Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Menu Bar > Background

Only if you open it when there's already something open with writing behind it. With a solid color or picture behind it there's no problem.

Why not make the whole menu transparent or translucent...not half one and half the other? That's retarded.

Whatever...I'm no fan of either actually.

Still davesenior deserves congratulations for answering the question....regardless of all this other stuff. A transparent All Programs Tree is possible even though everybody ( including me and you) said it couldn't be done.

Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Boxes > Edit > Basic > Edit Border ( No Scroll)

Center part of image is background of different states ( normal, hot, pressed etc). This is where web page info is located. is this what you want? Also affects other web boxes too.

Too bad Places List retains blur making it "translucent". Be nice if it didn't. Blur is fugly imo.

But the question was "Can you make a transparent All Programs Tree". Everybody said no but davesenior did it. He deserves credit and congrats. If anybody else knew the answer then they should have said so. Nobody did.

Now it'd be great if there was a way to make a truly transparent Places List. No blur.

I don't see anything strange about it. In my picture the transparency is crystal clear ( to my eyes anyway).

You solved a nagging problem. Congratulations!

I don't get it. This sure looks transparent to me:




I think davesenior has the solution to the original question. A transparent All Programs tree is possible 8)

Never mind.

Lists, Menus & Tabs > Tab > Body

Picture 1)  Lists, Menus & Tabs > Tab > TextColor:Color
                Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Buttons > Button > CheckBox > TextColor:Color
                                                                                 > RadioButton > TextColor:Color
                                                                                 > CommandLink > TextColor:Color

Picture 2)  Fonts & SystemMetrics > Active & Inactive CaptionText:Color
                Styles > Task Dialog Styles. Change TextColor:Colors: Main Instruction Pane & Content Pane
                The rest is in Styles > TextStyles  > TextColor:Colors

Picture 3)  That black text may be somewhere in Styles > TaskDialogStyles > Textcolor:Colors
                You can't totally replace white color and black text in Run dialog
                "png options"  Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Buttons > Button > RadioButton > TextColor:Color
               That white textcolor? Do a color search and if you find white textcolors change them ( hard to tell from picture where this is exactly)

RIP 3AM:

So i go Google "localizations" because I'm too stupid to know what you're talking about.

Lots of stuff about adapting software between different languages. And this: "Imposing some physical order upon a set of objects, so that a given object has a greater probability of being in some particular regions of space than in others".

Now how does that translate into your XML coding, creating new states, renaming them, "localizing" them into the new WSB 1.6 tree?

Sounds like you were putting some stuff where they shouldn't have been put. Building faulty structures with misused materials.

What bad detail caused the whole thing to collapse?

The background WSB tree is Explorer & Shell > Explorer > TreeView > Fillcolor

One of the pictures looks to be Explorer & Shell > Shell > TaskDialog. Try to color images and do fillcolors for like Primary Panel, Secondary Panel, FootNotePane etc. Test & see what shows where.

I'm surprised GroupBox didn't take care of the lines. Try Lists, Menus & Tabs > Tab > Pane too.

Like I said I don't have Photoshop so I can't check directly. These are all just likely guesses. Sorry

Don't have Photoshop so I can't check.

But some likely places to check: Fonts & SystemMetrics > Window:Color
                                                                               > BtnFace:Color
                                              Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Buttons > Button > GroupBox
                                              Lists, Menus & Tabs > Tab > Body

edit: also check Explorer & Shell > Explorer > ProperTree > 2

textcolor of "note" is Fonts& System Metrics > WindowText:Color
textcolor of "google chrome" is Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Items View > Items View > textcolor: color

Check to see if you have GlowColor:Color, GlowIntensity:Int, TextGlow:Bool or Composited:Bool at that Search TextBox. If so get rid of first and set others to false

1) Explorer tree main textcolor is Fonts & SystemMetrics > Window Text Color : Color
    You change it when highlighted with Explorer & Shell > Explorer > TreeView > TreeItem > Hot, Selected, Selected Not Focus, HotSelected TextColors
2) Search textcolor is Address,Breadcrumbs & Search > Search > Edit > SearchEdit > TextBox > Normal & Accelerator TextColor:Colors
    Is there something that says glow in your SearchBox. I'll have to check.
3) the other ones I'll check before I say anything.

These are just off the top of my head. I'll get back to you with rest

Lists, Menus & Tabs > Menu > PopUp > Separator
Start Menu > Panels > Aero > Top > Programs List > Separator
Start Menu > Panels > Aero > Top > Places List > Separator

Color same as background or replace with transparent image

1) Explorer+Shell>Explorer>ItemsView>ListView>ListItem>Hot, Selected, SelectedNotFocus and HotSelected: edit the images
   White box is Explorer & Shell > Explorer > ToolTip. Edit the images. Do Styles > ToolTip Styles for text color.

