Daiwa

Join Date 07/2001

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Taskbar Sizing Bar Transparency

True Trans Possible?

Currently using XPP SP3, WB7.

I tried importing a totally transparent .png as the sizing bar for my current skin & it 'works' sorta - but it just substitutes the underlying wallpaper for the bar. Using Auto-Hide, there is a strip of wallpaper where the sizing bar should be when the taskbar pops up.

Is there a setting that I'm missing? Both transparency & translucency are enabled. Using non-perpixel frames.

Thanks!

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jazzymjr

Join Date 03/2004

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For the XP sizing bar, I found I had to use a bmp, not a png, even though the taskbar itself is a png...go figure! Try making it a bmp and use magic pink for the bar.

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Daiwa

Join Date 07/2001

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Thanks, jazzy. I'll give it a go.

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Daiwa

Join Date 07/2001

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No love - same results using magic pink with translucency disabled.

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Xiandi

Join Date 07/2007

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I have found that WB/SKS do not like completely transparent images. Try this: make the resizing bar a one pixel line and take the opacity down to somewhere around 10% to 20%. See if that does it for you.

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I.R. Brainiac

Join Date 05/2003

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xp doesnt do true trans behind taskbar elements...it IS a snapshot of the wallpaper.

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jazzymjr

Join Date 03/2004

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I have never made my XP sizing bar a transparent image. I always do a traditional bmp image, usually a 3px high edge. The sizing bar disappears anyway when you lock the taskbar. I also have found that with SKS 7, that you can't make the system tray completely transparent either...you have to have at least a 1 by 1 pixel image/color in it.

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Vampothika

Join Date 07/2006

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i tried both png and bmp recently in xp and got grief in both results, but it was only until i made the taskbar go straight across (not cutting off on the edges like the diamond style) that it worked out okay for me. but thats not a solution i know.

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Daiwa

Join Date 07/2001

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Thanks, guys/gals. An opaque sizing bar isn't as elegant but will have to do - a transparent but functional sizing bar for AutoHide would be very nice, which was what I was shooting for. My particular circumstances require I use as much screen real estate as possible for max'd apps, hence the motivation.

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