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WB11/Skin studio 11 Request & Issues

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WB11/Skin studio 11 Request & Issues

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Skin studio is a mess, it really needs an overhaul this time around. Actually organize it better and update the tutorial section so that new people looking into creating themes can actually know whats what. Its super dated and feels like it has not been touched since the windows vista era of skinning.

Im looking into updating one of my themes for windows 11. Currently working on making a dark style for it and I cant seem to find where the Toolbar in file explorer is pulling the texture from.  I would have thought you guys would of added a new section in skin studio for it but it just seems to be doing as stated above.

Secondly, where do I change the black text where it says folders, drives etc... It seems to only change white when I select dark mode when applying the theme. This causes certain elements of my theme to darken and should not be doing so. When I asked about it, a stardock person says its working as intended and that I have to define dark mode stuff. I dont see anything in skin studio about it, only substyles which I have already tested and get this outcome. In the substyle management section of skin studio, there should be a "is dark mode?" button to define it. The dark mode causes more than just the titlebar to darken. The titlebar title text darkens along with some elements on the taskbar such as the notification button. It should not darken stuff if that option should be checkmarked in the substyle. Ruins parts of the theme.

Last thing, is the bottom statusbar no longer skinnable in wb11? It does not seem to be loading from the statusbars background section. Seems to be a solid color now.

 

 

(Normal mode)

 

(Dark mode applied in WB11)

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hm... From what I hear... -Ditch "Dark mode" x_x  ^_^  

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Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I also prefer Dark Modes in pretty much all my Desktop customising, wonder how this will effect me, all my skins when we reach a Final WB 11.

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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

I can see that oldnewexplorer is a popular choice early on in windowblinds 11 use. However, for the other half of people that enjoy explorer tabs this means windowblinds will never resonate with them. This is because explorer tabs requires a different form of artwork to look good and if artists all chose to only make their work by old standards then we will be left with a bunch of artwork that looks awful with explorer tabs in use.

Personally, I would like to see some streamlining to make it easy to edit the parts that could transition a command bar 7 or ribbon menu to a command bar 11 / explorer tabs menu easier. This way artists that favor the command bar 7 could still throw in a explorer tab version of their work with little fuss AND / OR a more amateur user could fix areas to match the explorer tabs better.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It seems to me, it depends on wether SKS (an updated version) will support the Win 11 ribbon/tab style or not, I don't think SKS 10 does, but, I could be wrong too. ;P  |-)  

Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting don5318, reply 29

It seems to me, it depends on wether SKS (an updated version) will support the Win 11 ribbon/tab style or not, I don't think SKS 10 does, but, I could be wrong too. ;P  |-)  
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skin studio 11 beta is out now

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Quoting Neil, reply 3

The dark text on the This PC bit on the right may be a bug as that should have flipped to white in that situation so we need to look into that.

For the statusbar, they are indeed just colours on Windows 11, but you can control this from the Statusbar section in SkinStudio under the extra settings tab.

Given your first screenshot I do need to mention something which is you should not be making a new skin or substyle for dark mode, you just need to edit an existing skin and also define the dark mode images (on the image tab) and colours on the text tabs.  You also have some extra colours in the system colours page.

The top area on your window comes from one of a few places depending on the skin.  Most modern skins would pull that from the window glass area images under per pixel frames.  Note there is a light glass area 11 section which is specifically for light mode.  This is VERY important if you are making a light mode skin on Win11 where you would traditionally have darker titlebar + glass areas as Win11 will use black text on that toolbar so we have to have an alternative image.  

If your skin is older and lacks these sections, then the rebar background is typically used.

End of Neil's quote

 

Status bar color remains unchanged no matter what color I choose. Also seems to show the wrong name in Skin studio. Displays as dark mode for the option but on the right tooltip shows light mode.

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting PhoenixRising1, reply 30


 



skin studio 11 beta is out now

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I don't see it..... link please??:star:  :star:  

Reply #33 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Vampothika, reply 32

I don't see it..... link please??
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That was mentioned Oct 2022 so, I  believe, unless unknown to me, what ever listed on your account product page should be the latest release version.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #34 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Vampothika, reply 32


Quoting PhoenixRising1,
reply 30





 



skin studio 11 beta is out now



 

I don't see it..... link please??:star:  :star:  

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https://forums.stardock.com/516096/page/1/#replies

Skin studio download link is in the 2nd post along with the skin studio changelog.

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thank you