my other much larger set of dev tools)  
[CSSThemeManager-Standalone-v0.1.0.zip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/uploads/short-url/h2UDctkRPg5h5WmNBPhb3N4imly.zip) (19.5 KB)

"Install" the icon in the toolbar using:

```python
dev.tools.standalone.cssThemeManager.install()

```

If you have Vision installed (including in expired trial mode), you can have it install on Designer launch with a Vision Client expression tag with the expression:

```python
now(0) # fire once on launch

```

Tag Events -\> Value Change:

```python
dev.tools.standalone.cssThemeManager.install()

```

_Caution: I would suggest testing this in a dev environment first_  
Also, again, the UI definitely needs some love... the way Claude presented the file structure at first I thought was very odd, but it grew on me so I left it.  
You can't add/delete files at this stage, but I might add it

If you're interested, I have another Icon library manager I posted over here:

> [@Perspective Custom Icons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-custom-icons/115999/3):
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> [Standalone Perspective Icon Library Manager.zip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/uploads/short-url/aDKVOdPUMlH1RfIoDghYVDWzLzG.zip) (15.5 KB) I got Claude to write me a Perspective icon library manager to make icon management simple directly within the Designer; no admin rights or remote server access required! (admin rights provided by the service account that the Ignition service runs under) it adds an icon into the Project Browser toolbar to launch it you can drag SVGs into the Icons panel on the right it uses a gateway message handler (included in the project e…

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