Content margins in popup menus
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 by vogliadicane | Discussion: SkinStudio
Hi, I´m just about to make my first WB skin. Fist of all I wanna mention that I like the skinning interface of Skinstudio 6, though I have never worked with previous versions. Most things I found out myself, but what I couldn´t find is how to set the content margins for popup menus, maybe it is not yet or not implemented at all.
Another thing is that per pixel shadows of those popup menus don´t seem to be ok, the shadow doesn´t seem to use alpha blending of the original png but a simple square.
Oh, I´m working on Vista maybe that´s important.
And: Happy New Year to everybody here!
P.S. Guess I have some more questions especially to Vista special things but try to find out myself first...
Another thing is that per pixel shadows of those popup menus don´t seem to be ok, the shadow doesn´t seem to use alpha blending of the original png but a simple square.
Oh, I´m working on Vista maybe that´s important.
And: Happy New Year to everybody here!
P.S. Guess I have some more questions especially to Vista special things but try to find out myself first...
vStyler
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 8:34 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 8:34 AM
Add HideShadows=1 into the code for that image.. then add a shadow to your menu image in Photoshop.
vogliadicane
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 9:31 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 9:31 AM
Thanks a lot Mike and vStyler for the fast reply. 
the manual shadow work-around is a good idea, didn´t know how to turn the shadow off
the manual shadow work-around is a good idea, didn´t know how to turn the shadow off
vogliadicane
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 2:02 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 2:02 PM
Hmm, did the thing with the manual shadow, it´s even worse cause now the last item hangs somewhere almost within the shadow, because the shadow is part of the menu 
so now I even more need some content margin control
STARDOCK: we need content margin control for popup menus!
another thing is, that dark pixels are shown where the png is transparent, guess that´s definitely a bug!
Think I keep my old design and give the first and last item some special slim over-states...
so now I even more need some content margin control
STARDOCK: we need content margin control for popup menus!
another thing is, that dark pixels are shown where the png is transparent, guess that´s definitely a bug!
Think I keep my old design and give the first and last item some special slim over-states...
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Reply #1 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 8:12 AM