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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:15 pm 
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Windows 8 Dark [Classic and 7 style]


It's Ivo's Windows 8 skins changed to have Win 10 dark opaque greys on the outside submenu, left column, search, and jump views.
No white menus.
Well, one can still force the second column white by going to "Menu Look" settings tab,
and checking the box "Override glass color" and select white "Menu glass color": FFFFFF


If one does not want any color to show on the second column only to show just grey along with a 7 style outside menu edge then:
Check the box "Reduce glass color more" in skin option
Go to "Menu Look" settings tab and adjust one or both of these settings:
Check the box "Override glass color" and select black "Menu glass color": 000000 (actually black, white, or grey will neutralize any color)
Set "Glass opacity": 0 (Classic Shell with Win7 and Win8 don't have this option)

EDIT: Added option to tone down the color mask.
Sometimes nuclear green is just too much color on Windows 10.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 2:47 pm 
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Windows Aero Dark [7style]


I replaced the white menus on the Windows Aero.skin7 file as well.

EDIT:
I had to tweak it a bit more. :)
I changed the original "All Programs" arrow to negative (white inside) so it matches the other arrows.
I put in a 2nd column option to use the original blue-tinted selector button or neutral button.
It's only noticeable when glass color reduced or/and Glass opacity at "0".

EDIT:
Upgraded the 7 style with small changes.

Added a larger 2nd column button option when small icons picked.

Changed the smaller 150% size user picture frame to match the others. Was too thin.
I was going to delete that in-between 64-pixel user picture size, but it's a good compromise to match the 64-pixel hover icons.

Increased the menu border size for 150%.


Added the classic 1/2 style skin too.
As Ivo made the classic 1 column with user picture on top of a colored bar at top of the menu,
I carried that XP top bar over as an option to the 2 column menu.
It's good in that the 2nd column is opaque grey with sharper text. :)
Added Aero pin bitmaps

EDIT:
Added dark scrollbar option for Win7/8.

EDIT: After 1 1/2 years,
I finally fixed the wrong word in the skin options.
Was "Invisible horizontal selectors", now fixed to "Invisible horizontal separators".

While I was there, I added a flat grey pager option,
and a couple of grey selector options (no-reflection gradient and flat) for the dark grey menu views.

EDIT:
In case some users find the flat selector too busy and distracting with its bright border lines,
I added another flatter selector option that removes it.

EDIT: Minor changes to these Aero skins.

The bleeding red x in the search box is now normal Aero blue.
I have no idea why I made it red in the first place. :lol: Red x means delete, not close.
Oh, wait. There is a red x for close in Win 10. :roll:
Just hit the "File" top left corner of Explorer to see it.

For users that are not into blue-colored anything,
I regressed and added an option to neutralize any blue-colored text, pins, new programs, etc, to a flat grey color.

Added a Classic option for small icons on 1st with large icons on 2nd.
I have a feeling the software bug is never going to be fixed,
judging by over 400 issues to be fixed on the Open-Shell/Github web page.
If you never shut down your computer, it's not much of an issue.

Edit: Well, here are the last changes.
Added option for slightly smaller search box magnifier and "x" images.

Retouched the grey Win7 3D pins and any large arrows so they are not so dark around the edges.

Added a larger user name font in the classic skin.

I borrowed that whitish 3D pin icon that sometimes shows up in the top left corner of Dark mode Explorer,
(Pin to taskbar using Manage Application Tools tab),
and added an option to use them as menu pins.

I was going to modify the menu images to be the same as WIN7LIKE,
but ruled against it. Ivo made the Aero menu images for dual purposes.
When the color mask is applied, it looks like Win7. When the color mask is disabled,
it shows the Vista look with the top of the menu gradient brighter than at the bottom.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:26 am 
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Heh...reminds me of this Avalonia theme I've been working on...

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:58 am 
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Ah, Avalonia, just a stone's throw from Armorica.
One of my distant relatives was from there.

I'm sure I've seen your screenshot before.
Your black buttons are nice.


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