Here's some interesting articles on Win7 Transparency... http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/75413-aero-glass-transparency.html
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7desktop/thread/86f4a9f6-2 6ac-4eaf-a378-c3f1638ec6dc http://vimeo.com/6110195 http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/45848-my-taskbar-doesnt-isnt-transp arent.html BTW, what version of Win7 are you running? (32-bit, Home, Premium, Ultimate, etc.) It seems that some folks running Win7 Home Basic won't have Aero "Glass" until upgrade to a better version. -Matt -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kai...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:03 PM To: 'DQSD users mailing list' Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > What's your AERO color intensity set at? Mine is about 45%. Also, do > you have "Enable Transparency" > checked in your Window Color and Appearance Control Panel (Personalization)? Yes to both; my Window Color and Appearance loks just like yours. > Weird. My Win7 (32/64bit) theme and yours look different. Notice, > mine has the little magnifying glass and the font size is different? I have changed my font in localsearch.css: .txtfld, .clock { background: #000000; font : calibri; font-size : 13; font-weight : normal; } I put the chevron on the left and hid the "banner/logo" button in localprefs.js: buttonalign = "left"; bannerurl = ""; If I back those out it looks like the attached. > -----Original Message----- > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:ad...@vysa.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:43 PM > To: kai...@comcast.net; 'DQSD users mailing list' > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > > Weird. My Win7 (32/64bit) theme and yours look different. Notice, > mine has the little magnifying glass and the font size is different? > My chevrons > ">>" are on the right side...yours on the left. My guess is you have > some > sort of hybrid .css action going on. > > The good news is that the color black seems to still have a > transparent property with DQSD, so perhaps if you completely wipe out > the theme and re-apply mine, you might still make out ok. > > -Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kai...@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:31 PM > To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > > Yes Matt, I am using your theme.css (and grateful for it! :) > > I first tried globally substituting transp.gif for 7toolbar1.bmp and > got a partial result, see attached. By further experimentation I determined: > > 1. The reason the effect was partial is body did not have a > background specified; when I added it I got the whole thing 2. > Whether I used 7toolbar1.bmp or transp.gif didn't seem to make a > difference 3. The relevant changes were to body and .txtfld, .clock, > and moving those to localsearch.css achieved the same effect. > > I have never seen actual transparency... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:ad...@vysa.net] > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:19 PM > > To: kai...@comcast.net; 'DQSD users mailing list' > > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > > > > Are you not using the THEME.CSS (See attached), which develops the > > transparency of the bar? I've not used localsearch.css for these > > color settings. > > > > If you don't already have it, try reinstalling my complete theme: > > > > http://www.vysa.net.dqsd.zip > > > > -Matt > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kai...@comcast.net] > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:10 PM > > To: 'DQSD users mailing list' > > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > > > > Thanks so much for your reply; glad to know someone is listening :) > > > > Attached seems to be as close as I can get; I got it by setting body > > and .txtfld background to black as you suggested: > > > > /* localsearch.css ... */ > > > > body > > { > > background: #000000; > > } > > > > .txtfld, .clock > > { > > background: #000000; > > font : calibri; > > font-size : 13; > > font-weight : normal; > > } > > > > I saw no difference from using transp.gif instead of 7toolbar1.bmp, > i.e. > > > > background: #000000 url(transp.gif) repeat-x fixed top; > > > > It's not transparent but at least it's not bright blue :) > > > > > > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:ad...@vysa.net] > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 1:15 PM > > To: 'DQSD users mailing list'; kai...@comcast.net > > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > > > > I should have mentioned to use the previously attached file in place > > of 7toolbar1.bmp (just find/replace in the .css and change to > > transp.gif). Be sure the transp.gif file exists in the DQSD folder > > next to the 7toolbar1.bmp. > > > > If that works, you may need to remove the black pixels in dqsd.png > > (little magnifying glass icon) and make them transparent (alpha > > channel) as well. > > If the transp.gif works, you may need to add a few colored pixels at > > the very top of the file to best match the embossed look at the top > > of the taskbar (as seen in the 7toolbar1.bmp). I recommend you do > > all of this in Photoshop. > > > > Ive not installed the latest IE9, so please reply with whether or > > not you got it to look better. Thanks! > > > > -Matt > > > > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:ad...@vysa.net] > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:50 PM > > To: kai...@comcast.net; 'DQSD users mailing list' > > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > > > > Hi Mike: > > > > Did you try using this .GIF file I included in my Win7 x64 Theme > > which uses the Alpha Channel that IE9s adoption of the RGBA color > > space uses? Also, you might want to try all black (RGB: 0/0/0). > > > > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kai...@comcast.net] > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:40 PM > > To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again > > > > Hello all, > > > > Rather quiet is this list I hope someone is still reading it :) > > > > Ive written a few times about my problems getting the search bar to > > sit transparently in my Windows 7 taskbar. I had it looking pretty > > good until I installed IE 9 beta, and now its a light blue for some > > reason. See attached. > > > > Please can anyone tell me how to control this. I would be happy to > > force it to the same color as my task bar if I could; Ive tried > > putting colors in my localsearch.css for .txtfld, .clock background > > but the color I get seems not to be related to the color I put in, > > and it doesnt cover the whole area anyway. > > > > Any advice appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
