Hi Bob & Kim, Yes, I do have a mod that will fix the styling to make it look like it is better integrated within the taskbar, but it requires a change to the search.htm file. The last time I made changes to the search.htm file several people on the dev team got nervous, so I haven't pushed the changes back through yet.
I don't personally use the colored styling within XP so I can't say whether this will resolve everyones issues, but if it doesn't then I'm sure it comes very very close. I did just test it within the 'blue' scheme and it looks 100% integrated to me (top & bottom, colors, DQSD box, and clock). And unlike the current styles, it also better handles the margin & padding when using mutliline DQSD input and/or multiple taskbar rows, but that, of course, requires changes to the stylesheets for each layout - and those will need to be tested across different systems to ensure that they're working fine. However, it required changes to a couple things that are bigger than just the scheme. It required a change to the resizing code that may affect any custom personal styles anyone has incorporated, and since a new layout object had to be created to wrap the rest of the DQSD code, it's possible (though unlikely) that some of the code within searches that affect the user interface could be affected. The 'gobutton' functionality is not hampered at all, though, so this is probably just me being overcautious. Would you like me to post the changes here? On a related note, someone (Kim?) said something about auto-detecting the users' current Windows color scheme during installation, and setting the default style to that. Any progress? Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Kim Gräsman > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:25 AM > To: DQSD users mailing list > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Minor Color Scheme Issue > > Hi Bob, > > Yes, I've seen that too, and I think it's because the XP-style color > themes pad their margins with images to blend into the gradient > taskbar. I don't know if there's a good solution for that, I'm not so > good with CSS... > > I think one of the developers looked at the themes at one point > (Shawn?), but I'm not sure if this was addressed? > > Thanks, > - Kim > > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 3:19 AM, Bob Coleman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm using DQSD 4.0.0.3 on XP Home SP3. > > > > I make my task bar "double width" and put DQSD full length on the > > "second line" below the program buttons. > > > > In this configuration, if I use any color scheme other than > "classic" > > the search bar is only about half width. For example, with the blue > > scheme, I should mostly see a white input area surrounded by a blue > > border. In the above described configuration, I see only top of the > > border and what appears to be about half of the white input > field. I > > also see only the upper part of the magnifying glass at the left end > > of the search bar. The search bar still works. It just looks odd. > > > > If I make the task bar "single width" so that the search bar and > > program buttons are next to each other horizontally, the search bar > > in various color schemes looks the way I think it's > intended to look. > > > > This is just an observation. I'm perfectly happy using the classic > > color scheme which doesn't suffer this minor visual effect. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe visit: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
