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Creating transparent start menu and soft-key bars

I have been looking all over the internet but can't seem to find any way to change the opacity/transparency of the start menu bar and soft key bars for my ATT Tilt with the HTC shipped rom installed. Is this even possible? I'm sure it can't be too hard? Someone please help if you know any way to change this feature.

Me too! Anyone??

Try wisbar advanced3 and desktop.You can't make them transparent but you can make any skin for them that matches your today wallpaper. www.lakeridgesoftware.com

i believe it's theme dependent. Some themes have transperent start menus. Find a theme creator and modify your current theme. Certain programs, maybe someone out there can recommend.

Well.. I have been using ThemeGenCE to create my own themes for a while and it's really good...
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...com/telechargements/themegence/themegence.htm
you may also want to try the original theme generator V2...it's made by Microsoft... but it's for older OS.... anyway, it should work for you if you want to make a transparent start menu...
as for the soft keys and the navigation bar (the one that has clock, start button..etc)... I believe you have to use WiseBar Advanced3
cheers

to make a tranparent start menu
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Transparency is not allowed in TSK !
But you can have a start menu that mimics the transparency. Take the same image for start menu than today menu and apply a transparency on it with a uniform background.
That can be done in ThemeGenCE in Images options tab.
Select there the 2nd tab : transparency
Check Transparency and adapt the transparency level.

BenThon said:
Transparency is not allowed in TSK !
But you can have a start menu that mimics the transparency. Take the same image for start menu than today menu and apply a transparency on it with a uniform background.
That can be done in ThemeGenCE in Images options tab.
Select there the 2nd tab : transparency
Check Transparency and adapt the transparency level.
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That's what I meant... thanks for the clarification mate

I just realized when testing this, that there is a small bug in ThemeGenCE v2.5 in the images option tab !
In the tabs 2, 3, 4 of Options Tab the colors of the little panels for choosing colors are not updated on the form when you change the colors (but updated in the program for use !). I have made these panels with ParentBackground = true instead false ! So they are not repaint. But correct colors will be used by the program.
Will be updated in a future version of ThemeGenCE (if a new one ...) !

Update 9/5: WM7Special-Skin for UL! Replacing Windows Taskbar !!!!

IF YOU ARE NEW HERE go to down to the instructions ! The updates explain just new skins and modifikations.
UPDATE 10.05.08: There was a small bug (missing Icon) in all Darknight and wm7 skins for the battery bar/meter, please see my last Post. Its allready fixed in the zip-files.
UPDATE: 09.05.08: New WM7Special Skin (small and good to use with Ultimatelaunch)
- go to Post 154 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2187100&postcount=154
UPDATE 05.05.08:
DARKNIGHT is ready with working meters and more, see second picure !
UPDATE: 04.05.08:
- All Skins now with real working signal-bar (7 Bars !)
- many little changes
- WM7 SKIN is ready ! with working big signalbar and batterybar and gprs-network-connection symbol
- WM 7 SKIN also as Taskbar only ! The Bars are in the Taskbar.
UPDATE 25.04.08:
- Taskbar shows MUTE, Bluetooth and WIFI (with/without Networkconnection)
- Bigger Icons for the Bluephone skin
UPDATE 22.04.08:
- TAP ANYWERE ON THE TASKBAR and Windows MENU opens !!
- TAP on the X and Close Button works, Holdon tapping and Taskmanager opens !!!!
- Now 3 differnet themes/skins with different XML-Files ! Greyphone , Bluephone and Taskbar only
- you need the newest version of batterystatus for that !!! (its in the zip-file)
UPDATE 21.04.08:
- SMS/CALL/EMAIL/WIFI and BLUETOOTH get highlighted or colored when there is somthing new.
- Reworked most of the graphics, because there were some bugs with different backgrounds, Shadows ect.
(For the greyskin i now use 3 better Icons from Deimos, thank you !)
Hallo.
I made this one for you who cant see windows taskbar anymore and get tired of htc Home
All you FIRST need is in the Bluephone-zip file. then you can use my other skins.
My theme just needs vjtoogletodayalphaII and BatteryStatus and a 2 small application to mute the phone/make x button and windows menu enable.
Everything is working: SMS/Email/Missed Calls-Counter; WIFI/BLUETOOTH on/off, mute the phone, a new taskmanager (Batterystatus) etc. You get a new small transparent taskbar with a big taskmanager-button
--) Okay: here we go:1. put the vjtoggletodayalphaII into the windows/Startfolder. Go to Registry: HKLM\Software\Vijay555\VjTodayToggle\ and set the values under "Startsize" und "Softkeysize" to "1". If you need your Softkeys leave/set the sofkeysize to about 26.
2. Install Batterystatus (if you have ultimate launch: it works as a today plugin)
3. Put the folder "SmartUtilities_FilesOnly" to Windows\Program files.
4. Put the File "RegistrySetString.exe" in the "BatteryStatus" folder"
5. Now decide which skin you wantut the bluephone.xml and the folder "bluephone" into the Batterystatus or do the same with greyphone.xml and folder or with Taskbar and Tasbar.xml (u can also put all folders in)
6. Now hold on clicking with stylus on the plugin and choose all rows for showing and choose "lock" rows. AND DONT forget that your new BS-Taskmanager is enable !!!! And choose your SKIN !!!
7. Now you have to do some changes because this is for german version of windows: open the xml u use with your windows editor on your PC or with totalcommander on your ppc:
7.1 you find in the middle a path for: programme\smartutilities_filesonly, change it to program files\....
7.2 you find at the end a path for: "\windows\tmail.exe...." there you see "freenet.de": You can replace this with your own email account. then you can read "Posteingang": replace just this for the english version with "inbox".
7.3 you find there a row with the date like this one - text="dddd, d. MMMM yyyy"- you can change this because this is the european version of date (see picture)
then save the xml file and put it back to your ppc.
- thats it.
- if you like it crazy made more funny sound graphics for you. You find them in "othergraphics", just replace the originals in the Bluephone or Greyphone-folder with them. The wifi/bluetooth icons are with german or english text (on/off-an/aus). Replace them as you like.
- the tabs at the bottom are not part of this, you can find them in my iconthread for Ultimatelaunch.
- FOR THE OKAY BUTTON you must sometimes press your Hardware OK button ! (will find a Solution)
- VGA and Landscape-view dont work. This is just tested with wm 6.0 but should run with wm5