2) Same as #1
    On the left is Explorer & Shell > Explorer > TreeView  > TreeItem > Hot , Selected etc. Edit the images

Explorer+Shell>Explorer>ItemsView>ListView>ListItem>Hot, Selected, SelectedNotFocus and HotSelected: color the image

Picture 1) From top down: Fonts & System Metrics > Active & Inactive Caption:color
               The rest is in Lists, Menus & Tabs > Tab. Do the Tab, TopTabItem & TabItems. The background is Tab > Body.

Picture 2) The box the menu opens from is Explorer & Shell > Explorer > CommandModule > 9
               The menu is at Lists, Menus & Tabs > Menu > PopUp. Color all the PopUp parts and test to see what changes.

Picture 3) Is the PopUp Menu again. When you test the colors in Picture 2 see what they look like here too.
               On the left is Buttons, Boxes & Controls > ScrollBars & Trackers > TrackBar. Operates on same principle as ScrollBar: Thumbs ride the Tracks which have Tic marks on them.

All highlights are under Hot, Selected, HotSelected & SelectedNotFocus images.

DWM (not DVM) is DeskTop Window Manager. It controls Aero. Concentrate on this section in Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero. Don't worry about the Aero > Window.

What I want   is:

Instead of having to go to <if id="atom(TopViewPrefix)"> or <if class="location_includes"> to change 2 textcolors

I could open up WSB 1.6 and go to something like Explorer & Shell > Explorer > CommandModule 9 > 4 or 10  > 2 and change the textcolors there instead?

That's all.  Give these 2 parts of the shellstyle  actual new parts of the WSB tree.

Is this possible? And if it isn't then why not?

Like these for example:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1089.0

Put them in Explorer & Shell > Explorer > CommandModule?

So...what happened?

Is it possible to reference shellstyle locations in msstyles so they can be part of the WSB tree and changed there?

There are a lot of places in shellstyle that should be in msstyles.

If anybody was wondering the textcolor for "includes" ( and many similar places) is in the shellstyle at:

<if class="location_includes">

The textcolor for "arrange by" is in the shellstyle at:

<if id="atom(TopViewPrefix)">



(I changed these a long time ago and then forgot how to do it )

Highlight PlacesList by using StartMenu > Panels > Basic > PlacesList Hover

For all Start Menu questions read this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1017.0

1) Next to arrow:  Explorer & Shell > Explorer > CommandModule > 4
2) Behind arrow:                                                                    > 5
3) Arrow:                                                                              > 6
4)Behind Question Mark etc:                                                   > 3

Show Hidden Icons Arrows: Taskbar+SystemTray>SystemTray>Basic>Button:Open and Button. Color main and glyph images

SearchBox background is at:  Address,Breadcrumbs & Search > Search > SearchBox > Basic > Normal > Active > 1
                textcolor is at: Address,Breadcrumbs & Search > Search > Edit > SearchEdit > TextBox > Normal & Accelerator TextColor:Colors

Address, Breadcrumbs & Search> Breadcrumb > Basic > Normal > Active Crumbs > SplitButton and SplitButtonDropDown ( main &  glyph)

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

Stylehacks that work in 7 is something to look forward to.

VSB 0.1! I never saw it. You have come a long way in just 18 months!

Can't wait for 1.6.

Just some dumb questions I have after watching your vid. Nothing that'll help you.

1) What's "Reload"?
2) Why is your "Current Search Type" value different then mine ( mine equals 4). What does this mean anyway?
3) All your "Normal Positions" are way different than mine too. How come?
4) What is the Vista.msstyles you have in your X and D drives?
5) Why do the StyleHacks have to have their own msstyles?
6) What happened when you reinstalled 1.5.0.5?
7) Does this happen on 1.5.0.3?

Humor me OK?

But watch out....this will also change all your popup menus too ( whenever you right click). 

You might also want to do PopUp Gutter which is behind the icons on left

Do you mean the background?

That is: Lists, Menus & Tabs > Menu > PopUp Background. Color the image.

Thanks to you too

I bet PreviewPane > 9 > 1 is also in Save Dialog somewhere

Preview Pane >8  is in Save Dialogue  (if you save a picture it is "Date Taken")

Preview Pane >9 > 2 is in Save Dialogue also (if you save a picture it is "Specify Date Taken")

So they are no longer unknown.

Edit: Found only in Snipping Tool Save Dialog

Yes it is.

Here's pic of Preview Pane text colors:



Red is Preview Pane > 5
Orange                   >6
Green                    >7>1
Blue                       >7>2

Preview Pane >8  is in Save Dialogue  (if you save a picture it is "Date Taken")

Preview Pane >9 > 2 is in Save Dialogue also (if you save a picture it is "Specify Date Taken)

These are found only in the Snipping Tool save dialog

I can't find Preview Pane > 9 > 1 textcolor yet

"Add a search filter" is Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Boxes > Edit > Basic > Edit Text > Disabled

Still working on other one. I can't get that message so I can look

Explorer & Shell > Explorer > TreeView > Tree Item: Hot, Selected etc. Color the images

Finally found it:

Address, Breadcrumbs & Search > Address > Go Toolbar > Basic > Normal > Active > Button. Color the image(Hot, Pressed etc). It is also behind the Refresh.

Had a hell of a time finding this