Skinning of some menus broken in 5.50.023?
Thursday, March 22, 2007 by Daiwa | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Certain menus, such as the drop-down Open File menu in SKS, are not skinning properly (both background & item mouseover) with the 5.50.023 refresh release; they were skinning fine in 5.50.021. Ordinary menus & the IE Favorites menu still skin normally.
5.50.023:
The mouseover, which I failed to capture here, is just the normal Windows highlight color.
5.50.021:
5.50.023:
The mouseover, which I failed to capture here, is just the normal Windows highlight color.
5.50.021:
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Neil Banfield
Reply #2 Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:22 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:22 AM
Which OS are you using?
Does this happen with other skins?
Daiwa
Reply #4 Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:04 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:04 AM
Thanks, Neil.
On XPP SP2 here (32-bit), with all updates.
Here's same menu in Clockwork Orange (very slick, vStyler
):
On XPP SP2 here (32-bit), with all updates.
Here's same menu in Clockwork Orange (very slick, vStyler
):
Neil Banfield
Reply #5 Friday, March 23, 2007 7:45 AM
Reply #5 Friday, March 23, 2007 7:45 AM
Can anyone else reproduce this?
Daiwa: What version does WB show as in the System Information screen?
Daiwa
Reply #6 Friday, March 23, 2007 11:58 AM
Reply #6 Friday, March 23, 2007 11:58 AM
SysInfo:
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5 (build 94 x86))
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
This is because :
Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha. WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor. Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware. Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature. Onboard graphics tend not to.
It appears you have enabled limited per pixel mode, so WindowBlinds will support per pixel, but with no hardware support.
(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON IGP 340M
Wblind.dll 2007/03/13 10:50:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/03/13 10:57:52
Wbconfig.exe 2007/03/13 10:16:17
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 17:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 18:26:49
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
This is because :
Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha. WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor. Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware. Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature. Onboard graphics tend not to.
It appears you have enabled limited per pixel mode, so WindowBlinds will support per pixel, but with no hardware support.
(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON IGP 340M
Wblind.dll 2007/03/13 10:50:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/03/13 10:57:52
Wbconfig.exe 2007/03/13 10:16:17
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 17:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 18:26:49
Cavan1
Reply #8 Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:42 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:42 PM
Hey Neil, Daiwa; same issue here with SkinStudio menus.
system info
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5 (build 94 x86))
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to Diamond S80 128MB DDR Radeon 9200 SE PCI
Wblind.dll 2007/03/13 10:50:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/03/13 10:57:52
Wbconfig.exe 2007/03/13 10:16:17
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 18:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 17:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 22:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:26:49
system info
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5 (build 94 x86))
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to Diamond S80 128MB DDR Radeon 9200 SE PCI
Wblind.dll 2007/03/13 10:50:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/03/13 10:57:52
Wbconfig.exe 2007/03/13 10:16:17
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 18:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 17:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 22:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:26:49
Cavan1
Reply #9 Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:46 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:46 PM
Hey Neil, just thought I should add, I have removed SkinStudio from Per Application in WB config.
Cavan1
Reply #10 Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:22 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:22 PM
Hey Neil, maybe will help bug hunt, have same issue with Apophysis beta
Neil Banfield
Reply #11 Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:55 PM
Reply #11 Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:55 PM
Thanks but that is not the same issue. What you are seeing is a skin issue (incorrectly set menu background colours)
Cavan1
Reply #12 Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Reply #12 Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:08 PM
Ah, thanks Neil, I now see that Daiwa's issue is with the Pull Down Item not applying correctly.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #13 Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:31 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:31 PM
Working ok for me. This is a skin I'm currently working on:-
Daiwa
Reply #15 Monday, March 26, 2007 10:51 AM
Reply #15 Monday, March 26, 2007 10:51 AM
FWIW, I'm using a .tga for the menu background with translucency enabled and a .bmp for the menu item with magic pink transparency for the normal state. This worked fine in 5.50.021 & prior WB5 versions, but not in 5.50.023. I'll try using a .bmp image for the background without translucency & post back.
Daiwa
Reply #16 Monday, March 26, 2007 1:18 PM
Reply #16 Monday, March 26, 2007 1:18 PM
I can't find a combination of images that fixes it.
Using .tga's with translucency for both background & item - no work.
Using .bmp's with transparency only for both - no work.
Using mixed .tga background/.bmp item or .bmp background/.tga item - no work.
Sigh.
Using .tga's with translucency for both background & item - no work.
Using .bmp's with transparency only for both - no work.
Using mixed .tga background/.bmp item or .bmp background/.tga item - no work.
Sigh.
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:58 AM