Where my darn toolbar background!

Why can't I skin it?

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I have a nice toolbar bg for my next skin, but for some reason it won't show up!?! Take for example Noire. I like the image under the File Edit View Insert etc... at the top of the window. It works in that skin and I've seen it in others, why won't it work in mine? What am I missing? Please help. Thanks.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The menu?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can't edit my post above-- I meant are you referring to the Menus?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh, right, I mean menu bar background, sorry. In SkinStudio under controls > menus > bar background. I can't get it to show up when I apply the skin.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Someone?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
try opening Noire or one of the others in skin studio to see what they used and the settings
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Make sure what you are looking at is a menubar.

'Menubars' in explorer are not menubars, they are toolbars and WB has a different section for menu style toolbars.  Notepad, taskmanager, calc all have standard menubars.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Neil may have it...

In SKS, under Toolbars, you'll find ToolbarBackground. This may be the "menubar" you are "missing".
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No, it's not the toolbar background. It's the menubar background.



That is what I'm talking about. I've looked through the settings in Noire and looked through mine, but I'm still missing something. It's probably just some stupid setting I'm missing, I just haven't a clue what it is.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looks like a classic color setting issue, but I'm no authority.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you're using per-pixel alpha window frames then the option of a skinned toolbar isn't possible. in this case, the skin will use the classic color that you define for it.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Patrick, TRY what Neil posted above. It may not sound correct to you but I think he's right.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
'Menubars' in explorer are not menubars, they are toolbars and WB has a different section for menu style toolbars. Notepad, taskmanager, calc all have standard menubars.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It seems that the skin is a per pixel one, in which case you cannot use an image for the menubar.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you're using per-pixel alpha window frames then the option of a skinned toolbar isn't possible. in this case, the skin will use the classic color that you define for it.

Crap.
I would rather have per-pixel borders and no menubar, then menubar and non-per-pixel borders.
Thanks anyways guys. I really appriciate your help.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is the missing menubar background with per pixel borders enabled a bug? Does anyone know a solution to this or why it does it?
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It is not a bug and never has been.

When on Vista it will be used, but when on XP the menubar background is not used.