Help... Start Menu Problem Skin Studio 6

What am I doing wrong?

Published on April 17, 2008 By alphabyte In Skinning

I am trying to put together the start menu for my next WB, and I noticed this ugly black border all around my start menu (seen on the righthand side of the start menu in the screenshot).

I have blur enabled and disabled the OS shadow. I am using Skin Studio 6.00.003 and WB 6.09[g].[b].135. (Also, I have tried this in the latest non-beta version of WB6 and this black border is still there.)

I have tried playing with many of the settings in Skin Studio 6, but I cannot get rid of that annoying border. What am I doing wrong?

Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated!

Comments (Page 1)

Vampothika

on Apr 17, 2008

ah, you need to turn of the startmenu shadow which can be found in the userpane secion in *extra settings*

hope this helps......

alphabyte

on Apr 17, 2008

jekylll: Thanks for your suggestion. However, I have disabled the default OS shadow and this is still happening to me. Any other ideas?

jazzymjr

on Apr 17, 2008

In SKS 6, go to the start menu section > top Part > extra settings > Hide shadow on Start Menu. You need to enable it...it is disabled by default.

alphabyte

on Apr 17, 2008

In SKS 6, go to the start menu section > top Part > extra settings > Hide shadow on Start Menu. You need to enable it...it is disabled by default.

jazzymjr: Thank you for your suggestions. Unfortunately, I went into the "Top Part," then to "Extra Settings," and then "Hide shadow on startmenu" and set that checkbox to enabled. Even with this enabled, I am still seeing this ugly unwanted border.

I am running XP and started this skin using the latest version of Skin Studio 6.

jazzymjr

on Apr 17, 2008

The only other thing I can think of is to open the skin in SKS 5, and disable the shadow from there. Make sure you save the change before you open the blind again in SKS 6.

vogliadicane

on Apr 17, 2008

maybe add ´HideShadows=1´ in the code editor? Never tried that in the start panel...

alphabyte

on Apr 17, 2008

vogliadicane: Thanks for your suggestion. I will try it later tonight and see what happens.

Vampothika

on Apr 17, 2008

perhaps then.....check your image..maybe there is some lines you have not rubbed out on yr png and they are showing? .....(Just a long shot i know)

Check yr margins too just in case......... I really cant think of anything else......

alphabyte

on Apr 17, 2008

perhaps then.....check your image..maybe there is some lines you have not rubbed out on yr png and they are showing? .....(Just a long shot i know)Check yr margins too just in case......... I really cant think of anything else......

jekylll: Yeah, I thought about that as well. I will go back and check my pngs to make sure there are not "stray" pixels that are creating that shadow. Thanks again for your tips.

eieio

on Apr 17, 2008

I haven't verified this but Cavan told me that setting in SKS6 did nothing ... yet.

Try setting it in SKS5 ... I know that works; it's how I've done it.

alphabyte

on Apr 17, 2008

I haven't verified this but Cavan told me that setting in SKS6 did nothing ... yet.Try setting it in SKS5 ... I know that works; it's how I've done it.

pictoratus: Thanks for the info and for the suggestions. I will try them out as well. Much appreciated.

alphabyte

on Apr 17, 2008

jazzymjr: Thank you for your suggestions. Unfortunately, I went into the "Top Part," then to "Extra Settings," and then "Hide shadow on startmenu" and set that checkbox to enabled. Even with this enabled, I am still seeing this ugly unwanted border.I am running XP and started this skin using the latest version of Skin Studio 6.The only other thing I can think of is to open the skin in SKS 5, and disable the shadow from there. Make sure you save the change before you open the blind again in SKS 6.

jazzymjr: Thank you for the helpful suggestion. Very much appreciated!

Xiandi

on Apr 17, 2008

I had the same problem in SKS6. I had to enable it in SKS6, then open it in SKS5, and disable it there. It will stay put then, even after you reopen it in SKS6.

alphabyte

on Apr 17, 2008

I had the same problem in SKS6. I had to enable it in SKS6, then open it in SKS5, and disable it there. It will stay put then, even after you reopen it in SKS6.

Xiandi: Thank you for sharing your experience with this. I am glad to know that I am not the only one experiencing this. I will try your suggestion and see it it works. Thanks again!

Cavan1

on Apr 17, 2008

I haven't verified this but Cavan told me that setting in SKS6 did nothing ... yet.

Still just eye candy. (

alphabyte; complete your skin in SKS6, once done and happy then open in SKS5, from tree menu select Start Panel, then set Hide shadow to enabled and save.

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