I got this so far,a little fine tuning to do then I'll update the post.

You told me this sometime ago and I know it's in your maps , it's a cool find,that area had bugged me for ages,Thanks  

The arrows are here-
C:\Windows\System32\en-US\sdiageng.dll.mui  - they are named  " EXPAND.PNG " and  " COLLAPSE.PNG "   in the html folder  

  Note : Give  your new images the same name as the originals, see above.

   

3 is harder than it looks, maybe  a .png in an RCData folder somewhere ...( like those gadgets  window arrows  )   

The larger white area might be a system color  going by the system text colors in that window,the separator might be in action centercpl.dll or action center.dll/ Diagcpl.dll ui files .Bitmaps
  Looks like we're playing with this for a few hours

Sounds like a real choker.... I've never had this bug,not on my old pc or my new one.

Maybe  Appcontrolmodule  is  the combobox area  in the "save as"  explorer windows, just a guess .  

Should work on any <element>

OK,  Thanks .

That's pretty good.  

Any way that bit of  code (  direction="rtl" )  can be added to the shellstyle?

You just have to remake the images   at those locations with corners instead of curves, easy as that.Your new images don't have to be the  same size as the original aero ones.
  You'll probably hear this a lot :it's sometimes a good idea to open someone else's theme up in vsb to get an understanding of how they did certain things...

Windows and Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Close Button > Normal Button > Active and Inactive   > CONTENTMARGIN:MARGINS

This is what the numbers are for ( left, right, top, bottom)

If you increase the number for left by 2,you'll have to decrease the number for right  by 2  to stop the glyph from squashing, same for top and bottom ( you can use "-" minus  numbers here as well ..  ,don't go too far left or the close button glyph  will turn into the restore button,this goes for all 3 caption button glyphs, you can only move them so far..

The file  must've got corrupted in the upload....

No problem, I'll PM you a link   

Here's a screen of a theme I did,those buttons are 14x14 mounted in the middle of a 28x24 transparent background,I'd suggest mounting them in a  transparent background the same size as the original aero  buttons for your first go .
   Took me a while when I first did these,if you get really stuck I'll send you this  theme  and you can open it  in vsb to see how I did it...



  

whoa that is fucking messed up o_O

so at least its definitely not theme related

  I  just installed your fonts,ran a test and I get the bug, so, I'd say it has something to do with the font  you are using.
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  Picture of test with your font installed..

Agreed, a messed up one,it's strange how it's  is ok in your default aero theme.

Does it mess up  in any other custom themes?

damn that really sucks :/

but funny when i load the default aero style the snipping tool appears to be just fine, switch back to mine ... epic fail

  Just tried your theme and it shows up fine for me  (Win7 64bit).

Have you tried scrolling down ?,for me the info is under the error list,not a cure but maybe a work around

You can also change the colorizationopacity : int to "0" at

Windows and Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Frames > Window > Top > Active , Inactive.....

No I'm NOT talking about pinned, the picture  was before I posted the other values when you decided to tell us you had quick launch enabled.YOU are the one with the problem ,not me.

Regarding your taskbar,I told you last night it can be done in your theme with quick launch enabled,I've done it,it boots up and stays the same size, you're doing something wrong,that's why it won't work for you.Stick at it ,you'll work it out,all the info is here so there's no point in asking the question over and over....

Unlucky, it worked for me . Can't help you any further 

If you're using the old xml's try here-

Vista Legacy > Taskbar & Tray Notify > Taskbar > Basic > Toolbar > Button

Now we understand the problem we can fix it quicker, maybe....

Change the content margins here to 0, 0, 0, 0   -

Taskbar & System Tray > TaskBar > Basic > ToolBar > Button

 

That's your theme,the one I've uploaded twice, it stops the same after a reboot on my pc  as well !!! end of!!!

Last go for me,still not too sure what you're on about.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4a6w9x511kz6fjo

You mean this,if not,I've no idea what you're talking about

http://www.mediafire.com/?bk3lv2i3o006nd9

Those are the settings I use for a 24px high  taskbar.  I'm not sure what you're trying to do then  , I must be misunderstanding the question.

