Crack between top of taskbar and bottom of any maximized app
Friday, February 15, 2008 by fontinalis | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Hi all,
Does anybody know how I can get rid of the line between the top of my taskbar and the bottom of whatever app I'm using. It's just blank space and I can see my desktop wall through there.
Just kind of an eye catching/non ergonomic annoying thing is all. I'm using winxpprosp2. This has always been there with many skins (Diamond now), and previous versions of WB6 as well.
I already tried 'don't use per pixel borders' w/no change.
Cheers,
f
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 46 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.
(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to MOBILITY RADEON 9000
Wblind.dll 2008/02/13 16:15:20
Wbsrv.dll 2008/02/13 16:15:10
Wbconfig.exe 2008/02/13 16:15:42
Wbload.exe 2008/02/14 11:05:14
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/12/01 16:43:05
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Screen.exe 2008/01/11 12:14:18
Does anybody know how I can get rid of the line between the top of my taskbar and the bottom of whatever app I'm using. It's just blank space and I can see my desktop wall through there.
Just kind of an eye catching/non ergonomic annoying thing is all. I'm using winxpprosp2. This has always been there with many skins (Diamond now), and previous versions of WB6 as well.
I already tried 'don't use per pixel borders' w/no change.
Cheers,
f
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 46 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.
(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to MOBILITY RADEON 9000
Wblind.dll 2008/02/13 16:15:20
Wbsrv.dll 2008/02/13 16:15:10
Wbconfig.exe 2008/02/13 16:15:42
Wbload.exe 2008/02/14 11:05:14
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/12/01 16:43:05
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Screen.exe 2008/01/11 12:14:18
Cavan1
Reply #2 Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:48 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:48 PM
It is because those skins, as Dragon does, have a completely transparent resizing bar. You need to open the skin in SkinStudio and edit the image for resizing bar so it is not completely trans.
fontinalis
Reply #3 Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:52 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:52 PM
Thanks Canvan! I'll fire up SK6 right now but I don't know how to use that program. So I'm looking for the resizing bar image?
BTW, I thought I could just use duct tape on that crack.
3M duct tape
BTW, I thought I could just use duct tape on that crack.
3M duct tape
theAVMAN
Reply #4 Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:00 PM
1st)Edit Start Menu and Taskbar(2nd)Edit Horizontal Taskbar (3rd)Resizing bar
Use the same canvas size (for ease)make a non-trans image
Reply #4 Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:00 PM
So I'm looking for the resizing bar image?
1st)Edit Start Menu and Taskbar(2nd)Edit Horizontal Taskbar (3rd)Resizing bar
Use the same canvas size (for ease)make a non-trans image
fontinalis
Reply #5 Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:33 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:33 PM
OK. I screwed up the first dragon, uninstalled it, redownloaded it and made a Dragon Test copy to work on.
Now i'm in the right place.
By 'same canvas size' you mean to use the same image size right? I'm in Resizing Bar/image tab then I click edit image...but...when I click on edit image all i have is mspaint.
So I open the image in mspaint and get a little black line, zoomed in, poured brown in with the paint bucket, closed sk6 and my crack is gone.
THANKS AVMAN!!!
Now i'm in the right place.
Use the same canvas size (for ease)make a non-trans image
By 'same canvas size' you mean to use the same image size right? I'm in Resizing Bar/image tab then I click edit image...but...when I click on edit image all i have is mspaint.
So I open the image in mspaint and get a little black line, zoomed in, poured brown in with the paint bucket, closed sk6 and my crack is gone.
THANKS AVMAN!!!
fontinalis
Reply #7 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:02 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:02 PM
So wazzup with that Bichur? I just opened the original Dragon skin, locked the TB and whammo it's gone.
Cavan1
Reply #8 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:06 PM
Hey Sir B., sure that is the easy way but when you have a skin with a nice resizing bar you then have to unlock taskbar to have full look. One that comes to mind is Copper Deck 2, much better look with task unlocked.
Reply #8 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:06 PM
locking the taskbar makes it go away too
Hey Sir B., sure that is the easy way but when you have a skin with a nice resizing bar you then have to unlock taskbar to have full look. One that comes to mind is Copper Deck 2, much better look with task unlocked.
Cavan1
Reply #9 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:08 PM
When taskbar is locked you can't resize it so no need for resizing bar
Reply #9 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:08 PM
So wazzup with that Bichur?
When taskbar is locked you can't resize it so no need for resizing bar
fontinalis
Reply #10 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:23 PM
Reply #10 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:23 PM
You guys rock! I'll keep playing with SK6. Looks like I need some imaging sw besides mspaint too. I'll see what free packages are out there. Thanks a bunch.
Bichur
Reply #11 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:25 PM
yeah, but on Dragon is seems to make no diff except for the empty space
Reply #11 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:25 PM
locking the taskbar makes it go away too
Hey Sir B., sure that is the easy way but when you have a skin with a nice resizing bar you then have to unlock taskbar to have full look. One that comes to mind is Copper Deck 2, much better look with task unlocked.
Hey Sir B., sure that is the easy way but when you have a skin with a nice resizing bar you then have to unlock taskbar to have full look. One that comes to mind is Copper Deck 2, much better look with task unlocked.
yeah, but on Dragon is seems to make no diff except for the empty space
So wazzup with that Bichur?
When taskbar is locked you can't resize it so no need for resizing bar
When taskbar is locked you can't resize it so no need for resizing bar
2of3
Reply #12 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:27 PM
Paint.net comes to mind....... totally free it is too!
Reply #12 Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:27 PM
I'll see what free packages are out there.
Paint.net comes to mind....... totally free it is too!
Bichur
Reply #13 Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:15 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:15 PM
weird - today Dragon doesn't have a little blank, today it's white
mike b1954
Reply #14 Monday, March 17, 2008 12:12 AM ...
Reply #14 Monday, March 17, 2008 12:12 AM
Dragon doesn't have a little blank
.. So ...Is it a big white blank , then ? ...
Alternate Setting
Reply #15 Monday, March 17, 2008 4:10 AM
I've had this a few times with Dragon. The white bar is visible even with the taskbar locked, which shouldn't happen with a normal resizing bar.
Mostly a re-apply works to restore the transparency.
Reply #15 Monday, March 17, 2008 4:10 AM
weird - today Dragon doesn't have a little blank, today it's white
I've had this a few times with Dragon. The white bar is visible even with the taskbar locked, which shouldn't happen with a normal resizing bar.
Mostly a re-apply works to restore the transparency.
Bichur
Reply #16 Monday, March 17, 2008 1:22 PM
with me - locking makes it go away - haven't tried the reapply yet
Reply #16 Monday, March 17, 2008 1:22 PM
The white bar is visible even with the taskbar locked, which shouldn't happen with a normal resizing bar.
Mostly a re-apply works to restore the transparency.
Mostly a re-apply works to restore the transparency.
with me - locking makes it go away - haven't tried the reapply yet
fontinalis
Reply #17 Monday, March 17, 2008 1:29 PM
Reply #17 Monday, March 17, 2008 1:29 PM
I saw this white bar too, but I thought I screwed up the original dragon skin when I edited a copy of it. At least I now know it wasn't my mucking around in SK6.
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Reply #1 Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:41 PM
When I load some skins in WB6, like the new Dragon skin, I get an unskinned line "crack" between the browser and the taskbar? The crack spans the entire taskbar and any app that is fully maximized (i.e., browser, word, etc...).
partial screenshot of my crack
winXPpro/SP2/newest WB6 beta