Windows titlebar question

2006-12-20 Thread 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

Re: Windows titlebar question

2006-12-20 Thread 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

Windows titlebar question

2006-12-20 Thread 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

Re: Windows titlebar question

2006-12-20 Thread 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

Re: Windows titlebar question

2006-12-20 Thread 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

Windows titlebar question

2006-12-20 Thread 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

Re: Windows titlebar question

2006-12-20 Thread 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