Visibility issues with new Vista theme

[midiboy]

Hi !

Tried the new Vista theme. Looks great !

However,

as you can see in the screenshot, the default colours are not very distinguishable from the new background image. Especially the white text at the bottom of the screen and the yellow items on the lower left are extremely hard to read.

Can this be changed anywhere as a workaround ?

Could the default be changed for the next version ?

Thanks,

Alex

Edited May 4, 2008 by midiboy

[Kelsenellenelvian]

LOL yeah I forgot to change the colors.

Look in the Vista theme folder and open wpi.css with notepad. In here you will find the color values for the text (And things like font sizes)

Remember it recognizes html color codes. SO google html color code chart if you need help with that.

[cool400]

Hi Kel,

this was the same issue I had - I couldn't ready anything in the bottom left corner.

So it's easy to change the font-color and maybe the font itself via the CSS-file, right?

BTW, have you heard anything from the "button"-guy about which font/app he used for the english buttons, because I want to have them in german!

Best regards

cool400

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Yes it is very easy to change the font and size via the css files. No I haven't been able to get ahold of him yet.

[mritter]

I think I had WolfX2 put the text on the dock images. Any one can do it:

Take the no text image, copy it, load it into a graphics program, put some text over it, merge the layers. You then have a blank image and a text image. The code fades them in/out to give the appearance of several images. Be sure to call them the correct names.

[cool400]

Thanks - I will try it out! I just wondered which font has been used and how I could obtain the "shadow"-effect?

BTW, what do I have to change in the wpi.css to change the font and the color of the main-page (where all apps and their checkboxes are listed)? There are so many sections - I don't know which one is the right one

Best regards and thanks a lot

cool400

[Kelsenellenelvian]

.txt <-- REGULAR TEXT i.e. Entries names.

{

font-family: SegoeUI;

font-weight: bold;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 8pt;

margin-left: 5px;

margin-right: 10px;

}

.gtxt <-- Grayed condition text.

{

font-family: SegoeUI;

font-weight: bold;

color: #A0522D;

font-size: 8pt;

margin-left: 5px;

margin-right: 10px;

}

.ftxt <-- Forced install text.

{

font-family: SegoeUI;

font-weight: bold;

color: #FF0000;

font-size: 8pt;

margin-left: 5px;

margin-right: 10px;

}

.chktxt <-- Checked text.

{

font-family: SegoeUI;

font-weight: bold;

color: #EBB313;

font-size: 8pt;

margin-left: 5px;

margin-right: 10px;

}

.side <-- Left side labels.

{

font-family: SegoeUI;

font-weight: bold;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 12pt;

margin-left: 10px;

margin-right: 10px;

margin-top: 0px;

margin-bottom: 0px;

}

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Wolf ALWAYS uses Photoshop cs3...

I would just use segeo-ui font as that is vistas main font style. as for the raised effect I dunno.

[midiboy]

Hi Kelsenellenelvian,

thanks for the infos. Which colors will you be using for the next version ? Would make sense to make the same changes for now ...

Thanks,

Alex

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Actually wolf has decided to try and best me for the vista theme so I am not even sure if this will be the same theme in the next version

So go ahead and use whatever colors are most visible to you and maybe even post your wpi.css for others to use.

[cool400]

Hi Kel,

I found out that using the new Vista-theme the mouseover-boxes disappeared

I can't see my app-descriptions/-pictures anymore...have you disabled this feature in this theme?

Best regards

cool400