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« on: January 17, 2015, 08:47:19 pm »

Hello
I upgraded my monitor, from 27" 1920x1080 to 32" 2560x1440
The visual style i use it looks great, except the close / restore / minimize buttons. They are too small now.
So i tried to modify them from the Windows settings, but they look worse ( see attached image, please )
http://postimg.org/image/8xab6bx8l/
My question is : if i try to modify ( make them bigger ) with the software Windows Style Builder, do i have a chance to make those buttons to look better ?!
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2015, 10:56:43 am »

Nobody can't advice me, guys ?
I just want to know how the buttons will look like, if i modify them ( make them a bit bigger ) with Vista Style Builder.
Will they look the same like in the image attached in the first post ?
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2015, 02:14:17 pm »

Looks like you are using bigger glyphs now. Likely 120dpi or 144dpi.

Try replacing all of your 120dpi and 144dpi glyph images with your 96dpi glyph images
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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2015, 12:04:28 am »

Actually, i just made a test when i took the printscreen.
I mean, i went to : Control Panel / Personalization / Windows Color / Advanced Appearance settings / Captain buttons / and there i made the buttons a number bigger.
And then i made the printscreen.
As you can see in the first post on this thread, the buttons look ugly
I would try to modify them with Vista Style Builder, but i'm not good at Photoshop / Gimp / so it will take hours to modify those buttons, and i'm not sure if they will look better after i modify them.
3am, you said " Try replacing all of your 120dpi and 144dpi glyph images with your 96dpi glyph images "
You think they will look better / bigger, if i try this ?
How do i replace them ?
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2015, 12:36:27 am »

After having WSB for 4 years you have never replaced an image by drag/drop or export/import? I guess it's better late than never lol.

By replacing the larger dpi glyphs with the 96dpi ones the new glyphs should fit your buttons.

If you don't know what I mean about glyphs here's a picture:




If you want to make larger button images then learn how to use an image editor.
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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2015, 01:12:27 am »

Do i have to modify all those ???

Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Close Button > Normal Button > Active > Hot and Pressed
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Close Button > Normal Button > Inactive > Hot and Pressed
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Close Button > Lone Button > Active > Hot and Pressed
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Close Button > Lone Button > Inactive > Hot and Pressed
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Restore/Maximize Button > Button > Active > Hot and Pressed
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Restore/Maximize Button > Button > Inactive > Hot and Pressed
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Minimize/Help Button > Button > Active > Hot and Pressed
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Minimize/Help Button > Button > Inactive > Hot and Pressed
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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2015, 01:46:06 am »

Yeah.

But you'll notice that, for example, the images for Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Close Button > Normal Button > Active > Hot, Pressed and Disabled are the same as Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Controls > Captions > Window > Close Button > Normal Button > Inactive > Hot, Pressed and Disabled.

So you'd only have to change the images for the active buttons and the inactive > Normal button and then drag/drop or export/import all the other active button state images to replace the other inactive button state images saving yourself a lot of work.

I still think it'd be easier to replace the glyph images but that's up to you. Good luck.
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2015, 01:57:01 am »

I would replace the glyphs images, but i'm not sure what glyphs images to export and to import
Those buttons are the most difficult part of a visual style, i guess Angry
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2015, 04:22:19 am »

Attached is your msstyles with the glyphs fixed. Hope it's what you want
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2015, 10:10:05 am »

Thank you so much, 3am
I'd really like to know what images did you export / import / replaced
As i said, those buttons i find very very hard to modify. Now i will search on Youtube some videos about how to modify this part of visual style
The green button is not square / quadrat / like the red and the orange one.
http://postimg.org/image/5ydxfboo7/
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« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2015, 02:23:03 pm »

I did exactly what I told you to do with the glyphs. Took 5 minutes.

Ever think of looking for what's different between your old msstyle and the new one?

Your buttons are all the same size. Nothing needs to be fixed.
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« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2015, 10:59:32 pm »

Maybe the visual style - green button, was not square before, too, but i didn't notice.
I will try to modify that with Gimp.
There are two minimize buttons locations. Active and inactive, and in both of them there are 4 menus as well : normal, hot, pressed, disabled
Do i have to modify all of them ?
http://postimg.org/image/x8l88nhnf/
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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2015, 10:47:30 pm »

I still use this visual style but it's hard to understand how is it possible to edit the red button ( close button ) to have a " straight X ??
Here is an attached image how it looks now to me
The X is crooked Smiley

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=35109565358085678940

And here is my visual style :
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=70460116323529318105

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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2015, 01:29:58 am »

There's nothing wrong with your button.
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2015, 01:44:19 am »

I tried again to modify it, it looks like this now :
http://www.filedropper.com/dwmwindowclosebuttonactiveimage
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« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2015, 01:50:23 am »

whatever
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« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2015, 02:20:06 pm »

Thank you
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« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2015, 05:54:26 pm »

I wish i could add something like this, for the caption buttons.
Anyone knows how to do that, please ?
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http://postimg.org/image/651a52mrn/
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