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Background on Pop-up menues...
Published on January 5, 2011 By neone6 In Skinning

Backgrounds on Pop-up menues...

Almost finished when I discover that when I try 2 change the background on Pop-up menues and favourites it shows in skinstudio as if it will be applied, but then when I launch the skin......Just white background-nothing changed...  Did this procedure as with the rest of how you change backgrounds on shellparts, but here with the pop-up menues...Shows in skinstudio but when launched, Nothing, no change.  PLEASE HELP ME, I´m almost finished with the rest of the skin.../Andrew/neone6. (The guy who got the bag 4 "LAB" )


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on Jan 05, 2011

No need to post twice neone6. Once is enough. Be patient.

on Jan 05, 2011

Hmm, sounds strange, other that some text issues these are pretty much straight forward graphics.

would you post a picture of what your pop-up background shows in SKS and what the result is when applied.

on Jan 05, 2011

Idont know how 2 put a pic. here, But theres really no need. It´s as simple as this: I choose the picture in the "skin picturelist".....then it shows like it should in SKS. Then I SAVE SKIN, Launch it, and rightclicks 4 the menue...MENUE comes alright, but with a simple whiteish background......looks like somekind of default.... ?

P L E A S E help me, this is my second skin. My first was based on another so I never did this from SCRATCH..... 

on Jan 05, 2011

No need to post twice neone6. Once is enough. Be patient.
I´m sorry....Just so worried about the whole thing... It should work like I do it 

on Jan 05, 2011

There are 2 types of pop up menus on XP one is the main menu right click etc... The other is for favorites and start menu pop up .Thee first menu needs a png file but the favorites and start menu pop up MUST be bmp.

on Jan 05, 2011

Also if it happens under right click on the desktop the take a look at the 1st state of the menu item as it is painted on top of the menu!

BTW....

Idont know how 2 put a pic. here

Just get the problem to show the press the PrtScr button  paste in PhotoShop and save as jpg ....Then goto imageshack.com upload copy the code that says Direct link , come back here in the box we are typing into there is a button with a tree on it click it paste code in top box ( image url)

on Jan 05, 2011

It´s NOT the startmenue,allprograms pop-ups.....A ping huh...? Hmmmmm.

on Jan 05, 2011

his is the problem ! 

on Jan 05, 2011

neone6
his is the problem ! 

Reduced 60%

Original 1000 x 500
Split picture -sks and desktop with menue.

on Jan 05, 2011

And how do I make the "blue" color when its highligfhted into another color, preferrybly transparent...I´m sooo new 2 this haha....But SUPER KARMA 4 YOUR SUPPORT !!

on Jan 05, 2011

1st after clicking Background on the left of SKS then look at the tabs on the bottom of SKS you will see a Tabb called "Extra Settings" click on it then the second option down called "Use Flat Menus" by default it is set to enabled you must set to disabled in the check box to the right.

2nd as for the mouse over item defaultly it is a .bmp file to make it trans parent you must mmake the image and save as a .png with transparent background note it is 5 states.

My best advice would be to download a good quality skin 4+ stars and then open it in SKS (you can have more than one instance of SKS open at one time) this way you can click a part in your skinn and click the same part in another skin and see how they did it !

on Jan 05, 2011

@ A/VMAN. WTG

on Jan 05, 2011

Thee first menu needs a png file but the favorites and start menu pop up MUST be bmp.

thanks for tip on the favorites menu Harley, always wondered why it looked weird.

And how do I make the "blue" color when its highligfhted into another color, preferrybly transparent

that is the menu item listed below the background. you need to have a graphic for that unless you want a solid color then it can be changed from the "change skin colors" section. click on the combo box to select system colors. color is on the third row down, second color from the left. but solid colors look shitty. I guess you can use the margin or text margin setting to place it where you want.

neone6, it doesn't look like you're that close to finishing this blind.

I'll take a look at the blind if you want, PM me for my email address and some info on packaging it up.

on Jan 05, 2011

Wuuuuww..You guyz    Awesome! I´m gonna fix this now... T H X 2 YOU !

-@GMC2: I´m gonna send it 2 soon with some Q´s....

SUPERKARMA all the way !!!

on Jan 05, 2011

SUPERKARMA all the way !!!

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