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How do I remove transparency of drop down menu using SkinStudio?

November 3, 2014 4:44:33 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Hi, I am using the 'Acrylic 7' skin in WindowBlinds, which is perfect except for the way that it makes drop down menu commands and menu bar titles grey, instead of black, presumably because it is making the whole menu semi-transparent. Is there a way to change this using SkinStudio? I looked and looked but couldn't work out if it was possible or not.

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Reply #1 November 3, 2014 9:29:09 PM
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I think that is a windowblinds function (but of course could be incorrect). The graphics (SKS7/WB7) for that is a bitmap.

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Reply #2 November 4, 2014 4:12:55 AM
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I really have no idea.. sorry..

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Reply #3 November 4, 2014 9:59:10 AM
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Go to Controls/ Menus and menubars/ background and open that image to edit, then save and replace by letting sks accept your changes.

If it is just a transparency issue, just copy and paste the image over itself several times to make a solid image.

Hope that helps.

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Reply #4 November 4, 2014 10:06:24 AM
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Well, that was lame, okay, after opening that skin I see no transparency, only light text> Is the text what you mean?

Same area, just under text settings at the bottom of the menu and menu bars page.Am I close, need a screeny if I misunderstand, or some more description, or sleep, I hope that helps.

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Reply #5 November 4, 2014 1:40:59 PM
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Yep, like DT said, a screenshot of the problem area would really help. 

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Reply #6 November 4, 2014 4:30:20 PM
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QUOTING Lightstar

"Yep, like DT said, a screenshot of the problem area would really help".


Yes, lets see the problem. I can't find it on my computer.

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Reply #7 November 5, 2014 2:29:40 PM
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Hi Doortech1, many thanks, I found the 'text' tab at the bottom of the 'Edit Controls', then 'Edit Menus and Menubars' page, and found the grey text, and changed it to black, now it's all okay.

Now I just have to change the light (grey) scrollbars to something like the title bar, a nice dark blue. What's with all this crazy 'grey' everywhere nowadays? Menu items that are really hard to see, scrollbars that are the same colour as the scrollbar area, so you can't see them instantly. It's very irritating having to fix things that people blindly copy from others, which make life difficult.

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Reply #8 November 5, 2014 3:16:52 PM
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By the way, even the WindowBlinds software itself doesn't display scrollbars correctly - it just has a scrollbar with no background column for it to go in, and  no scroll arrows. Why not just get rid of the scrollbar altogether and rely on telepathic inference, or some other such stupid method?

Even on this forum, the designers have taken it on themselves to hide the 'edit', 'quote', etc. buttons UNTIL you mouse over the horizontal bar underneath each post. Why? Why not just hide everything except the one word your mouse happens to be over, to make things even more difficult? Why are 'UI designers' all over the planet trying to outdo each other, by making things as hard to see and use as possible? It is SO irritating.

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Reply #9 November 5, 2014 3:56:40 PM
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I found a theme that does what I want - 'Royale', available here: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/4654

No grey anything, just nice and clear.

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Reply #10 November 6, 2014 3:49:29 AM
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It is he era of blend, no hard lines! LOL

Just side effects to glass or transparent skins, and many love dark. Plenty of usable around , just have to search.

Also, you are welcome on he menu text issue.

 

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