Make some background colors and text colors configurable through new style configuration object

config.json

@@ -47,5 +47,15 @@
     "location": "Pune India",
     "unit": "cel"
   },
-  "settingsIcon": false
+  "settingsIcon": false,
+  "style": {
+    "backgroundColor": "#212121",
+    "messageColor": "#fff",
+    "dateColor": "#d9d9d9",
+    "searchColor": "#fff",
+    "searchBackgroundColor": "#2e2e2e",
+    "squareColor": "#9e9e9e",
+    "squareBackgroundColor": "#2e2e2e"
+  },
+  "backgroundColor": "#212121"
 }

css/main.css

@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ body {
         font-size: 18px;
         color: #fff;
         box-sizing: border-box;
-        z-index: -1; }
+        z-index: -1;
+        cursor: pointer; }
         .main #search-bar .autocomplete-items-container .autocomplete-item:hover {
           background: #3b3b3b; }
       .main #search-bar .autocomplete-items-container .autocomplete-active {

js/autocomplete.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function autocomplete(inp, passedValues) {
+function autocomplete(inp, passedValues, style) {
     var currentFocus;
 
     /*execute a function when someone writes in the text field:*/
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ function autocomplete(inp, passedValues) {
         parentContainer.setAttribute("id", this.id + "-autocomplete-list");
         parentContainer.style.paddingBottom = "1rem";
 
+        if(style["searchBackgroundColor"]) {
+            parentContainer.style.backgroundColor = style["searchBackgroundColor"];
+        }
 
         /*for each item in the array...*/
         Object.keys(passedValues).forEach((el, i, arr) => {
@@ -30,6 +33,14 @@ function autocomplete(inp, passedValues) {
             // Add the url as an attribute
             item.setAttribute('url', passedValues[el]);
 
+            if(style["searchBackgroundColor"]) {
+                item.style.backgroundColor = style["searchBackgroundColor"];
+            }
+
+            if(style["searchColor"]) {
+                item.style.color = style["searchColor"];
+            }
+            
             /*make the matching letters bold:*/
             item.innerHTML = "<strong>" + arr[i].substr(0, val.length) + "</strong>";
             item.innerHTML += arr[i].substr(val.length);

js/main.js

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function handleMessage(userName) {
      * Else, add the username before the message.
      */
     var builtMsg = buildMsg()
-    builtMsg == "" ? 
+    builtMsg == "" ?
         builtMsg = `Hello ${userName}` : builtMsg = `Hey ${userName}, ${builtMsg}!`
     return builtMsg;
 }
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ function updateTime() {
      */
     currentDate = new Date()
     options = {
-                day: 'numeric',
+            day: 'numeric',
-                month: 'short',
+            month: 'short',
-                hour: 'numeric',
+            hour: 'numeric',
-                minute: 'numeric',
+            minute: 'numeric',
-                hour12: disable24Hour,
+            hour12: disable24Hour,
-                timeZone: timeZ
+            timeZone: timeZ
-            }
+    }
     finalDate = currentDate.toLocaleString(undefined, options)
     document.getElementById(dateId).textContent = finalDate
 }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function updateWeather(weatherConfig) {
     userLocation = weatherConfig["location"].replace(/\ /g, ",")
     passedUnit = weatherConfig["unit"]
     unit = validWeatherUnit.includes(passedUnit.substring(0, 3)) ?
-            passedUnit : "cel"
+        passedUnit : "cel"
 
     fetchUrl = apiUrl + `?q=${userLocation}&appid=${appId}&units=metric`
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function updateWeather(weatherConfig) {
             weatherType = jsonData["weather"][0]["main"]
 
             temp = !unit.includes("cel") ?
-                        getFahrenheit(temp) + "°F" : temp + "°C"
+                getFahrenheit(temp) + "°F" : temp + "°C"
             weatherText = temp + ", " + indexUppercase(weatherType)
             document.getElementById(weatherId).innerHTML = weatherText
         })
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ function parseAndCreate(jsonData) {
     if (jsonData["settingsIcon"]) enableCog();
 