For the taskbar try these settings for the content margins at  these locations-

contentmargin:margins  6, 6, 4, 4

Taskbar & System Tray > TaskBand > Basic > TaskBand > TaskItemButton

Taskbar & System Tray > TaskBand > Basic > TaskBand (SmallIcons) > TaskItemButton

see if this remains the same  size after reboot,if it does try   6, 6, 3, 3  etc....

Use your original image and paste it (in the centre) onto a  transparent background that is the same height but maybe 16 px wider(this figure is a rough guess, you'll have to play around)

Should be working

You could go to the win7 folder at -

C:\Program Files (x86)\AveApps\Windows Style Builder\Data

open it,open the classmap .xml in notepad, do a search for backgroundshinelayer, if it shows up you know  your files have been replaced.

  If everything checks out,I don't know what the problem is. Panda probably has an answer.

 You must've gone wrong somewhere  , if the old locations are showing up the files in the win 7 folder haven't  been replaced.Try again , open the data folder (.....AveApps\Windows Style Builder\Data  ), follow the instructions in the post.

Panda said they're probably defaulted from  WTL.

Does anyone have any  keyboard   uses / shortcuts   for WSB ?  please add to this post if you do.
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F1  =  WSB Wiki documentation ( if available )
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To test a Balloon-

Test your theme in WSB.
In the Control  Preview window select  the  Boxes  tab.
In the Boxes window select the password box.
Press Caps Lock on your keyboard, this should throw a balloon out.
Try positioning  the Control Preview window so the password box is to the left,right,top or bottom of your screen to show the various states of the balloon.

[Add the font here-Explorer & Shell > Explorer > TreeView > TreeItemIt will be the same font for all states (normal,hot....) ,it works like 3am said it would ,maybe try a few fonts using regular and bold option,this way you'll see the changes.Just tried the Arial font and you can see the difference between Regular and Bold .]

Add the font here-
Explorer & Shell > Explorer > TreeView > TreeItem

It will be the same font for all states (normal,hot....)  ,it works like 3am said it would ,maybe try a few fonts using regular  and bold option,this way you'll see the changes.Just tried the Arial font and you can see the difference between Regular and Bold .

Add image to Explorer Items View Background
See Hjyknights video in his post in this thread

http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1130.msg5968#msg5968

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK,MAKE BACKUPS OF  ORIGINAL FILES,MAKE A NEW SYSTEM RESTORE POINT.

Note:: Images will also show up in other windows that originaly use the items view fillcolor-
[ Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Items View > ItemsView > fillcolor:color]

You will have to take ownership of explorerframe.dll in order to rename it.
Download for files needed at the bottom of the post.

1-Open windows /System32 folder,copy  Explorerframe.dll,paste it to your desktop.
2-Open the Explorerframe.dll on your desktop  with Restorator,
  navigate the tree to  "UIFILE 40960"  replace it with the 40960 UIFILE  you have downloaded.Hit save in Restorator.
3-Go back into System32 folder and rename Explorerframe.dll to Explorerframe.dll.bak.(KEEP AS BACKUP)
4-Drag the  modified Explorerframe.dll from your desktop into the system32 folder.
5-Navigate to-  C:\Program Files \AveApps\Windows Style Builder\Data\Win7  folder.
rename the classmap to classmap original (KEEP AS BACKUP).
Drag the classmap in the download folder into the data folder.
 
Thats it,open WSB, you will now have the option to add images at


Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Items View > ItemsView > <6> > <1>  to <6>  - for different  window/views

To add images you need to add these properties-

BGTYPE:ENUM  Imagefile
SIZINGTYPE:ENUM  Tile,Stretch,truesize
SIZINGMARGIN:MARGINS -  Your margins
IMAGEFILE:FILENAME  - This will open a window for you to browse for the image you want to add.

http://www.mediafire.com/?glxt8ufdk2ecqae

I noticed the original hex color also  didn't match.Just taken a screen shot of original wmp and you can see the change in the  textcolor on the command bar background  gradient(different colors at the top and bottom of the text) ,so...another translucent textcolor