DRUPAL, Views: I cannot change theme from Views settings

Question

hi,

I cannot change the css theme of my Drupal View. This is a screenshots of the settings: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72686/viewTheme.png

I've tried all buttons, I cannot save the new theme (BlueMarine) in the preferences. It is stuck on Zen (which is my front-end theme).

thanks

Answer 1

What you see there is not a setting to change the theme of the view, but a tool to see what template files views can find and will use. You can use it to figure out what to name your template files you want to use for overrides. Views let you select which theme you want to see what template files will be used. The label also explains what it is used for very well: Theming infomation. It also states that

This section lists all the possible templates...

Answer 2

That dropdown in the image you link to is only showing you what the appropriate template files are in each theme. If you want advanced theming you could use something like http://drupal.org/project/themekey, or customise an existing theme.