Relax ? the new theme :)

burtporter111 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:13 pm **Posts:** 107

Very nice theme!

I think I've found your horizontal menu glitch. Try changing the tiling in the menu Button Skinning Preferences Panel, so that the tiling for the inactive and active menues is the same. Right now, tiling is set at 10 pixels for active menus and 0 for inactive menus. When I correct that, your problem goes away.

One more niggle from us inverted Workshelf users -- if you don't provide an inverted shelf bitmap, the shading gets reversed (i.e. the inverted workshelf looks like it is lit from below, not above), which looks a bit odd with the rest of the theme. Not a big deal, it's fairly easy to use your bitmaps and cobble up an inverted variation, but just one more thing to add for a "complete" skin pack.

I always do the inverted skins, but never get around to the modules (because I don't use them).

Anyway, great work!

Scarebear · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:06 pm

burtporter111 wrote:

Very nice theme!

I think I've found your horizontal menu glitch. Try changing the tiling in the menu Button Skinning Preferences Panel, so that the tiling for the inactive and active menues is the same. Right now, tiling is set at 10 pixels for active menus and 0 for inactive menus. When I correct that, your problem goes away.

Brilliant! Thanks.

burtporter111 wrote:

One more niggle from us inverted Workshelf users -- if you don't provide an inverted shelf bitmap, the shading gets reversed (i.e. the inverted workshelf looks like it is lit from below, not above), which looks a bit odd with the rest of the theme. Not a big deal, it's fairly easy to use your bitmaps and cobble up an inverted variation, but just one more thing to add for a "complete" skin pack.

I always do the inverted skins, but never get around to the modules (because I don't use them).

Anyway, great work!

Ooh. Good pickup. I never invert. I'll make all of these changes as soon as I get a spare moment. Thanks again

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

Also highlighted at Winstep.net. :wink:

Scarebear · **Posted:** Tue May 06, 2008 8:29 pm

winstep wrote:

Also highlighted at Winstep.net. :wink:

I discovered a bit late that the theme was featured at WC which was great too. Kind of makes a guy want to keep on skinning

Scarebear · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2008 12:40 pm

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One more niggle from us inverted Workshelf users -- if you don't provide an inverted shelf bitmap, the shading gets reversed (i.e. the inverted workshelf looks like it is lit from below, not above), which looks a bit odd with the rest of the theme. Not a big deal, it's fairly easy to use your bitmaps and cobble up an inverted variation, but just one more thing to add for a "complete" skin pack.

To touch on this again, I've managed to find the time to work on the inverted images. And I think for this theme to look its best when inverted the text placement of the labels needs to be adjusted. Is it possible for there to be seperate settings for placement of inverted and normal shelves? Then a user can switch from one to the other without needing to teak the theme each time.

Or did I miss something again?

burtporter111 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:13 pm **Posts:** 107

I've had the same problem (in the Vienna theme, for instance). I'd second the request.

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

Not sure if duplicating a LOT of settings is the way to go... but, alternativelly, I can make WorkShelf automatically 'adjust' (invert) the coordinates for the text and invert the mini-tab icons. How's that?

Scarebear · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2008 9:35 pm

winstep wrote:

Not sure if duplicating a LOT of settings is the way to go... but, alternativelly, I can make WorkShelf automatically 'adjust' (invert) the coordinates for the text and invert the mini-tab icons. How's that?

If it does the job I'd say that's a perfect solution. It would mean no extra effort on my part

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

Perfect solution if it doesn't conflict with older themes providing inverted shelf bitmaps adjusted on purpose to compensate for the problem you guys described... :roll:

Scarebear · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 3:23 am

If I add empty space to one side of the tab images should that do the same job on the inverted images? It's like cheating if it works

burtporter111 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:13 pm **Posts:** 107

Jason, I tried that. As I recall, it works with the tabs, but not with the mini-tab icons.

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