Need help tweaking two problems with this skin

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Okay I have this skin that I have downloaded and I've tweaked it a tiny bit but there are two things I can't seem to tweak. The first problem is that the informational box's text is set to black which is the same color as the background and I can't find where to fix it to a light shade of gray, and the second is the search panel which has the text and the text boxes set to black.

Here's the download link if you just want to do it for me - http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2392b3f13306c4e7d1014a7a667fa2b4e04e75f6e8ebb871

 

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What is the name of the skin and where did you download it from?

Have you tried contacting the originator of the skin for assistance?

It also maybe a problem with WindowBlinds, open WB and copy and past the system information here.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I got it here - http://weirdoo.deviantart.com/art/DarkSide-of-WindowBlinds-119468289

He hasn't worked on it since April.

 

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 32 x86)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

Wblind.dll         2007/09/27 12:40:20
Wbsrv.dll         2009/07/27 22:42:43
Wbconfig.exe         2007/10/01 18:09:33
Wbload.exe         2007/09/27 16:42:44
Wbhelp.dll         2007/07/11 15:06:07
Wbui.dll         2007/09/22 13:13:06
Tray.dll              2007/09/12 18:52:21
Screen.exe         2009/07/27 22:42:24

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Knightsofwar210: you getting that issue cause the details panel text is not skinnable on XP, not by default, the text is hard coded black.

You can fix it in two ways, or changing the sidebar background color to  a lighter one where you can read black text or add custom XML (they have this extension: .UIFile) files to the skin, this one is kind of hard task as you need to edit a bit of code with a text editor like Notepad. if you need example of skins that use this, look this one http://danillooc.deviantart.com/art/aerial-33781910

 

 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not sure if this is a newer version of the skin, Weirdo has uploaded it to the WC WB library, here is the link  https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=6831&libid=1  It indicates that it was upadted for hard to read text.

Also you might want to consider upadting your version of WB, not sure if that might have something to do with it.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Where do I changed the sidebar background color?
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Open WB and click on Sidebar.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

@Philly0381: hehe, that's not the sidebar he is asking, he mean the taskpanel sidebar.

 

@Knightsofwar210

Where do I changed the sidebar background color?
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Open the skinon SkinStudio, go to "XP specific sections > Edit shell style bars and arrows"

in the window that open you have settings for everything from the taskpanel sidebar of XP, "Background area"

will change general background but you need to change "Normal section > Pane" there to affect the details panel

where you see all black.