Windows titlebar question

[jbv]

Dear list,

Is it possible to remove the standard ugly blue Windows border
around a stack while keeping the title bar (with title, close box, etc),

or at least change the color of that border + color of title bar ?

I've tried every possible combination of decorations, but no luck...

I also searched the archives and it looks like some ppl set the
decorations to empty, and then handle their own resize buttons and
close box...

Again, I'm using Rev 2.5...

Thanks,
JB

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Windows titlebar question

[Richmond Mathewson]

At the risk of stating the obvious:

the best way to get rid of  "the standard ugly blue
Windows border
around a stack" is to install Linux

and this is not as trivial as it seems . . .

because unlike Windows, Linux offers a tremendous
variety of Window
managers and a large amount of Themes for each Window
manager.

This means that you can hack your Linux interface to
pieces and back again, making your own, entirely
individualistic GUI

which is not bad for something that is Free

while paying for an operating system that works on the
"one-size fits all" theory seems a bit daft (unless,
of course, you want to conform).

sincerely, Richmond Mathewson



"Its time to do Philosophy and stop worrying about what dead men said."

   Mathewson 2006




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Windows titlebar question

[Richmond Mathewson]

Sorry, jbv!

How about using a custom shape - a white square /
rectangle say,
and a 2 bit mask?

You can then make a fake title-bar at the top

then you should not have the unpleasant borders . . .

see WINDOWSHAPE in the documentation

sincerely, Richmond Mathewson



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Re: Windows titlebar question

[Mark Smith]

JB, not a windows expert, but I think the story is the same cross- 
platform. The window decorations are provided by the OS, rather than  
Rev itself, so unless you know how to hack your OS's window manager  
(I think there are tools out there for doing this), then setting the  
decorations to empty and rolling your own is the only way to go, I  
believe.


Best,

Mark

On 20 Dec 2006, at 15:44, jbv wrote:


Dear list,

Is it possible to remove the standard ugly blue Windows border
around a stack while keeping the title bar (with title, close box,  
etc),


or at least change the color of that border + color of title bar ?

I've tried every possible combination of decorations, but no luck...

I also searched the archives and it looks like some ppl set the
decorations to empty, and then handle their own resize buttons and
close box...

Again, I'm using Rev 2.5...

Thanks,
JB

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Re: Windows titlebar question

[jbv]

Richmond,

Very good suggestion, but the app I'm working for will
be distributed to hundreds of doctors... I just can't imagine
adding a prompt saying "in order to run this app, please
install Linux first"...

JB

> At the risk of stating the obvious:
>
> the best way to get rid of  "the standard ugly blue
> Windows border
> around a stack" is to install Linux
>
> and this is not as trivial as it seems . . .
>
> because unlike Windows, Linux offers a tremendous
> variety of Window
> managers and a large amount of Themes for each Window
> manager.
>
> This means that you can hack your Linux interface to
> pieces and back again, making your own, entirely
> individualistic GUI
>
> which is not bad for something that is Free
>
> while paying for an operating system that works on the
> "one-size fits all" theory seems a bit daft (unless,
> of course, you want to conform).
>
> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

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Re: Windows titlebar question

[Richard Gaskin]

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

because unlike Windows, Linux offers a tremendous
variety of Window
managers and a large amount of Themes for each Window
manager.

This means that you can hack your Linux interface to
pieces and back again, making your own, entirely
individualistic GUI

which is not bad for something that is Free

while paying for an operating system that works on the
"one-size fits all" theory seems a bit daft (unless,
of course, you want to conform).


One man's conformance is another man's consistency:






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Re: Windows titlebar question

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, jbv wrote:

> Is it possible to remove the standard ugly blue Windows border
> around a stack while keeping the title bar (with title, close box, etc),

Really the only way to do this is to create your own titlebar/frame and
controls.  The only "gotcha" I've personally run into is if someone changes
screen resolution while running your stack, window dragging coordinates can
get messed up.  But with 2.7 we now have desktopChanged message that can be
checked to help address this.


Recently, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> because unlike Windows, Linux offers a tremendous
> variety of Window
> managers and a large amount of Themes for each Window
> manager.

While not an answer to JBV's question, I'm not sure how you can imply there
are not a large number of themes for Windows.  5 minutes of search will
arrive at these few:






Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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