Vertical Taskbar problem

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by jazzymjr | Discussion: Skinning

I've run into a glitch with the blind I am working on now.  The vertical taskbar separator won't span across the taskbar.  I have spent the greater part of the past three days trying to figure out what is going on with it! 

http://jazzymjr.wincustomize.com/photos.aspx?a=1&p=3

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Any help would be appreciated...never have had this problem before.  Running SKS 5 and WB6

18 Reply 14 Referrals
danioc
Reply #1 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:14 PM
hello,

you can fix that by increasing the left and right margins for the taskbar separator (in the vertical taskbar section).

jazzymjr
Reply #2 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:27 PM
danillo, I've tried the left and right margins at 0 for each, all the way to 9 for each....my image is 20 x 3. This separator is the same one (re-colored) that I used in the last blind I did, Sea Jasper, and the separator works fine in that blind, but not in this one. I just don't understand what is going on with it.

Vampothika
Reply #3 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:14 PM
why dont you just make it invisible darlin?......i would....  

an or....maybe take the default luna, import that one, and work from there.........?

sorry im not much help.....thats all i can suggest.....

jazzymjr
Reply #4 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:29 PM
If i can't get the stupid thing to work, I just might make it invisible...but, I hate doing that...

I'm just wondering if SKS or WB messed something up. SKS crashed on me while I was working on the blind, and WB "hiccuped" several times. What I just might do, is delete the blind, and start over...I didn't have much done anyway.

I.R. Brainiac
Reply #5 Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:43 PM
Looks like the start button is cutting it off.(somehow)  Try changing the vertical height of the graphic(SB).  (or adding some trans to the bottom of it)

jazzymjr
Reply #6 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:17 AM
Thanks, IR...I'll try that. Funny you mentioned that...this start button has trans at the top, but not at the bottom...I'll try that and post back here if that works.

jazzymjr
Reply #7 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:30 AM
Thanks both IR and kitty. I could never get the vertical taskbar separator to work. So, I decided to just make a transparent image there and leave it at that. I even imported the luna default start button and separator. They worked fine, but the minute I added the separator, it was clipped...the top half of it was clipped on the left side - only the right half of the top half was showing. Then I put the luna separator back in, and everything was fine. So, I decided to try the start button...then I got the entire left half of it cut off. I tried adding trans to the bottom of the start button, more to the top, no trans at bottom, no trans at both the top and bottom...nothing worked. I finally gave up and just put a transparent image there...  

I.R. Brainiac
Reply #8 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:47 AM
If I'm reading this right,it still sounds like the SB is the cause.Is your divider image wider than your SB?The size of the SB determines vertically where the divider will be placed.

Maybe the width has an affect on the divider also.  

jazzymjr
Reply #9 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:55 AM
No, the start button is 60 px wide, and the separator is 30 px wide, and I have it stretched. I am using the exact same separator (recolored) I used in Sea Jasper, and the actual image part of this start button is the same size as the image part of the start button in Sea Jasper...that is what has me all confused here. It should work...

I.R. Brainiac
Reply #10 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:38 AM
a conundrum indeed.

if you like you can email me the messed up version to irbrainiac at yahoo.com and I'll mess it up some more for you.  

You say the sep image is 20x3?...try adding some blank padding to it vertically...I forget but they can be as wide(or tall in this case) as 8 or 9 pixels I think.

Also,do you have a font assigned?My brain isnt sharp at this moment,but isnt that font the one used for the quicklaunch title text?

jazzymjr
Reply #11 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:55 AM
the font I have assigned is arial...that is the font that I have been using for awhile with all my blinds. Let me go and zip the file up...I need to put back the messed up separator...I had replaced it with a transparent image. Thanks for offering to try to figure out what is going on here. This blind is being made is SKS 5 for XP.   

theAVMAN
Reply #12 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:04 AM
You say the sep image is 20x3?...try adding some blank padding to it vertically...I forget but they can be as wide(or tall in this case) as 8 or 9 pixels I think.


Playing with a skin a day or 2 ago I made a 25 pixel high sep and the start menu became as tall as my whole screen about900 pix shrunk it down to 6 pix high and it went back to normal about 500 pix.


I.R. Brainiac
Reply #13 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:59 PM
The image(seperator) needs blank padding...I just made it 7 pixels tall and it works fine now.  

jazzymjr
Reply #14 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:44 PM
The image(seperator) needs blank padding...I just made it 7 pixels tall and it works fine now.


IR, did you make the additional pixels transparent, or did you re-size the image as it was?

jazzymjr
Reply #15 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:01 PM
 
The image(seperator) needs blank padding...I just made it 7 pixels tall and it works fine now.


How do I thank you IR? I added 2 pixels of transparent pixels to the top and bottom of the separator image....voila!!! It worked!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!   

I.R. Brainiac
Reply #16 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:06 PM
its my job...hahaaa...ask vStyler,we hate when something SHOULD work and dosnt.It becomes an obsession to squash the bug.    

jazzymjr
Reply #17 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:42 PM
we hate when something SHOULD work and dosnt.It becomes an obsession to squash the bug.


That's my problem too....it drives me nuts when something doesn't work, even though I know it should. This is the first time I have ever had a problem with the vertical separator. And it drove me nuts not being able to get it to work...I spent the better part of three days trying to fix it.

Thanks again soooo much!   

I.R. Brainiac
Reply #18 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:03 PM
Worst bugs to squash are those that appear suddenly and USED to be fine...you never know if its an anomaly,new wb bug,something you changed without realising...it can make brain cry.    

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