xp start menu title - right justification

Monday, November 1, 2004 by retiredmaster | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Does this work ok? I don't seem to be able to get the text to right justify satisfactorily. It only seems to put the text over to the right, 'somewhere'. I don't know which margin settings may be affecting where the text ends up.

Any iseas?

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UzEE
Reply #1 Monday, November 1, 2004 10:43 AM
Do you mean the user name on top?
Yes Its a problem justifing it to the right. I have tried this a number of times and in the end always have to adjust the image with the text rather than to adjust the text to the image.

retiredmaster
Reply #2 Monday, November 1, 2004 11:12 AM
is there a way of turning the text off completely?

MikeB314
Reply #3 Monday, November 1, 2004 11:46 AM

It seems that some margin is padding the user name text and making right alignment not exactly all the way to the right. I'm not sure which margin it is either. I would think the easiest way to remove the text completely would be to adjust the margins so that the text gets pushed off the user pane.


NightTrainthedark
Reply #4 Monday, November 1, 2004 12:11 PM
To remove the user name text all together.... create a font for the user name only ...set the text angle to 1800. Text Gone! I spent hours this weekend trying to align the user text and got nowhere except stuck. I wish I had some solid advice to give.

MikeB314
Reply #5 Monday, November 1, 2004 1:03 PM
Hey, that's a good trick, NightTrain.

UzEE
Reply #6 Monday, November 1, 2004 2:07 PM
Yeah this will help alot in minimalistic tittles.
Hope I spelled right.

MarkMcQ
Reply #7 Monday, November 1, 2004 5:15 PM
Better using the margin to suck the text off the userpane. It's only one attribute, whereas a font preset involves at least 5 to have it work.

MarkMcQ
Reply #8 Monday, November 1, 2004 5:17 PM
Oh, and if it's any help, the left content margin pushes the user icon AND text toward the right side. The right content margin however pulls the text towards the right, on it's own (i.e. leaves the user icon where it is) for some bizarre reason.
Using negative values on the left margin let's you pull the text back to the left. And a value of -500 can remove the text and user icon.

UzEE
Reply #9 Monday, November 1, 2004 6:11 PM
Better get my notepad prety Important Info here.

NightTrainthedark
Reply #10 Monday, November 1, 2004 6:36 PM
The -500 value isn't working. Must be me. The text doesn't move no matter what I do. Grrrrr. Wont move right , wont move left...any chance it may be a bug?

UzEE
Reply #11 Monday, November 1, 2004 6:39 PM
hey i can still move it. i'll try -500

UzEE
Reply #12 Monday, November 1, 2004 6:41 PM
it works for me

UzEE
Reply #13 Monday, November 1, 2004 6:42 PM
maybe its a specific version bug

NightTrainthedark
Reply #14 Monday, November 1, 2004 7:23 PM
you have to have the user picture enabled in wb configuration and then what Hippy said works. I never have my user pic enabled so I wasted hours on that one. Thanks to Essencay!

MikeB314
Reply #15 Monday, November 1, 2004 7:31 PM
Yeah, if the user pic is disabled the user name gets treated as if the user is on a domain. When you're logged onto a domain, it ignores the user pane content margins completely.

UzEE
Reply #16 Monday, November 1, 2004 7:37 PM
yeah i disabled the user picture and the username got back. Made a mess of essorants 3 skins in the process.

UzEE
Reply #17 Monday, November 1, 2004 8:14 PM
wow its 6am already and i havnt even got to sleep yet.

EventHorizon
Reply #18 Monday, November 1, 2004 9:02 PM
That explains a lot.

I.R. Brainiac
Reply #19 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 3:24 AM
text angle of 1800 has always worked for me...just in case I specify a really small font and try to remember to set it a color that might blend just in case but the text has never re-appeared yet.

retiredmaster
Reply #20 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 5:36 AM
All those tips are very useful. I'll probably be using the 'text angle' fudge on my next skin (which should be ready tomorrow now I have this sorted out!)

Thank you all for the temporary loan of your brains. You can have them back now.

(I don't usually use one.)


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