Going Nuts on a Text Issue!
Hellllllppppppppppppppp!
Friday, March 23, 2012 by LightStar | Discussion: Skinning
I have a text issue on the programs panel area in Windows Vista and Windows 7. All of my skinning software is up to date.
In the programs panel when I click anything the text almost grays out and you cannot read it easily (as shown in the left image), and everything else you mouseover cannot be read either. However, if I move my cursor out of the programs panel and back into it, the text color is as it should be (as shown in right image). I am using separate mouseover images for the programs and places panels, and this is the only skin that seems to be having the issue. I would hate to have to completely restart the skin from scratch as it is really close to being finished (designed for XP, Vista and 7). I have spent many hours over the last 3 weeks trying to figure this out, but to no avail. All the text colors are set correctly. 
Any assistance would be really appreciated.
Reply #3 Friday, March 23, 2012 2:05 PM
Another really great looking skin Tom! 
Pay no attention to whatzhisname. 
Reply #4 Friday, March 23, 2012 2:15 PM
Are you saying you have different "Mousover items" The frames around the text for Programs & Places ??
I Fiddle alot with those parts & i can almost certainly say that it´s got to do with the color settings for the Text....
You should ONLY set text colors in Programs/Places lists & keep font OS Default, & In Item mouseover Have The color set to OS Default & There set the font.
Also some times you actually have to have several color boxes to choose the color from so the places & programs do not use the same one although same color as it will behave erradically otherwise (Like you experience now. 
Edit: When this problem you experience occurs it´s quite hard to get it right, but experiment with what I suggested & you´ll be okay.
Reply #5 Friday, March 23, 2012 2:24 PM
deffinatley listen to neone6 on this one Tom...he really knows what hes talking about, and fixed this issue several times on his skins.
Reply #6 Friday, March 23, 2012 2:58 PM
Tom is tha greyed out text the same color as the color you have set for your main window text color? I ask cause just something to check if the DWM is not active or delayed the menu will use window text color .
Example it is a windows service found in the Task Manager if you shut it down you will see several changes in the skin like this area ,Per_pixel info I have recently been seeing this happen on 1 of my PCs.Note if you shut down DWM.exe thru task Manager you will have to use DeskScapes or restart PC to reactivate.
Reply #7 Friday, March 23, 2012 4:24 PM
does the text remain after you refocus/reopen back to the menu or go bonkers again when you reopen?
Reply #8 Friday, March 23, 2012 4:44 PM
It was what neone6 said, but it took me doing what AVMAN said to figure out part of the problem too. Thanks everyone!
Reply #10 Friday, March 23, 2012 9:34 PM
Pay no attention to whatzhisname.
I'll never forget ol' whatzhisname.... 
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Reply #1 Friday, March 23, 2012 12:42 PM
You were already nuts......just sayin'......