07-26-2011, 09:16 PM -
Yuri,
Sorry for the very late reply.
For T1 I want a toolbar that has some completely transparent parts. If I use an overlay, the toolbar background defined in the Visual Style is still visible beneath the overlay's transparent parts. I.e. TLB is behaving as I would expect. Even using a resource editor to edit the VS the best you can do is get a toolbar with the aero blur effect on the transparent parts.
In the screenshot below the left half of the overlay image is completely transparent, i.e. blank, and the right half is solid black. I applied the overlay image then set the toolbar translucency to about 70%.
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There is a workaround for this but it's not very convenient: you can make a solid toolbar overlay with the current wallpaper as background to give the illusion of complete transparency. Of course if you change the wallpaper you need to change the overlay. In the screencap below I've done this and set the toolbar translucency to opaque (this was a mock-up so the effect isn't perfect - the overlay is not correctly aligned)
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Thanks for the other enhancements!
Paul
Sorry for the very late reply.
For T1 I want a toolbar that has some completely transparent parts. If I use an overlay, the toolbar background defined in the Visual Style is still visible beneath the overlay's transparent parts. I.e. TLB is behaving as I would expect. Even using a resource editor to edit the VS the best you can do is get a toolbar with the aero blur effect on the transparent parts.
In the screenshot below the left half of the overlay image is completely transparent, i.e. blank, and the right half is solid black. I applied the overlay image then set the toolbar translucency to about 70%.
[attachment=1]
There is a workaround for this but it's not very convenient: you can make a solid toolbar overlay with the current wallpaper as background to give the illusion of complete transparency. Of course if you change the wallpaper you need to change the overlay. In the screencap below I've done this and set the toolbar translucency to opaque (this was a mock-up so the effect isn't perfect - the overlay is not correctly aligned)
[attachment=0]
Thanks for the other enhancements!
Paul