Rissol Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Hi, I have installed windows 8.1 and some themes for it and this happens to all of them (at least the ones i used) Behind the fonts in Title Bar appears a solid color, as image link shows : http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2j0f529&s=5#.UmumRhBvRFc Does anyone knows what this is? and a fix for it, plz ?Been searching google and nothing about this that i can find. Thank youBye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link6155 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 There is no fix for this. It is a problem with Windows 8.1. You have 2 options to solve this issue for now: 1. You use the default theme. 2. Apply the same color of the window to your window's color scheme settings. Example: https://hostr.co/file/gBbcRIWKyxBt/choosethiscolor.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 This is one thing Microsoft has neglected to fix yet, you will have to use lighter colors on the windows borders. Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Pathetic how they just let this go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 lol, even his post has the same problem. FiB3R and 123456789A 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Pathetic how they just let this go.... It's hardly MS job to make sure that unsupported third party themes work properly. Ryster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 It's hardly MS job to make sure that unsupported third party themes work properly. It's not a theme issue, it's a programming issue with the way they display text on the title bar, even the default theme can't do it right...change your window border to solid black and does your text change or is there even a way to change the text to white? NO!!! It's not a theme issue, it's an issue with Microsoft not putting in a way to change the title bar text color or I should say not giving a ****... Very sloppy Microsoft - as usual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 It's hardly MS job to make sure that unsupported third party themes work properly. I don't use third party themes and the title color is in fact not visible when you change the color to black. Microsoft does need to address this issue. If you look very very closely you can see the title slightly, but you really cant see it. Microsoft should have fixed this problem in Windows 8.1 but they didn't. Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I don't use third party themes and the title color is in fact not visible when you change the color to black. Microsoft does need to address this issue. If you look very very closely you can see the title slightly, but you really cant see it. Microsoft should have fixed this problem in Windows 8.1 but they didn't. You do realize the issue you're talking about is not what the OP is taking about? did you even look at the picture in his post ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke777 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Here is a working windows 8.1 theme http://nighthawk-f22.deviantart.com/art/Windows-8-1-RTM-Dark-Aero-409206911?ga_submit_new=10%253A1382619626&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 You do realize the issue you're talking about is not what the OP is taking about? did you even look at the picture in his post ? There are issues with how things work in DWM - especially with the title bar text, it's still on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Microsoft doesn't want people using emo goth color themes. Stick to something vibrant and you'll be good. link6155 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rissol Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi, Thanks for the replys, well now i need to find how to change the color of the text then :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio384 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 There are issues with how things work in DWM - especially with the title bar text, it's still on topic. This is not the same issue. The text in his screenshot get a background color, that souldn't happen, and is an issue with the theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rissol Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi, This happens to all custom themes i use, dunno whats going on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rissol Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi, I have found that if the theme supports color window (titlebar coloring) i can remove that solid color matching it with the window titlebar, so the solid color that appear behind the fonts its the windows colors in the personalize -> colors. So any ideia whats going on here ? Thks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Muscle Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 This is not the bug but the intention of rendering engine. Frame titles are not rendered with alpha transparency but with solid background to increase the performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rissol Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 There is no fix for this. It is a problem with Windows 8.1. You have 2 options to solve this issue for now: 1. You use the default theme. 2. Apply the same color of the window to your window's color scheme settings. Example: https://hostr.co/file/gBbcRIWKyxBt/choosethiscolor.png Hi, Where can i apply the same color to my windows color scheme ? Its custom color, how can i add it ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link6155 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi, Where can i apply the same color to my windows color scheme ? Its custom color, how can i add it ? Thanks You can try to eyeball the color, which is pretty hard or you can create a theme file, edit the color (it's in hex, so you can use a color picker to help you find the color you need), and apply that theme. Edit: you can edit the theme file by opening it in notepad or some other text editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker999 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Try: Hex: #3B3B3B R:59 G:59 B:59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rissol Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Hi, What values should i change, or what should i look for ? Text (fonts) or image ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker999 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Oh that values (dark grey) for top bar to match the background for "My PC" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rissol Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Oh that values (dark grey) for top bar to match the background for "My PC" Hi, Yes i know, but what im asking is what should i change is a image or a font color, where to look ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker999 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Hi, Yes i know, but what im asking is what should i change is a image or a font color, where to look ? Thanks Oh change image color. (Sorry, i never use themes before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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