Help needed skinning start menu

July 17, 2008 6:07 PM from

Hi

I was wondering if anyone could help

Im skinning the start menu at the moment. All was fine until i skinned the top part (sp_top)
I dont want to use this part so firstly i made a blank png.

It has made the rest of the menu all squished wrong.
Even if i rest it back to the original image its still all squished thin with the shutdown buttons in the wrong place and the
vista icon box all over the place

Ive also tried putting it to no image defined - which doesnt work
Also tried changing the painting margins

Hopefully someone can help cause im not sure what else to try

Cheers

skinning

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Reply #1 July 17, 2008 6:22 PM from

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There is alot that could be going wrong. Can you post a screenshot?

Reply #2 July 17, 2008 6:41 PM from

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This was originally wider and not so tall
With the shutdown buttons and vist icon in their respective correct places

Btw the image sp_top is now blank except for that little red square which i was using to try to fix it

Reply #3 July 17, 2008 6:46 PM from

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The width setting of the top bar was controlling the width of the right pane in the start panel.

In the right panes's settings, adjust the image size (width) until you are satisfied. You can find it under "extra" in sks6 and in sks 5 it's in the image properties.

Reply #4 July 17, 2008 6:57 PM from

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Ok thanks for that NT

Ive not got it sitting perfect yet but i can see the changes it makes and ill play about till ive got it working.

Cheers again

Reply #5 July 19, 2008 3:03 PM from

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Ive managed to fix everything here except the vista icon thing. It will not shift from that left hand area. Does anyone know how to move it back to its default position on the right?

Reply #6 July 19, 2008 3:35 PM from

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Using the Text margins for the top panel adjusts the User Icon in Vista.

Reply #7 July 19, 2008 4:17 PM from

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I think ive just bugged it out or something, shifting these even by -3000 or +3000 doesnt move it. Ive rebuilt the skin to get round it

Reply #8 July 20, 2008 11:32 AM from

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Reply #9 July 22, 2008 9:37 AM from

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I have had the same problem with vista icon, dad to save multiple times before it took.

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