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werewolf
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Why can't DX task/tray be 'glassy'?

March 23, 2005 8:38:28 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I have an Aero style tabbed object dock which shows Icons perfectly against a 'glass' background. I tried duplicating this effect with DX using the same glass image for the taskbar and the systray, but the icons are almost invisible and had to add a dark grey strip for the icons to reside on. Why don't icons show up properly on an almost transparent background in DX when they do with ObjectDock?

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ww
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werewolf
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Reply #1 March 25, 2005 7:44:01 PM
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jeez
bump. I think this is a legitimate question.
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Reply #2 March 25, 2005 8:10:34 PM
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Is a good Question are you using a ping or bit map ?
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Reply #3 March 25, 2005 10:54:35 PM
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Reply #4 March 26, 2005 7:37:14 AM
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Can you upload the object somewhere to study?
Tired an png alphatransparent background my self and it worked fine: https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=153&AID=67662
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werewolf
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Reply #5 March 26, 2005 1:23:05 PM
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I looked at your ss. What I tried to do was to take the dark grey part out and have the entire systray/taskbar as a 'piece of glass' if you will. Just barely visible. In that environment, the icons were at the same transparency level as the background (just barely visible).
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Reply #6 March 26, 2005 3:53:47 PM
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I noticed that one too, werewolf, Everytime I try to increase the transparency of the trays, the icons seem to be transparent as well and it really annoys me. Please inform us if you or thomassen have found a solution for this.

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Reply #7 March 27, 2005 12:09:58 AM
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LOL, the only solution I found was to put the non-transparent grey bar back in
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Reply #8 March 27, 2005 1:11:52 AM
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Everytime I try to increase the transparency of the trays, the icons seem to be transparent as well and it really annoys me

The main reason I quit trying to use DX for the systray in version 2.

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Reply #9 March 27, 2005 8:06:35 AM
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Ah, I see now. The opacity of the taskbar icons and labels are inherited by the transparancy of the underlying bitmap.
I did some testing:


I propose that we make a request for an option in DX that makes the taskbar (and systray) icons and label not inherit the transparancy level of the underlying bitmap. Seem to be quite a few people that wish for this. Anyone?
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Reply #10 March 27, 2005 10:48:32 AM
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Absolutely. ObjectDock proves that it is possible (at least with OD)
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