What's New for the Classic Theme in LCARS Version 24.3 26
The Classic Theme will feature more animation effects in the upcoming release of LCARS 24.3 26 plus more updates.
While rewatching DS9 and Voyager I noticed some LCARS behaviors that I knew I wanted to incorporate in a future release of this template. Here, let me show you...
TheLCARS.com is running Version 24.3 Beta at the time of this log entry, so you can see the new animations in action right now. All button animations in the main nav (the four buttons positioned together at top-right) are active. You can easily switch off any animation on a per-button basis in the template.
More Updates
In addition to the animated buttons, there are significant tweaks to other elements like the LCARS Text Bar, LCARS bullet list, and others. One less known feature has been extensively overhauled (maybe not extensively, but the work that went into it felt pretty extensive to me). The feature I am referring to is the LCARS Image Frame, which was introduced in this log entry from 2024, and was requested by a user. I almost scrapped it because it takes up a lot of CSS and I don't know how well used it is. I considered making it an addon, but for now it remains in the main CSS file. Please let me know if you use the Image Frame. If I know it's being utilized, I will continue to support it.
A log entry regarding the Picard Theme, which will be included with Version 24.3 26, is coming next. I am planning to release Version 24.3 26 before the end of May in June.