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Author Topic: Disatisfied with default skins, decided to make my own in autohotkey  (Read 5769 times)

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This is with search and text fields set to clBlack and not using a .skn

I did this because I found aero_lib.ahk and I am currently on a quest to glass everything I possibly can.

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Re: Disatisfied with default skins, decided to make my own in autohotkey
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2013, 03:31 PM »
Hmm. I have to say that I like it, and that it does look pretty, but to a student of ergonomics and graphical design it might not seem too hot ergonomically/visually.
Why are you "currently on a quest to glass everything I possibly can"?
I'm not sure that it would necessarily be correct to call this "glassing" everything an improvement though.    :-\

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Re: Disatisfied with default skins, decided to make my own in autohotkey
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2013, 03:35 PM »
It makes my eyes burn but I appreciate your ingenuity  :D

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Re: Disatisfied with default skins, decided to make my own in autohotkey
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2013, 04:07 PM »
Interesting... assuming the image is still there - I can't see it. ;D

Oops! Skip it. I refreshed the page and it appeared. Funny it didn't load first time.

It looks pretty. But it's also hard for me to read. So guess I'd call that: "pretty hard to read." ;)
« Last Edit: February 18, 2013, 04:12 PM by 40hz »

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Re: Disatisfied with default skins, decided to make my own in autohotkey
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2013, 04:30 PM »
Care to share this? I would love to use it!

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Re: Disatisfied with default skins, decided to make my own in autohotkey
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2013, 06:30 PM »
This isn't quite done. I still want to figure out how to make the elements that aren't transparent actually transparent, and also how to change the font color, but I guess I can post it anyway. Maybe someone here can help me figure it out. For reference, I want to make the status bar at the bottom, the text entry field when empty and the toolbar around it transparent like the results portion. I also want to change the test color to something more universally readable against a wider variety of background colors.

Anyway, heres the autohotkey script:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]
  1. #include aero_lib.ahk
  2. #IfWinActive ahk_Class TMainForm
  3. ;Toggle Aero transparency
  4. F9::
  5. WinGet, handle, ID
  6.        
  7.         If t := !t {
  8.                 Aero_BlurWindow(handle)
  9.                 WinSet, Redraw
  10.         }else{
  11.                 Aero_BlurWindow(handle, 0)
  12.                 WinSet, Redraw
  13.         }
  14. return

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Re: Disatisfied with default skins, decided to make my own in autohotkey
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2013, 01:19 AM »
@Expletive: Thanks. Oh dear, something else to play with now!    ;)