Wnidowblinds skinning help please

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Some skins have a different font color on the normal, hover and pressed
states of the toolbar buttons.
I have tried disecting those skins with all my might, but I can't figure
out how it's done. In the [toolbar] section, I saw that I can add color presets for both the Normal and the Pressed state, but I need to specify a different color for the Hover state. I know it can be done, I've seen many skins set up like that...
You see I am making this skin and the toolbar buttons are light on the
normal state but dark on hover. I need to change the fonts so the text can be legible at all times.
Can somebody help, please?

Paxx
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think MouseOverColour=1, where you have a [Colour1] section?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'll try adding it manually, although it's not in the available atributes in SinStudio...
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nope, no go.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sin Studio?

Come on, it has got to be in the files somewhere. Look for anything that says "hover" (no, I don't know either).
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you can name a skin that does this, i can have a go at guessing.

ripping out large sections is a surprisingly effective way of finding out where something is.

i probably know a lot less about this than you, but that hasnt stopped me yet
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Crae: I did that, and that's why I'm so puzzled... It's like a ghost seting or something. Really weird.

Feline: XP Cobalt from Alexandrie is one example. And believe me I disected it inside and out, and I can't figure it out. Stronghold XP from me (hehehe!) is another example, but I don't know how it's done since I made it using XP Cobalt as a template. This skin, I'm making it from scratch and it's giving me headaches.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have you tried the color and font presets and then telling it what preset to use?
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
click "insert" in the menubar
select "Colour#"
when that 'section' opens up, put in the rgb value of the colour you want.

then in the buttons section right click "add attributes" then pick "colour hover".
It'll work in the tabs, task, and buttons. but I think it's disabled in the toolbars..not sure though.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
oh, for the hover colour value, you select the # of the color preset....
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes, done that already. The colour is not applied to the toolbar. It's something else.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This is in SkinStudio

XP Desktop -> Taskbar -> Taskbar Button -> Horizontal Taskbar Button

Here you want to look for "focus color". Add it if it isn't there.

Didn't see the attribute under the regular taskbar buttons. You might be able to make it work in a text editor of your choice.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use SkinStudio to do that sort of thing. Then I just add different attributes to those buttons from font and color objects.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I posted a thread a few days ago trying to get help on this a couple days ago, but not one person responded. I've tried and tried to figure this out also. I think I've tried adding every attribute available, but no luck. For my Fuel skin, I really wanted to use black toolbar buttons, but couldn't because I couldn't figure out how to get anything but black text on hover.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
how can i include an animated gif in the skin? ...to use it in a normal mode of a button, or titlebar... is it possible?
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
LancerKMT,
there is an excellent tutorial maded by Alexandrie in Stardock, why don't you try to have a look, I am sure that you will find what you want about animated gif's
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Lancer, you can't add an animated GIF in a Windowblinds skin. Animations are handled differently. You have to add the frames of your animation to the graphic containing the different states of yor button (or whatever). Then you must specify the total number of frames, then the animaiton rate, the first and last frame of your animation. It's not difficult, I figured how to do it right away. Just play around in Skinstudio I'm sure you'll get it.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
paxx...has anyone come up with a solution to the toolbar mouseover yet?
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'll try Griffinme's thing. Maybe the XP taskbar setings affects also the Toolbar? Dunno. I'll try and let you know...
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nope. It affects the taskbar indeed but the toolbar stays the same. HELLLLP! Bouhou!!
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I feel your pain paxx. Maybe we should ask treetog. Doesn't lunar base do this...maybe not, have to check it out.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Here's how you do it in toolbars:

From SkinStudio:

In the explorer view:
Controls->Toolbars->Toolbar buttons

Then on the right you have the section properties. Click on the more link at the bottom. Select "Add attribute"

Then select Colour - Normal and Color -pressed.

Once you do that, it's just a matter of selecting them and choosing what color you want them to be.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Frogboy,
there is not any "Colour - Normal and Color -pressed" to select there! but only tile edges, transparency-level and omit painting for the first frame!
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Try adding this to your UIS file under [TaskBar] using a text editor such as notepad or VI. Change the numbers to match what you want from the preset colors section.


NormalColour=0
PressedColour=0
DisabledColour=0
FocusColour=1
DefaultColour=1
MouseOverColour=1

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Griffinme,
Thank you, but we are talking about toolbar buttons...
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
and the saga continues.....