Looks awesome! I'll try it now!

thanks you for your share ;D

Thanx for sharing....nice refreshment for today screen!!

hey very nice!!!....I wonder....is it possible to get the big transparent x button as a stand alone?...I feel like if we could this would enhance a lot of peoples touchscreen experience....let us know!!

mmh, the button you see is a icon that just links to a program called tasklist.exe. This is a part of Batterstatus. It only runnes, i think, if batterystatus is running. So i understand your wish (because it was my wish too) but it wont work without batterystatus.
If you want only my taskbar, i can make you a xml file just with the taskbar.

cool stuff I like the idea and the way you created it
but can you (or someone) make a copy of the iphone taksbar? just the taskbar, not the "desktop" stuff

Is the Smart Utilities the same as this one?This one is already a cab. Could make things easier

(nevermind sry...)

Great looking taskbar created!

Thank you!!!
This is what I was looking for, thanks a lot!!
Downloading now!

bluemetalaxe, congrats, U R really crazy, dude
Nice work, though
Olioaglio

everything looks like promised.
nothing works. not the mute (the "mute" progy doesn't work) not bt 'cose there is no registry key_value="HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Bluetooth" on my phone (maybe 'cose is wm 6.1 ?), not messages. the icon doesn't appear anywhere !
tried to uninstalled it by reversing the steps to install it.
everything went back except the hated windows taskbars and of course i am missing now all the info and settings they were ment for.
i think i'll have to restore a relatively old back-up
suggestions?
[later] got back the wm taskbars. forgot to delete the vjtoggletoday progy. everything back to "normal".
interesting is that the tray launch with the "original" battery status theme, is working. what are the shortcuts to bt and wifi??? didn't you use the same in yr .xlm file?

great work... hopefully there will be more battery themes you can share with us
also how did you make the top bar smaller?

Can you make the bottom tabs part of the same theme? And can I get that headphones grey background?

This looks very cool. Will try it .

bluemetalaxe said:
mmh, the button you see is a icon that just links to a program called tasklist.exe. This is a part of Batterstatus. It only runnes, i think, if batterystatus is running. So i understand your wish (because it was my wish too) but it wont work without batterystatus.
If you want only my taskbar, i can make you a xml file just with the taskbar.
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as it turns out I do use Batterystatus so yes thank you very much!!...your work here is quite nice....is the clock BS as well?

