## How to custom Megamek Skins

The skin specifications for Megamek can be found in mmconf/defaultSkin.xml.

The schema for this XML file can be found in mmconfg/skinSchema.xls. Skin

specifications consist of multiple UI_Element tags which consist of a name, a

border specification, and zero or more background_image tags. The name

identifies which UI elements this skin specification applies to. The

defaultButton and defaultElement specifications are special in that they are

used to specify the skin for any unspecified MegamekButton and any UI component

that uses a MegamekBorder but doesn't have an explicit UI_element tag.

Border tags define what images are used in the border for the UI component.

Currently, there are 8 possible images: 4 corners, and 4 images that go

in between the corners. The images that go in between corners are referred to as

edges. The image below illustrates these: each corner is highlighted in green and each edge is highlighted in red.

Additionally, the two background images for buttons are illustrated.