Help with Visual Style.

[black.ops]

A few obvious problems below... Don't really know how to fix them in Stylebuilder, have been trying all night. :blush:

1. The taskbar wont show up under the icons

2. Distance between icons is huge

3. Text on icons goes outside

4. I need the icon in the tray (arrow) to be inside the tray

If anyone could help, it would be very much appreciated! :happy:

[em3]

The tasbar image probably have the wrong color depth. As for the distance problems you need to set the correct margins. :)

[black.ops]

How would I change the colour depth? And to what?

/edit tried 16, 24, and 32, none worked.

Edited May 30, 2005 by Blax

[em3]

It should be 24. Hmmm... can't think of another solution at the moment.

[black.ops]

Having even more problems now... would someone who has the time mind adding me to MSN so they could help me?

[black.ops]

How is it that noone ever helps me, but they help everyone else?

[NightCrawler]

It might help of you could post a screenshot....

As for problem 4.... you need to adjust the left content margin of the systray

NC

[+Fahim S. MVC]

It should be 24. Hmmm... can't think of another solution at the moment.

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Not true, it can be anything upto 24, in fact it should actually be 8 bit if you can help it.

As for the rest of your problems... I need more details...

All of this comes down to sizingMargins, contentMargins and sizingType... but making a theme isn't easy as you can see....

[Bant Veteran]

yup, check your sizing and content margins.... you might not be giving the taskbar anything to tile or stretch.

[black.ops]

Okay I got most of those sorted (with the exception of number 2).

One more question, is there anyway to make the captionbar thinner?

[+Fahim S. MVC]

Yup... add transparent pixels to the top...

[Mohsin Naqi]

1. The taskbar wont show up under the icons

1 : this is because the top and bottom sizing margin of your taskbar are beyond each other, that is ,top below bottom and bottom above top

2. Distance between icons is huge

2: you might have left too much space on the sides of your taskband button image, (well to me it seems to be a content margins problem)

3. Text on icons goes outside

3 : again adjust your left and right content margins

4. I need the icon in the tray (arrow) to be inside the tray

4 : if you mean chevron image , it depends on how much transperent pixels you have got on the left side of your tasktray image

One more question, is there anyway to make the captionbar thinner?

5 : put 1 pixel long transperent line above your title bar image and adjust the top and bottom sizing margins in a way that only that line is resized vertically

6 : if u cant understand my english I am sorry for that ;)