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 Post subject: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:51 pm 
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Hello,

I use the Nexus Dock freeware version which is a fantastic program!

Unfortunately, the menus (Folder Menus, Context Menus, ...) are TRANSPARENT which makes them difficult to read. How can I switch OFF the menu transparency?


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:16 pm 
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Who actually invented transparent menus? They are as unnecessary as a goiter, so to speak!


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:26 am 
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PeterPanino wrote:
Hello,

I use the Nexus Dock freeware version which is a fantastic program!

Unfortunately, the menus (Folder Menus, Context Menus, ...) are TRANSPARENT which makes them difficult to read. How can I switch OFF the menu transparency?

Menu transparency is set by the theme - the actual GFX files are transparent or translucent, and this cannot be changed by the user. Use a theme that does not use transparency.

Even the Windows start menu uses some translucency, incidentally.

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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:03 pm 
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I need a theme where the menus are not transparent and where the theme does not have any fancy visual play accessories like dragons or cats or any other not-functional attachments. I need to WORK with the dock and not play with it.

Could you indicate to me such a theme? I have gone through the list of themes in Nexus, but all of them seem to be made for game-players.


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:22 pm 
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I have now downloaded and imported the "Office" theme from https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/winstep/843/

But it also has the SAME transparent menus!


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:49 pm 
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atmospherica has ok menus
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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:08 pm 
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seeker wrote:
atmospherica has ok menus
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Do you have a link?


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:13 pm 
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PeterPanino wrote:
seeker wrote:
atmospherica has ok menus
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Do you have a link?

sorry, dont hye a link, i think its part of nexus ultimate


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:17 pm 
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This also has the same transparent menus:

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It seems that the menu transparency is common to all skins. All skins I have tried have the same transparent menus!


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:24 pm 
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seeker wrote:
PeterPanino wrote:
seeker wrote:
atmospherica has ok menus
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Do you have a link?

sorry, dont hye a link, i think its part of nexus ultimate

but from the link you provided it seems 'office' should have simmilar menus like atmospherica. maybe there is setting somewhere we are missing or a bug. could you screenshot your menus?


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:32 pm 
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PeterPanino wrote:
This also has the same transparent menus:

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It seems that the menu transparency is common to all skins. All skins I have tried have the same transparent menus!

are you using some 3rd poarty software for windows transparency/aero glass?
this isnt what it looks like at my system


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:17 pm 
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seeker wrote:
PeterPanino wrote:
This also has the same transparent menus:

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It seems that the menu transparency is common to all skins. All skins I have tried have the same transparent menus!

are you using some 3rd poarty software for windows transparency/aero glass?
this isnt what it looks like at my system


No. I have Windows 10 x64. And NONE of my other applications has transparent menus. Nexus Dock is the only one that has transparent menus.


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:12 am 
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Hi Peter,

What menu is that? If you're not sure what to call it, describe the steps you use to make that menu appear.


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:48 am 
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DesertDwarf wrote:
Hi Peter,

What menu is that? If you're not sure what to call it, describe the steps you use to make that menu appear.


It is a FOLDER MENU: Drag a folder containing links to programs or documents from Windows File Explorer to the Nexus Dock to create a FOLDER ICON:

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Then click on the FOLDER ICON to open the FOLDER MENU:

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This screenshot of a FOLDER MENU shows also another annoyance: The FOLDER MENU also shows the invisible system files like desktop.ini, setup.ini, and tlbdata.xml.

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The FOLDER MENU should of course HIDE those invisible files.

(BTW, tlbdata.xml is a configuration file of another dock product I have tried before. These invisible files are normally HIDDEN in Windows File Explorer. To create the screenshot, they have been made visible only inside a special program)


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 Post subject: Re: Switch off menu transparency?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:38 pm 
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I don't know of a way to fix either problem.

It appears to get menu transparency from the theme images (PNGs) themselves, but I'm not sure which one defines the backgrounds of the menus.

I don't think Jorge provides any means of filtering files, but that's a pretty good idea.

I apologize for not being much help. Hopefully, Jorge will be back from his hiatus soon and can respond.


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