Is there a way to force Windowblinds to use a texture without tiling or repeating?

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So, I have some images that are much wider than my resolution (1920 x 1080).  I want to use them as textures but I want the entire taskbar/title bar to be a continuous stretch from within the image, no tiling or repeating.  But no matter what I try to do, it seems impossible.  If "create tiling texture" is on, there's always a point in the taskbar where the image is tiled, and if it's off, there's always a point where the image repeats.  It doesn't matter how big the image is, whether the "texture scale" slider is all the way up, whether I use "Select all of original image" (though I'm not actually sure what that one does).  Is there just no way to do this?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, are you using Skinstudios? Or using WB build in "Modify Style" setting? Also need to know if you on Windows 7,8,10 or 11?

Thanks

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I'm using the "modify style" in WB on Windows 10.  (Though I do have Skinstudio if I need to do it through there)

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

It is best to use Skinstudio if you wish to add texture. Skinstudio have an option to do stretch instead of tiles. Also there is layer control if you wish to have multiple layers.

Thank you.

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Okay, so I set it to "stretch middle section", saved it then applied it, but nothing changed.  The taskbar/title bars still look the same with tiling.  I tried to create the texture from scratch in Skinstudio but it opened up the default taskbar in MS Paint for me to edit, and I don't want to actually alter the default.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

First did you reset all the modification you did via the WB Configure Windows? You will need to disable/reset those first. And if that is done. Please post screenshots of what you changed in Skinstudios to let us see and figure out what might went wrong. Also if possible share the xxx.wba file so I can check it for you.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant