Skinning the Windows 7 Start Menu
...is driving me crazy!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 by Mirsguy | Discussion: Skinning
Okay, so I kinda like the Windows 7 start menu; after all, on the surface it looks a lot the same as the Vista start menu.
But so far, I hate skinning it.
I'm having some problems, and I thought I'd see if anyone knows any solutions.
Problem #1
The item mouseover on the right hand side gets clipped on the top line. Now, I have the user pic hidden, and it seems like WB wants to reserve space for it regardless. Below, the picture on the left shows the clipping, while the pic on the right shows what the menu item is supposed to look like.
I have played with every setting I can find. The only solution I have found is to adjust the context margins on the right side places list, but that has it's own set of problems. It tends to make the start panel larger (ick) and it obviously and disgustingly pushes the right hand text down so the top 2 lines no longer line up. See below.
Problem #2
Okay, so this isn't part of the start menu, but still: I can't get the mouseover glow (shown below in the Corporate WB) to work in my skin. I have tried to follow the tutorial by DanilloOC, but to no avail.
Problem #3
I can't seem to get the new (expanding) parts of the start panel to work. Ultimately, everything still looks and works good, but if it's supposed to expand, then I want it to.
Anybody have any solutions?
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Reply #43 Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:30 PM
none of the CS series can\could. lousy decision on Adobe's part...along with continually awful UI design.
Glad u got it sorted. 
Reply #44 Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:21 PM
If only Microsoft, Adobe, and the other big software makers would allow us to design their UI's... 
Thanks! 
Reply #45 Friday, October 30, 2009 4:14 AM
I have the .tga plugin from PS7 perhaps one the last versions that worked properly.
Reply #46 Friday, October 30, 2009 9:49 AM
Yep, it was, been a loooong time since i used png's in sks
Reply #47 Tuesday, December 8, 2009 8:01 PM
im also having problems with skinning win7 sp ,,vista was mutch easyer my alien se works fine for me but not for some others ..its very strange ,,i think ill start skinning somthing elss,it would be easyer..
Reply #48 Tuesday, December 8, 2009 8:09 PM
Gimme?
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Reply #41 Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:40 PM
thanks for sharing, much appreciated