@tomoffel: If i find time i will try original iphone taskbar. then you have just to repalace the new iphone.xml with the bluephone and some graphics, thats it.
@Vukile: if you install smartUtilities und you find there muteonoff then this will work also. If not, put just my muteonoff in this new folder. you find the backgroundgraphics in your bluephone-folder (take the first 35 pixel of the head1.png= 35x50).
@nothin: i wont buy a iphone cause i cant do such things with that and i have gps and umts on my Polaris And why should WM always look ugly and not be userfriendly, do you use still Windows 95 on your PC ?
@Kukuriku: I`m sorry, tested it on touchcruise wm 6.0 and not on not existing OS There could be trouble with the working of wifi/bluetooth buttons because the registry values depend on wm or some phones.
UNINSTALL IS VERY EASY: Delete vjtoggletoday from your windows startfolder, uninstall Batterystatus, delete the folder with muteonoff.exe. Softreset, thats it.
Cant say anything to BS Traylaunches because i dont use Traylaunch.
@character: can make more themes (a question of time). The topbar is just my graphic with icons and text on it (see in the Bluephonefolder). The original Taskbar is hided by vjtgooles tool. I/You can make it smaler, bigger whatever i want.
@wyzepro: its all just one BS theme/plugin nothing more. The theme has 4 rows (see in the xml file how it works): 1. Taskbar 2. Sound and Clock 3. Date 4.Buttons. I can delete or add rows and buttons as i want.
The tabs at the buttom are part of my Ultimatelaunch theme. I can make them a part of Batterystatus, so that they just open Software,Settings, Internet, Wheater-Program. But everyone has differnt software, or wants to open specific things with that icons, maybe i write a .xml with that and you have to change the xml with links to your software.
EDIT: I sorry, just found a bug im my latest .xml with the Text on the battery-icon. The new .xml will come tonight.

I've cacked open the xml....which files do I delete in order to obtain the large X button you have?

Im sorry dont understand what you want, do you want just the x button and nothing more ? But then you need the original taskbar and will have two x buttons ?

background suddenly changed. pls help.

Hi guys,
The background of my 'Home' screen on the TouchFlo 3D interface (see attachment) was never this orange fiery background and then it suddenly changed to this. How could this have happened and where's the option to tweak this background image? It's not in Settings -> Today as that doesn't apply to TF3D I think.
Thanks.

Think no-one is replying because not sure if the post is real?
Anyway, if so, you want to go to the Settings tab of TouchFlo3D and select Wallpaper. Choose Yes to go to default...

Ohh... that's where the Touchflo3D settings are...
seriously it changed on it's own.... I'm not sure how/why.... sigh...

[THEME] Color Focus cabs, includes Landscape icon focus, Pink, Orange and more

I have downloaded some of the focus color change files from XDA and found that they were very incomplete, missing many of the other 'green' elements in vanilla manila, so I made a new one, which includes the focus elements for the landscape icons too. It also has a reg edit to change the enlarged start menu and task manager highlights to gray.
Other colors could be made on request.
EDIT the communications menu is NOT orange if you use this with stock HTC black theme (but for some reason on the Alltel theme I tested it with it was), I did not check this, I guess the manila file names on Fuze manila comm menu are different. I did catch little things like the audio progress bar etc, but I will update soon to fix the Comm menu, with new colors too...
and yes my typed response didn't make any sense and here are some pics
EDIT 2 I figured it out - I am running a custom comm manager from my Juicy CDMA rom - so I have included those files in a revised version that is now 100% all green graphics to orange
EDIT 3 I have also added an optional orange tab cab file for the lower scrolling icon area - personal preference if you like this.
EDIT 4 I have fixed the transparency issues on the opera focus so it looks better, not shown in pictures below
v4 has bug fixes with text below opera globe
ADDITIONAL COLORS CAN BE FOUND IN MY ADDITIONAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD

what?
what did u do exactly?
got any pics..ur wording just confused the crap outta me.
Late,
Jstar

pics or it never happened.

i am not going to the trouble of posting pics, since really if you know what I don't know what I meant by the focus color then don't worry about it - the stock fuze scheme has an orange focus, this is designed for people using the HTC black pro manila (or any custom theme that orange would go with)..
but if you need an explanation in TF3D when you highlight and option on the home screen, or in one of the settings menus etc there is a colored highlight behind it. On the stock HTC black theme that highlight is green, on Sprint it is yellow etc etc. There are already some cabs in the diamond forums that change the colors but a) they did not change all the items that needed changing in color - I went through all the manila image files and found all the files that have this focus color - and b) did not change the color for the manila landscape icons....

instead of u typing a story about it..wouldnt it simpler to just say here are some focus color mods yadda yadda followed by a screen shot.
u say u wont post a pic..but yet ull go thru the troubles of stifiling thru all those manilla files..whats one more step
save the typing for mavis beacon..post pics
Late,
Jstar
EDIT :
and ur right " i know what u dont know "

yes my response was unintelligible - please see pics and EDIT above

could you do a light almost neon blue/white perhaps?
already have icons in landscape and portrait but the highlight color matching would be great

drsquid said:
yes my response was unintelligible - please see pics and EDIT above
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thank u very much sir.
u should also put it the TF3D customizing thread.
im sure ull get alot of requests for diffrent colors.
Late,
Jstar
EDIT: i guess i spoke too soon.

which thread - there is a sticky here, or the one in the diamond forum

drsquid said:
which thread - there is a sticky here, or the one in the diamond forum
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the diamond forum one..for TF3D Customizations
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436867
i give it 3 or 4 days till everyone catches on..u should have ur work cut out for u by Saturday lol
Late,
Jstar

start with the blue i requested above before you get too swamped

well first I have to fix the comm menu

I figured it out I think - I am running a custom comm manager from my Juicy CDMA rom, so if you are running stock comm manager the standard cab 'should' change the comm manager colors too - could someone confirm this for me ?

