Attn. Neil Banfield: Issues with Skinstudio 7
Thursday, December 10, 2009 by 2of3 | Discussion: SkinStudio
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the text margins on the Windows 7 taskbar buttons. The right and left margins don't seem to have any effect at all. Look at how the icon and text overlap the details on each end of the button
Here's the same skin on Vista
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Win7 show desktop button: In order for the show desktop button to blend into the taskbar, one has to add the line: BackgroundEffect=1 to the code section. There should probably be something in the extra tab to check off instead of adding the code manually
3.
The IE tab close button does not work. The button stays default unless you skin the tooltip button. Then it will use that image
Of course this is the IE 7 tabs and close button, because the damn tabs aren't even skinned on IE8!
IE favorites menu remains unskinned.....it's still using the classic colors 
I'm at a stand still skinning wise. I cannot finish my skins untill these issues get resolved
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Reply #42 Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:01 PM
There is no content margin support on those and I am sorry to say there is unlikely to be. Windows 7 has specific requirements which pretty much rule out much in the way of control over those as there are some unfortunate side effects.
Reply #43 Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:01 PM
oh well...I figured that was the case with 7. 
a heads up for you Neil...that menu padding feature is great ...but it causes a weird line to show under all menubars in 7.(where a button shadow color would normally be) 
Reply #44 Friday, March 26, 2010 12:27 PM
I was thinking more along the lines of vertical adjustment, independent of the search box.
please.
Reply #45 Friday, March 26, 2010 4:28 PM
Reply #46 Monday, March 29, 2010 12:05 PM
I would love to be able to use the menu padding...any chance you can get this on your todo list Neil...Its a short list right?(that is a joke Neil...I dont think that list is short at all) 
Reply #47 Monday, March 29, 2010 12:39 PM
a heads up for you Neil...that menu padding feature is great ...but it causes a weird line to show under all menubars in 7.(where a button shadow color would normally be)
I would love to be able to use the menu padding...any chance you can get this on your todo list Neil...Its a short list right?(that is a joke Neil...I dont think that list is short at all)
What happens if you add the following to the skin?
[Personality]
FixMenuBar = 1
Reply #48 Monday, March 29, 2010 8:35 PM
I'll try that...but I'd swear your pulling my leg. 
Reply #49 Monday, March 29, 2010 8:42 PM
well I'll be damned...you were serious...wow,does Fix-------=1 work anywhere else? 
Reply #50 Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:51 PM
Say what? Is there a section called that?
Reply #51 Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:11 PM
FocusFont and FocusColour have to be manually added into the codex in the pop up menu section. can we please have this fixed also?
Also in that same popup menu section, the 'font =' HAS to be removed from the background codex for the menu font to actually work, otherwise the focus font in the menu does not work at all, it stays as default.
I would like to see the check box for frames stacked vertically added back in, so we dont have to add 'vert=1' to everything that is stacked vertically.
also on the navigationarrowbackgroundIE the mouse over is out one pixel to the left. when you skin it, you have to remember to shift it one pixel back to the right for it to work correctly.
Reply #52 Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:32 PM
As it happens you can already move them right by using the left content margin on the StartPanel.ShutdownArrow section.
Say what? Is there a section called that?
Yes. It is Normal arrow under Windows 7 Start Menu buttons on the Edit Start Menu Logoff images window.
With todays beta of WB + SKS you can also modify this and the vertical alignment (top content margin) via the extra settings tab on this section.
Reply #53 Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:37 PM
Also in that same popup menu section, the 'font =' HAS to be removed from the background codex for the menu font to actually work, otherwise the focus font in the menu does not work at all, it stays as default.
I would like to see the check box for frames stacked vertically added back in, so we dont have to add 'vert=1' to everything that is stacked vertically.
also on the navigationarrowbackgroundIE the mouse over is out one pixel to the left. when you skin it, you have to remember to shift it one pixel back to the right for it to work correctly.
Are you sure you mean the checkbox for vertically stacked frames?
Thats still in the software.
Assuming you mean the per pixel checkbox, there was a bug in the last version and this was not always reset when switching from a bmp to a tga. This should be resolved in the latest beta (from today)
Also FocusFont and FocusColour can already be set for the menu item. Just set the colour / font on the text tab for the mouseover state.
Reply #54 Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:42 PM
I just figured it out.
Move the left text margin in the Windows 7 Start Menu Buttons........Normal arrow. That will pull the buttons to the right
Edit: Forum lag, Neil.....I see you answered my question
Reply #55 Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:49 PM
Awesome!
Have you added a checkbox for blend mode on the show desktop button so that I don't have to add the line BackgroundEffect=1 to the code?
Reply #56 Thursday, April 8, 2010 6:42 AM
Ok I downloaded the updates and I like the extra tab. But something else seems to be broken now. If you use a larger font for the text on the buttons, it doesn't show the entire word any more. Compare the shots below.
One the left, before the update. On the right, after.
Please don't tell me I'm restricted to OS default on this section now 
Reply #57 Thursday, April 8, 2010 8:21 AM
You need to correct your margins on that button. You have probably set something previously for testing and WB ignored margins on that but now uses them.
Reply #58 Thursday, April 8, 2010 9:31 AM
Margins when I took that screeny were set to all 0
Moving the right margin does nothing (both positive and negative values)
Moving the left margin in has no effect. A negative value chops of the text on the left side.
Reply #60 Thursday, April 8, 2010 10:00 AM
Not yet, no. It's a WIP of mine. I'd be happy to send it to you if you PM me your email addy
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Reply #41 Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:52 AM
hiya Neil...do the left and right taskbar button content margins work in Win 7?
I couldnt get the icon and text to move horizontally at all.