WindowBlinds 3 - Defective skinning
Wednesday, May 8, 2002 by ganon93 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
There are some skinning problems with my WindowBlinds 3.
1. The menu labels have buttons under them. How to get rid of them?
2. Disabled menu items/toolbar buttons are grey, even if the skin doesn't want that. How to fix it?
I know I may sound thick, but I'm a newbie to WindowBlinds.
1. The menu labels have buttons under them. How to get rid of them?
2. Disabled menu items/toolbar buttons are grey, even if the skin doesn't want that. How to fix it?
I know I may sound thick, but I'm a newbie to WindowBlinds.
_Melian_
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 8, 2002 5:54 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 8, 2002 5:54 PM
That is something the skin author has to do. I think it's from some menus being skinned like toolbars?
GreenReaper
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 8, 2002 6:06 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 8, 2002 6:06 PM
There is no way to stop programs that use toolbars as "menus" (IE, Explorer) from looking like that unless you make toolbar buttons not look like buttons. If all programs look like that, you need to change the skin so that either the menu buttons are removed, or they they don't look like buttons, either.
About the disabled colour - not sure. Are you using the DisabledColour setting for those skin elements?
About the disabled colour - not sure. Are you using the DisabledColour setting for those skin elements?
ganon93
Reply #4 Thursday, May 9, 2002 3:45 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, May 9, 2002 3:45 AM
Quote by _Melian_:
"I think it's from some menus being skinned like toolbars?"
Yes. It's 'cause IE's, Office's and several other programs' menus are toolbars (like TheGreenReaper said).
Quote by TheGreenReaper:
"About the disabled colour - not sure. Are you using the DisabledColour setting for those skin elements?"
Hmm...I can't find a "DisabledColour" setting... Where is that?
"I think it's from some menus being skinned like toolbars?"
Yes. It's 'cause IE's, Office's and several other programs' menus are toolbars (like TheGreenReaper said).
Quote by TheGreenReaper:
"About the disabled colour - not sure. Are you using the DisabledColour setting for those skin elements?"
Hmm...I can't find a "DisabledColour" setting... Where is that?
GreenReaper
Reply #5 Thursday, May 9, 2002 6:29 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, May 9, 2002 6:29 AM
Menu text uses the GreyText attribute, known in SkinStudio as Colours/Selections/Text - Disabled Text. Toolbar buttons don't seem to have an entry in SkinStudio - I would have thought that adding DisabledColour=1 to the UIS file in [Toolbars] (see the Code tab for SkinStudio) would select colour1 as the colour for this, but I'm not sure if it works or not.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, May 8, 2002 3:59 PM