Menu Fade Effect Disappeared
Saturday, May 20, 2006 by HunterKiller_ | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I'm on the trial version of WB 5. Have had it for 2 days and the menu fade-in effects have all of a sudden disappeared. Now they just appear without any animation. I've tried reinstalling WB but it still doesn't bring back the fade.
Please help.
Please help.
HunterKiller_
Reply #2 Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:28 AM
Reply #2 Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:28 AM
But the thing is the first day i used WB the menu fade effects were actually working. Now whenever WB is running the fade gets disabled.
orgnlprankster77
Reply #3 Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:40 AM
Reply #3 Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:40 AM
go to "basic settings:" then "performance"and uncheck "disable standard windows animations" 
Thanks anyway though.
Neil Banfield
Reply #5 Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:14 AM
Reply #5 Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:14 AM
If a menu is per pixel in the skin then it will not fade in.
Perhaps you are now using a different skin which has per pixel menus?
HunterKiller_
Reply #6 Monday, May 22, 2006 1:05 AM
Reply #6 Monday, May 22, 2006 1:05 AM
I'm using VistaXP which has per pixel menus, but as i said, when i started using the skin it worked then stopped the next day. Also, the non-per pixel menus won't fade-in either.
I'm just trying some skins with non-per pixel menus now and it still won't allow fade-in. I think really inconvient that this type of software should disable options that are already on Windows.
EDIT: On closer inspection, it appears that WB has infact disabled the fade-in effect. When i go to desktop apperance properties, there's a "-" sign in the checkbox next to "menu effects". I think that's really stupid. Shame on you Stardock.
I'm just trying some skins with non-per pixel menus now and it still won't allow fade-in. I think really inconvient that this type of software should disable options that are already on Windows.
EDIT: On closer inspection, it appears that WB has infact disabled the fade-in effect. When i go to desktop apperance properties, there's a "-" sign in the checkbox next to "menu effects". I think that's really stupid. Shame on you Stardock.
Neil Banfield
Reply #7 Monday, May 22, 2006 5:07 AM
Reply #7 Monday, May 22, 2006 5:07 AM
WindowBlinds does not disable the system wide fade effect.
HunterKiller_
Reply #8 Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:37 AM
Reply #8 Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:37 AM
Oh yay! I got it working just now. I think it still has got to do with what skin is selected. My bad. 
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Reply #1 Saturday, May 20, 2006 2:27 PM
Menu backgrounds can have animations defined in a skin (obviously, skin-specific), but there is no general menu animation control which applies to all skins in WB Config. Now that you raise the question, I'm not sure how WB & WFX handle a conflict if an animation is used in a skin while WFX menu animations are enabled - so few skins use that WB feature that I've never run into that.