I've been messing with this for some time now and finally got the start bar changed, but cannot figure out the Manila stuff.
If you have a chance to do one in pink, that would be amazing. I'm looking for something similar to hex code #F780C7.
I've seen a lot of other colors for things done, but nothing pink, maybe there are not as many females? So if you get a chance - I know I'd love to see it!!

I have the files to fix the comm manager issues I was having, and then I will work on some unique colors - I will do ones that are not seen as much, such as an ice/aqua blue, a hot and powder pink, Charcoal, .....etc

what about some red, yellow and pink
no seriously...some pink for my girl

EDIT 2 I figured it out I think - I am running a custom comm manager from my Juicy CDMA rom - so I have included those files in a revised version that is now 100% all green graphics to orange
EDIT 3 I have also added an option orange tab for the lower scrolling icon area - personal preference if you like this.
Now that I have finalized the Orange version other colors will be forthcoming
Updated files in first post

Light Pink
Here is my next color - a very light pink...really on suitable for TF3D themes with a dark font (ie doesn't work too well on my stock HTC black theme)
THIS IS NOT THE PINK REQUESTED in an earlier post - a darker one will be coming
Again there is separate cab for the pink tab, if you would like that too.
BTW the comm and audio manager focus files are not 'manila' files - they are simply png's in your windows folder on the device, so just changing the manila files doesn't change everything. Here are the file names that you need to edit
SIPMenu_BottomMenuItem_HL.png
SIPMenu_BottomMenuItem_HL_LS.png
SIPMenu_MenuItem_HL.png
SIPMenu_MenuItem_HL_LS.png
SIPMenu_TopMenuItem_HL.png
SIPMenu_TopMenuItem_HL_LS.png
Status_On.png
Status_On_Disable.png
L_Button_Down.png
L_Button_Focus.png
option-check-box-on.png
P_Button_Down.png
P_Button_Focus.png
P_Symbol_lock-lightOFF.png
P_Symbol_lock-lightON.png
Progressbar_L.png
Progressbar_P.png
Save_to_contact_checkbox_Check.png
ses_btn_eq_chked.png
ses_slr_bar_2f.png
ses_slr_bar_2lf.png
ses_slr_thumb_2f.png
Also these files will not change the focus in HTC apps like the camera etc - that is something I will work on eventually.
EDIT - text "launch Browser' was missing from under the opera globe in v1 - please use v2 cab attached and disregard error showing this in image in the post

Light Blue
As above, Icon tab is optional separate cab
EDIT - text "launch Browser' was missing from under the opera globe in v1 - please use v2 cab attached and disregard error showing this in image in the post. Also the name that was in the add/remove program list said pink for these cabs..they are fixed

How do you install this into your phone?

Help for Touch Flo, htc Diamond

Good evening to all.
I own a htc diamond and I can't find a solution to my problem.
On the home page of the background is white .. As in: persons, messages, correspondence.... (To all units of the Touch Flo)
How can i change this white background and put another color?
When i change the theme (Start, Settings, Today) colors above and below the display changes (depending on the themes) while the average white remain.
When you disable the Touch flo (Start, Settings, Today, Elements) the theme looks ok but I do not have the scrollbar (the Touch Flo).
Is there a solution to my problem or is it something so simple that I have discover yet.
Sorry if you bore but anyone I've asked i didn't take any answers.
Thanks for listening my problem and sorry for my Englisl..

Wallpaper...
What you're refering to is the Manila (TouchFlo) wallpaper. You can change this by scrolling to your 'Settings' tab and tapping 'Wallpaper'. This will only change the background on the 'Home' tab though (where your big clock is). There is a application available in this forum which allows you to change the background of all the tabs, but I can't remember where I saw it.
Search the 'Themes, Applications and Software' forum and you'll find it in there.... unless some other helpful forum user knows off the top of their head what the application is called and where it's located. Search first though!!

Thanks a lot for your time grahamkdt
I'll search the other forums and who knows....maybe i am luck.
Thans again..