Since i dont want to write negative stuff into the skinstduio beta thread i will post it here since its related to wb i guess.
Normaly when skinning a startbutton i had the option to make a button and then if the button was bigger than standart we had the option to add the rest under glow.
I did try that - first i made a normal button in 60x60 this button would normaly just be completely visable on a double sizes normal scaled taskbar.And it is
SO i thought i go and cut it into pieces and add the top part as glow so it is fully visable on a normal scaled taskbar with normal sized icons.
After cutting and using framebuilder the pieces have the following size
1 frame = 40x60 ( button )
1 frame = 20x60 ( glow )
I added the value 20 top on the extra settings of Glow that way it should technically work- the preview likes it and says its working but when i save and apply
the top will still get cut off according to the size of the taskbar...

I dont know if windows8 / Start has restrictions for this ? Or did i miss something ?



Windowblinds:  - Startmenu userpicture background is also not used after the update today - or start8 does not make use of it

- Starbutton animation only works on horizontal taskbar and only has 2 states on a vertical taskbar passive and mouseover - or start8 does not make use of it


 http://abload.de/img/cutoff1tyx15.png
http://abload.de/img/cutoff29mzel.png

The start button size is a restriction due to Start8.

Talking about Buttons, Is there a way to "Remove" The "Shut down" text on the shut down button on the startmenue like Before ?

On all my skins i have moved it out of view that has been the traditional way to do it, but now the text is showing on all my blinds.

That would probably require a tweak in Start8 assuming it only happens on Windows 8.

Ahaa..

-Could that be fixed ? because my shut down buttons almost never look any good with the default text

I second that request, and also in skins where you do want the text, allowing changing of the font too. 

Some skins that I use have a lot of transparency in the windows. It makes some things hard to read with other windows behind it. Are you guys by any chance going to code your own blur into the program?  That would be sweet if you could.

I would prefer to see blur rather than turn down transparency :/

 To adding blur. It's one feature I sorely miss.

Maybe the same technique Descapes uses to blur backgrounds, can be used to blur the explorer backgrounds?

Thanks for the update, Neil. My WB8 is now perfect on Windows7

Spoke too soon:

Window frames aren't tiling like they should.

This is how it looked on WB7:

The top and bottom parts of the window frames are both 2 layers. First layer is the gold "grill" tiled. Second is the gray stretched. Looks like WB is stretching both layers. 

With latest beta no matter what i try i get error when i try to apply themes (any theme) on windows 8 x64. I have tried uninstall and reinstall (let it reboot and all) yet still no go.

Works fine on my Windows 7 x64 machine tho... so odd one.

What antivirus / anti malware software do you use?

Eset endpoint security with the HIPS rule applied as per the installer. Same config as on win7 machine which makes this even more odd... will check and make sure hips rule stuck.

Edit: It seems the rule didn't stick before.. works great now

Fyi.. the themes added in latest release are cool.

since the last update (WB 7.98) toolbar for on-screen keybord don't work.

Link to skin, Neil: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/7710/

SKS : i have a problem with the horizontal drag bars i pixel always gets left out

Edit: Solved reloaded the image and reset the margin to the same value and its working. kinda odd

When in WB Config, I hit edit with skin studio and it launches the site for me to download SKS,  I can launch and run SKS manually.

Windows 7 Ultimate (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533) WindowBlinds 7.98 (014 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

    Wblind.dll      2013/06/13 17:23:ll     Wblind64.dll      2013/06/13 17:23:18     Wbsrv.dll      2013/06/06 13:12:07     WB8Config.exe      2013/06/13 13:50:27     Wbload.dll           2013/06/04 10:10:39     Screen.exe      2013/06/06 09:52:23

SkinStudio 8.0 Beta

BUMP>>>> i am having same problem with separator top of hidden icon shows