     // If the user has not passed any custom message
-    if (Object.keys(jsonData).includes("message") && 
+    if (Object.keys(jsonData).includes("message") &&
             typeof(jsonData["message"]) == "string" &&
             jsonData["message"] != "")
         builtMsg = jsonData["message"]
     else
         builtMsg = this.handleMessage(this.userName);
-    
+
     document.getElementById(messageId).textContent = builtMsg
     // Check if 24 hour is disabled
     disable24Hour = jsonData["disable24Hour"]
@@ -252,14 +252,51 @@ function parseAndCreate(jsonData) {
 
     sqrs = jsonData["squares"]
 
-    // Extract the quicklinks from the sqrs
-    extractQuickLinks(sqrs);
-
     sqrs.forEach((element, index) => {
         sqr = createSqr(element, index)
         document.getElementById(otherContentId).appendChild(sqr)
     })
-    
+
+    // Apply styling if present
+    if (jsonData["style"]) {
+        styleData = jsonData["style"]
+        if (styleData["backgroundColor"]) {
+            document.body.style.backgroundColor = styleData["backgroundColor"]
+        }
+        if (styleData["messageColor"]) {
+            document.getElementById(messageId).style.color = styleData["messageColor"]
+        }
+        if (styleData["dateColor"]) {
+            document.getElementById(dateId).style.color = styleData["dateColor"]
+        }
+        if (styleData["searchColor"]) {
+            document.getElementById(searchBarId).style.color = styleData["searchColor"]
+        }
+        if (styleData["searchBackgroundColor"]) {
+            document.getElementById(searchBarId).style.backgroundColor = styleData["searchBackgroundColor"]
+            autocompleteBackgroundColor = styleData["searchBackgroundColor"]
+        }
+        if (styleData["searchPlaceholderColor"]) {
+            document.getElementById(searchBarId).classList.add(createPlaceholderStyleClass(styleData["searchPlaceholderColor"]));
+        }
+        if (styleData["squareBackgroundColor"]) {
+            elements = document.getElementsByClassName("sqr")
+            var i;
+            for (i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
+                elements[i].style.backgroundColor = styleData["squareBackgroundColor"]
+            }
+        }
+        if (styleData["squareColor"]) {
+            elements = document.querySelectorAll(".sqr a")
+            var i;
+            for (i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
+                elements[i].style.color = styleData["squareColor"]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Extract the quicklinks from the sqrs
+    extractQuickLinks(sqrs, jsonData["style"]);
 }
 
 function createSqr(sqrData, index) {
@@ -294,7 +331,7 @@ function createSqr(sqrData, index) {
     links.forEach(element => {
         aName = element["name"]
         aHref = element["url"]
-        
+
         a = document.createElement("a")
         attrHref = document.createAttribute("href")
         attrHref.value = aHref
@@ -403,8 +440,33 @@ function createClass(color) {
     return newClassName;
 }
 
+function createPlaceholderStyleClass(color) {
+    /**
+     * Create a new class with for placeholder styling.
+     * 
+     * This is pretty much a continuation of what has done preivously
+     * in the createClass function.
+     */
+    var style = document.createElement('style');
+    const newClassName = `bg-${Math.random().toString(36).substring(7)}`;
+    style.type = 'text/css';
+    style.innerHTML = `::placeholder { /* Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari 10.1+ */
+        color: ${color} !important;
+        opacity: 1; /* Firefox */
+      }
+      
+      :-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10-11 */
+        color: ${color} !important;
+      }
+      
+      ::-ms-input-placeholder { /* Microsoft Edge */color: ${color} !important;}`;
+    document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(style);
 
-function extractQuickLinks(passedSqrs) {
+    return newClassName;
+}
+
+
+function extractQuickLinks(passedSqrs, style) {
     /**
      * Extract the quicklinks passed in the config
      * 
@@ -417,7 +479,7 @@ function extractQuickLinks(passedSqrs) {
     });
 
     // Start the autocomplete
-    autocomplete(document.getElementById("search-bar-input"), this.validQuickLinks);
+    autocomplete(document.getElementById("search-bar-input"), this.validQuickLinks, style);
 }
 
 // Listen to key click

scss/main.scss

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ body {
                 color: $foreground;
                 box-sizing: border-box;
                 z-index: -1;
+                cursor: pointer;
 
                 &:hover {
                     background: lighten($background, 10);