Making WindowBlinds skins for Large fonts
Thursday, May 23, 2002 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
One of the things introduced into WindowBlinds 3.3 are skin metrics.
For the first time, skin authors can actually control the SIZE of scrollbars, title bars, etc. This is important because if you run your system with large fonts (like I do) you will notice that a lot of skins don't seem to look quite right.
For example, in NoOS the scrollbars get sized out of proportion and I can see the original title bar creeping underneath the WindowBlinds title bar.
Solution
Add this sort of thing to your skin:
[Metrics]
CaptionHeight=18
ScrollWidth=16
In this wya, you can control the title bar size and the scrollbar size.
For the first time, skin authors can actually control the SIZE of scrollbars, title bars, etc. This is important because if you run your system with large fonts (like I do) you will notice that a lot of skins don't seem to look quite right.
For example, in NoOS the scrollbars get sized out of proportion and I can see the original title bar creeping underneath the WindowBlinds title bar.
Solution
Add this sort of thing to your skin:
[Metrics]
CaptionHeight=18
ScrollWidth=16
In this wya, you can control the title bar size and the scrollbar size.
DavidK
Reply #2 Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:21 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:21 PM
Is there any documentation on these settings? I can think of several areas they would be helpful in controling.
Large Fonts are evil...
Large Fonts are evil...
Brad Buran
Reply #3 Thursday, May 23, 2002 4:20 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, May 23, 2002 4:20 PM
Does this also account for DPI settings? I run a laptop with a 15" screen at ????x1400 so it means that I need to change WindowsXP DPI settings to be able to read screen, and therefore most windowblids scrollbars and menubars are way too tiny to see.
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Reply #1 Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:45 AM