Win7 Ultimate, and my transparency is fine...

I tried sub'ing in all your files and got (1). Why the color is different I
can't tell. I compared both directories and didn't find any difference that
could account for it.

I reapplied my customizations and got (2). I'm going to go with it - it's an
improvement anyway.

Thanks for all your help!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:admin@vysa...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM
> To: kairys@comc...; 'DQSD users mailing list'
> Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
>
> Here's some interesting articles on Win7 Transparency...
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/75413-aero-glass-transparency.html
>
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-
> US/w7desktop/thread/86f4a9f6-2
> 6ac-4eaf-a378-c3f1638ec6dc
>
> http://vimeo.com/6110195
>
> http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/45848-my-taskbar-doesnt-isnt-
> transp
> arent.html
>
> BTW, what version of Win7 are you running?  (32-bit, Home, Premium,
> Ultimate, etc.)  It seems that some folks running Win7 Home Basic won't
> have Aero "Glass" until upgrade to a better version.
>
> -Matt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kairys@comc...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:03 PM
> To: 'DQSD users mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
>
> > What's your AERO color intensity set at?  Mine is about 45%.  Also, do
> > you
> have "Enable Transparency"
> > checked in your Window Color and Appearance Control Panel
> (Personalization)?
>
> Yes to both; my Window Color and Appearance loks just like yours.
>
> > Weird.  My Win7 (32/64bit) theme and yours look different.  Notice,
> > mine has the little magnifying glass and the font size is different?
>
> I have changed my font in localsearch.css:
>
> .txtfld, .clock
> {
>   background: #000000;
>   font : calibri;
>   font-size : 13;
>   font-weight : normal;
> }
>
> I put the chevron on the left and hid the "banner/logo" button in
> localprefs.js:
>
> buttonalign = "left";
> bannerurl = "";
>
> If I back those out it looks like the attached.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:admin@vysa...]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:43 PM
> > To: kairys@comc...; 'DQSD users mailing list'
> > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
> >
> > Weird.  My Win7 (32/64bit) theme and yours look different.  Notice,
> > mine has the little magnifying glass and the font size is different?
> > My chevrons
> > ">>" are on the right side...yours on the left.   My guess is you have
> > some
> > sort of hybrid .css action going on.
> >
> > The good news is that the color black seems to still have a
> > transparent property with DQSD, so perhaps if you completely wipe out
> > the theme and re-apply mine, you might still make out ok.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kairys@comc...]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:31 PM
> > To: dqsd-users@list...
> > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
> >
> > Yes Matt, I am using your theme.css (and grateful for it! :)
> >
> > I first tried globally substituting transp.gif for 7toolbar1.bmp and
> > got a partial result, see attached. By further experimentation I
> determined:
> >
> > 1.  The reason the effect was partial is body did not have a
> > background specified; when I added it I got the whole thing 2.
> > Whether I used 7toolbar1.bmp or transp.gif didn't seem to make a
> > difference 3.  The relevant changes were to body and .txtfld, .clock,
> > and moving those to localsearch.css achieved the same effect.
> >
> > I have never seen actual transparency...
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:admin@vysa...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:19 PM
> > > To: kairys@comc...; 'DQSD users mailing list'
> > > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
> > >
> > > Are you not using the THEME.CSS (See attached), which develops the
> > > transparency of the bar?  I've not used localsearch.css for these
> > > color settings.
> > >
> > > If you don't already have it, try reinstalling my complete theme:
> > >
> > > http://www.vysa.net.dqsd.zip
> > >
> > > -Matt
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kairys@comc...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 2:10 PM
> > > To: 'DQSD users mailing list'
> > > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for your reply; glad to know someone is listening :)
> > >
> > > Attached seems to be as close as I can get; I got it by setting body
> > > and .txtfld background to black as you suggested:
> > >
> > > /* localsearch.css ... */
> > >
> > > body
> > > {
> > >   background: #000000;
> > > }
> > >
> > > .txtfld, .clock
> > > {
> > >   background: #000000;
> > >   font : calibri;
> > >   font-size : 13;
> > >   font-weight : normal;
> > > }
> > >
> > > I saw no difference from using transp.gif instead of 7toolbar1.bmp,
> > i.e.
> > >
> > > background: #000000 url(transp.gif) repeat-x fixed top;
> > >
> > > It's not transparent but at least it's not bright blue :)
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:admin@vysa...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 1:15 PM
> > > To: 'DQSD users mailing list'; kairys@comc...
> > > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
> > >
> > > I should have mentioned to use the previously attached file in place
> > > of 7toolbar1.bmp (just find/replace in the .css and change to
> > > transp.gif).  Be sure the transp.gif file exists in the DQSD folder
> > > next to the 7toolbar1.bmp.
> > >
> > > If that works, you may need to remove the black pixels in dqsd.png
> > > (little magnifying glass icon) and make them “transparent” (alpha
> > > channel) as well.
> > > If the transp.gif works, you may need to add a few colored pixels at
> > > the very top of the file to best match the embossed look at the top
> > > of the taskbar (as seen in the 7toolbar1.bmp).  I recommend you do
> > > all of this in Photoshop.
> > >
> > > I’ve not installed the latest IE9, so please reply with whether or
> > > not you got it to look better.  Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Matt
> > >
> > > From: Admin-VYSA [mailto:admin@vysa...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:50 PM
> > > To: kairys@comc...; 'DQSD users mailing list'
> > > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
> > >
> > > Hi Mike:
> > >
> > > Did you try using this .GIF file I included in my Win7 x64 Theme
> > > which uses the Alpha Channel that IE9’s adoption of the RGBA color
> > > space uses?  Also, you might want to try all black (RGB: 0/0/0).
> > >
> > > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kairys@comc...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:40 PM
> > > To: dqsd-users@list...
> > > Subject: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Rather quiet is this list… I hope someone is still reading it :)
> > >
> > > I’ve written a few times about my problems getting the search bar to
> > > sit transparently in my Windows 7 taskbar. I had it looking pretty
> > > good until I installed IE 9 beta, and now it’s a light blue for some
> > > reason. See attached.
> > >
> > > Please can anyone tell me how to control this. I would be happy to
> > > force it to the same color as my task bar if I could; I’ve tried
> > > putting colors in my localsearch.css for .txtfld, .clock background
> > > but the color I get seems not to be related to the color I put in,
> > > and it doesn’t cover the whole area anyway.
> > >
> > > Any advice appreciated.