Going Nuts on a Text Issue!

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I have a text issue on the programs panel area in Windows Vista and Windows 7.  All of my skinning software is up to date.

In the programs panel when I click anything the text almost grays out and you cannot read it easily (as shown in the left image), and everything else you mouseover cannot be read either. However, if I move my cursor out of the programs panel and back into it, the text color is as it should be (as shown in right image).  I am using separate mouseover images for the programs and places panels, and this is the only skin that seems to be having the issue.  I would hate to have to completely restart the skin from scratch as it is really close to being finished (designed for XP, Vista and 7). I have spent many hours over the last 3 weeks trying to figure this out, but to no avail. All the text colors are set correctly.   :(

 

Any assistance would be really appreciated.

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You were already nuts......just sayin'...... :grin:

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well thanks Jim! ;P :P :rofl:

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Another really great looking skin Tom! :thumbsup:

Pay no attention to whatzhisname. ;)

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Are you saying you have different "Mousover items" The frames around the text for Programs & Places ??

I Fiddle alot with those parts & i can almost certainly say that it´s got to do with the color settings for the Text....

You should ONLY set text colors in Programs/Places lists & keep font OS Default, & In Item mouseover Have The color set to OS Default & There set the font.

Also some times you actually have to have several color boxes to choose the color from so the places & programs do not use the same one although same color as it will behave erradically otherwise (Like you experience now. :sun:

 

Edit: When this problem you experience occurs it´s quite hard to get it right, but experiment with what I suggested & you´ll be okay.

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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

deffinatley listen to neone6 on this one Tom...he really knows what hes talking about, and fixed this issue several times on his skins.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Tom is tha greyed out text the same color as the color you have set for your main window text color? I ask cause just something to check if the DWM is not active or delayed the menu will use window text color .

Example it is a windows service found in the Task Manager if you shut it down you will see several changes in the skin like this area ,Per_pixel info I have recently been seeing this happen on 1 of my PCs.Note if you shut down DWM.exe thru task Manager you will have to use DeskScapes or restart PC to reactivate.

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Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

does the text remain after you refocus/reopen back to the menu or go bonkers again when you reopen?

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Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It was what neone6 said, but it took me doing what AVMAN said to figure out part of the problem too.  Thanks everyone! :thumbsup:

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting gmc2, reply 7
es the text remain after you refocus/reopen back to the menu or go bonkers again when you reopen?

 

It went bonkers again gmc2, all fixed now though, thanks for stepping in!

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 3
Another really great looking skin Tom!

Pay no attention to whatzhisname.

I'll never forget ol' whatzhisname.... o_O