--- In [email protected], "brucexs" <bswit...@...> wrote: > There is not much you can do, so maybe you want to experiment as > follows: > 1. Set the position and size you want for the bar. > 2. Open bar properties>>bars and menus. Play with own text color, > own background color to get the color you want. Use the apply > button to see different choices without leaving config dialog. > 3. Go to bar tab and play with gradient -- try values between 50 > and 150 and use the checkbox to see whether you like vertical > or horizontal. Use apply to experiment. > 4. Try round bar and then round buttons settings to see if you > like that. Keep at 4 or less. > 5. Add a shadow. > 6. Go bar to bars and menu tab and play with own press colors and > own hover color and associated gradients.
Thanks. That's a good start. I was thinking there was more, based on the section "skins only rarely needed" in the "Creating skins" topic in the help. In particular, I was thinking about how I'd generate something like I see described in the "bar/subbar model" of the skin design section. The hints about using png backgrounds with transparency made me wonder what was possible... Paul
