SkinStudio 7 Search Box Text Issue

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I am finally going to make a post on this problem, but it has existed for ages.  In the latest SKS7, in Theme Part Details, Address Field, Search Field Background, Extra Settings there are font settings for the search field that can be set as far as font color and/or font type, but they do absolutely nothing when you change them in any OS. Why are they even there?

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Didn't they have some sort of effect in Vista? As for Windows 7 youcanforgetaboutit!

 

It's another in a long list of things that don't make sense in sks (like text settings for jumplists.......they do nothing either)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 1
Didn't they have some sort of effect in Vista? As for Windows 7 youcanforgetaboutit!

 

It's another in a long list of things that don't make sense in sks (like text settings for jumplists.......they do nothing either)
End of 2of3's quote

 

I tried Vista too, no effect.  Yep on SKS and the jumplists in 7, and the taskbar group menus in XP too, text settings have no effect in that section either.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 2
and the taskbar group menus in XP too, text settings have no effect in that section either.
End of LightStar's quote

Wasn't there some line of code you could add to the sp poup menu background and the text color worked?

 

Been a while since I did an XP skin.....

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok. Now I have only tried this on Vista (just now)

 

On the Start Panel Popup menu background, go to the code tab delete all the code for text color. Then add these 2 lines:

FocusColour=
NormalColour=

That should take care of your normal and mouseover states in the group menu.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 4
FocusColour=
NormalColour=
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I don't need to tell Tom this, but for others that don't know

 

You need to have a number after the = sign. F.ex

FocusColour=15
NormalColour=19

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Interesting............... B[]

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Also make sure to spell color as colour......you can blame Neil for misspelling it O:)

 

Ha ha! :P

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting BoXXi, reply 6
Interesting...............
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4 real o_O

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 4
Ok. Now I have only tried this on Vista (just now)

 

On the Start Panel Popup menu background, go to the code tab delete all the code for text color. Then add these 2 lines:

FocusColour=
NormalColour=

That should take care of your normal and mouseover states in the group menu.
End of 2of3's quote

 

Actually Tim for the Taskbar Group Menu, I set my colors (colours) in the menu items image area, and then remove them from the code and paste them into the taskband group menu background image area code and it works.  At least that's in XP, which is the OS I start every WB in.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 9
Actually Tim for the Taskbar Group Menu, I set my colors (colours) in the menu items image area, and then remove them from the code and paste them into the taskband group menu background image area code and it works. At least that's in XP, which is the OS I start every WB in.
End of LightStar's quote

That's just what I did actually.....I just removed the "extra" lines that do nothing B)

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 10

Quoting LightStar, reply 9Actually Tim for the Taskbar Group Menu, I set my colors (colours) in the menu items image area, and then remove them from the code and paste them into the taskband group menu background image area code and it works. At least that's in XP, which is the OS I start every WB in.

That's just what I did actually.....I just removed the "extra" lines that do nothing
End of 2of3's quote

 

Yup! :thumbsup:

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 4
On the Start Panel Popup menu background, go to the code tab delete all the code for text color. Then add these 2 lines:

FocusColour=

NormalColour=
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I, for one, really appreciate these little tips and hints but the start menu popup menu background code doesn't appear to have any colour settings?

Image=testing\more_progs_menu.bmp
TopHeight=3
BottomHeight=3
LeftWidth=25
RightWidth=3
ContentLeft=4
ContentRight=1
ContentTop=1
ContentBottom=1
Tile=0

and so I wonder, can the colour of the text be changed by adding the code regardless in other areas. for buttons should the order listed be the same as the button order and do all of the states need to have a colour assigned or can you change the focus color and the leave the rest to be coloured by default?

Quoting 2of3, reply 3
Wasn't there some line of code you could add to the sp poup menu background and the text color worked?
End of 2of3's quote

you could delete the mouse over graphic which would change the color from either black to white or the other way around and then reinsert the mouseover graphic. but once it was changed it was for good.