WB or SKS issue/bug ?
Font won't change
Sunday, May 1, 2005 by Cavan1 | Discussion: WindowBlinds
When change font in SKS for Bar Item/ Pull Down Item, does not change for Favorites or Quick Launch drop down/up menus. It seems to now be set at
Windows default. Text color will change for these menus. WB 4.51 Build 204, SKS free 4.5.1 Build 1034. A couple updates back for WB these menus had
large text if no font was set for menus, is this a fix for that, now stuck with no ability to change font for these menus.
Cavan1
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:17 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:17 AM
Thanks Daiwa, that is a work around for now, but pull down item did use to control font on Favorites and Quick launch
I have emailed Stardock support, just waiting for an answer from them. Really don't want to have to add fonts for
classic widgets to the 90 WB's currently in my WB folder.
Font did work not being negative except for messing up FireFox menu bar font and no menu background.
Since -13 is larger than 13 did have to change pull down item to negative as well.
I have emailed Stardock support, just waiting for an answer from them. Really don't want to have to add fonts for
classic widgets to the 90 WB's currently in my WB folder.
Font did work not being negative except for messing up FireFox menu bar font and no menu background.
Since -13 is larger than 13 did have to change pull down item to negative as well.
Daiwa
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 4, 2005 10:36 AM
Hence the need to use the negative number - there are other apps besides FF which don't behave well if you use positive numbers. As for the other 89 skins, that is a pain, but some of these things just weren't known by skinners at the time they were published.
I don't know if this would work, since I haven't tried it, but if you can go with the same font for everything skinned, you might try setting a global override in WBConfig, User overrides, Font overrides & see if that also catches to Favorites menu text.
Cheers,
Daiwa
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 4, 2005 10:36 AM
Font did work not being negative except for messing up FireFox menu bar font and no menu background.
Hence the need to use the negative number - there are other apps besides FF which don't behave well if you use positive numbers. As for the other 89 skins, that is a pain, but some of these things just weren't known by skinners at the time they were published.
I don't know if this would work, since I haven't tried it, but if you can go with the same font for everything skinned, you might try setting a global override in WBConfig, User overrides, Font overrides & see if that also catches to Favorites menu text.
Cheers,
Daiwa
Cavan1
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 4, 2005 2:27 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 4, 2005 2:27 PM
For menus and menu/toolbars I change font to Tahoma as soon as download a skin I like enough to keep. But as long as
not too funky I will stay with font type of skin for Titlebar and Taskbar. Setting font override would change all to
Tahoma and if skin is using a heavier font would have to use SkinStudio to edit font sizes. I spent at least 1/2 hour editing any new skin, having to add fonts for classic widgets until issue is corrected is no big deal. Until I
hear from Stardock support I am not going to edit skins I already have.
Thanks for your input Daiwa.
not too funky I will stay with font type of skin for Titlebar and Taskbar. Setting font override would change all to
Tahoma and if skin is using a heavier font would have to use SkinStudio to edit font sizes. I spent at least 1/2 hour editing any new skin, having to add fonts for classic widgets until issue is corrected is no big deal. Until I
hear from Stardock support I am not going to edit skins I already have.
Thanks for your input Daiwa.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, May 3, 2005 11:40 PM
It's probably a good idea to also set the same font settings for "Controls/Menus/Bar items - toolbar like" as you are using for the PullDown Item.
Here's a potentially useful link with some other obscure tips: Link
Cheers,
Daiwa