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Remove Titlebar Icon

January 31, 2010 9:03:01 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

In older versions of skinstudio, I knew how to do this, it's been a while, and I can't find any documentation on what I need to do to remove the titlebar icon (the one normally on the left, 16x16, etc)

(I'm also curious to if it's still possible to remove the title bar text completely, I had done this in a skin I made for XP (see screenshot), but I'm completely lost in Skin Studio "7" as far as where these options are/how the code is formatted)

 

Example of what I mean

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Reply #1 January 31, 2010 12:11:38 PM
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If you are referring to the system icon, it cannot be deleted per se in SKS 7, but you can set the horizantal text shift for it to somewhere between -(minus) 30 and -(minus) 60.  I usually wind up setting up mine to -60 to make sure it is completely off screen.

I don't know what to tell you about the titlebar text.  To me, the text is needed so that you know what window you have open. 

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Reply #2 January 31, 2010 1:21:58 PM
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The only way you might remove the titlebar text is by making the text color exactly the same as the titlebar background and setting the font size to like -1.  You might have to fool with it a bit to get it to work, moving the text margins, etc., but it will work.

 

I also think you might try setting the top text margin to -100, that moves the text completely off the titlebar also.

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Reply #3 January 31, 2010 2:26:56 PM
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I could swear there was a specific entry in either skin personality in the code or the layout/etc section. But both those tricks will work just as well.

As for my reasoning as why I don't want the titlebar text? Task's bars can do that for me (and the easily identifiable window contents helps too). Besides, I like my desktop minimal.

Thanks for the tips.

It's too bad the code side of things isn't well documented (as far as I can find). I know there used to be posts on a previous forum that had nearly every UIS2 code bit docmented.

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Reply #4 January 31, 2010 2:31:09 PM
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The only way you might remove the titlebar text is by making the text color exactly the same as the titlebar background and setting the font size to like -1. You might have to fool with it a bit to get it to work, moving the text margins, etc., but it will work.

That's what I do to get rid of the name on the start menu in XP, when letting the name show screws up the look of the start menu....lol.  Thank God, I don't have to worry about that with Windows 7!

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Reply #5 January 31, 2010 2:36:53 PM
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I could swear there was a specific entry in either skin personality in the code or the layout/etc section. But both those tricks will work just as well.

You could remove the icon in SKS 5....but we can no longer do it in SKS 7.  As soon as we got the ability to skin Vista and Windows 7, that was no longer available.  So, we just have to monkey with the horizantal text position settings. 

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Reply #6 January 31, 2010 2:48:03 PM
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I hope I am understanding what it is you want to do -- this is to get rid of the system icon on the title bar, correct?

To remove the title bar icon in SKS7, in per pixel frames, set the system icon position to a negative number for which ever side you're positioning it (i.e., click the radio box for "left hand side" and then set the button position to -100). 

In the UIS2 frames, just don't include the icons in the button section.

That should get rid of the system icons on the title bars.

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Reply #7 January 31, 2010 2:53:06 PM
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You can remove the icons in the Titlebar (for XP/Vista/W7) using a little utility found at http://www.askvg.com/how-to-remove-program-icons-from-windows-titlebar-and-taskbar-buttons/

 

If you use xp or vista, it will remove the icons in the taskbar buttons as well, but not in W7.

 

I don't know of anything to remove the text though. But at least with the icons gone, it's a bit more minimal. I use it in XP and W7 with no problems.

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Reply #8 January 31, 2010 3:11:42 PM
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Quoting k10w3,
reply 6
I hope I am understanding what it is you want to do -- this is to get rid of the system icon on the title bar, correct?

To remove the title bar icon in SKS7, in per pixel frames, set the system icon position to a negative number for which ever side you're positioning it (i.e., click the radio box for "left hand side" and then set the button position to -100). 

In the UIS2 frames, just don't include the icons in the button section.

That should get rid of the system icons on the title bars.

So if you do it that way, can you still access the system information? With the utility I mentioned, you can still click where the icon would be to access it. Just wondering, because I'm not too familiar with using SkinStudio yet.

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Reply #9 January 31, 2010 3:27:27 PM
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Quoting karmat,
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So if you do it that way, can you still access the system information? With the utility I mentioned, you can still click where the icon would be to access it. Just wondering, because I'm not too familiar with using SkinStudio yet.


You mean there's a purpose for the system icons?!  I thought they were just there to look pretty

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Reply #10 January 31, 2010 3:50:13 PM
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Quoting karmat,
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So if you do it that way, can you still access the system information? With the utility I mentioned, you can still click where the icon would be to access it. Just wondering, because I'm not too familiar with using SkinStudio yet.

 

Yup. You can still access it, Alt+Space will always bring up the "System" menu (or as it used to be called, the ALT menu)

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Reply #11 January 31, 2010 8:22:01 PM
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you guys are making it all way to difficult....

Go to the per pixel buttons section of SKS and choose System Icon. Go to the 'extra settings' tab and set the icons alpha to zero.....poof, its gone but you can still use it.

The same action can get rid of the titlebar text as well: Go to the Perpixel Frames section and choose Caption. Go to the 'extra settings' tab and set the Active Text Alpha and TextAlphaInactive to zero.

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Reply #12 January 31, 2010 8:49:38 PM
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Sounds good, Cindie, I'll try it!

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Reply #13 January 31, 2010 9:01:42 PM
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Worked for me, thanks so much, Cindie, now I have to save your instructions, cause I'll forget!

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Reply #14 February 1, 2010 9:51:46 AM
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Now I have learned something too!  Thanks Cyndie!

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