Solved Make title bar a drastically different color

[eddyq]

I have trouble seeing the difference between the title bar that is in focus from the title bar that is not in focus. So I want to make them drastically different (the active window being blue and the in-active windows being red).

I have tried the color changes offered by Windows but they don't give that much control.

Is there a way, perhaps using regedit?

Eddy

 

[Miranova23]

One way would be to revert back to the classic style where you can customize every single color option yourself, but that would mean giving up Aero features, so I don't think you really want to do that.

What if you changed the intensity of the color? When they are light and pastel-like, the subtle difference can be hard to tell. Maybe with deeper, more intense colors, the difference would be enough for you to see.

 

[Bongo]

If you are using the default aero theme I can change that for you I have Windows Style Builder to do that.
If you are using a custom theme you will need to ask the theme maker. It's not cool to change someone else work.
All I need from you would be the RGB for the colors and name for the theme and I can make that and post it here for you.
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It will be a custom theme then so you will need to do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes for it to work.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/34579-enabling-custom-themes-windows-7-a.html
Or
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/28377-theme-how-apply-custom-themes.html?filter

Let me know if you would like me to do this.
Jerry

 

[Martin Dendev]

Hi there,

I see in your specs that you have Windows XP. This forum is about Windows 7. Try posting your question here: Windows XP Forum and Discussion - CNET Forums

If you're on windows 7; the thing you want to do is (as far as I know) only possible with Windows Aero (that's the name of the theme) turned off.

Right-click on your desktop, click "Personalize", scroll down (if you can) and (double)click "windows-classic".

Once the teme is applyed, click on the "(change) window color" button. From the drop-down menu, select "Inactive Title Bar" and select your color.

Hope this works for u!

Martin

 

[eddyq]

If you are using the default aero theme I can change that for you I have Windows Style Builder to do that.
If you are using a custom theme you will need to ask the theme maker. It's not cool to change someone else work.
All I need from you would be the RGB for the colors and name for the theme and I can make that and post it here for you.
&
It will be a custom theme then so you will need to do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes for it to work.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/34579-enabling-custom-themes-windows-7-a.html
Or
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/28377-theme-how-apply-custom-themes.html?filter

Let me know if you would like me to do this.
Jerry

Thank you for offering that.

I don't want to go to classic so if a custom theme can be done for Aero then I would love. The colors I would like to try are. I will look at your code and make changes if I want some other colors.

Active---
Green 0 192 0 #00C000
Inactive---
Red 255 0 0 #FF0000

 

[Bongo]

Here you go Extract the zip folder and put both 1 Eddy theme folder and 1 Eddy.theme file in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
Will show up in Personalization as Eddy
Jerry

 

[eddyq]

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

 

[Infinite]

Here you go Extract the zip folder and put both 1 Eddy theme folder and 1 Eddy.theme file in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
Will show up in Personalization as Eddy
Jerry
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One problem is that is it remains a blue border around the edge

 

[eddyq]

I tried it but it changes to a Classic theme and does not show the red/green title bars. I extracted to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes.

 

[Martin Dendev]

View attachment 192733

-Offtopic- Is that rainmeter u'r using?

 

[Bongo]

I tried it but it changes to a Classic theme and does not show the red/green title bars. I extracted to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes.

Did you do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes for it to work.
Enabling Custom Themes - Windows 7
Or
Theme - How to Apply Custom Themes
Jerry

 

[Bongo]

View attachment 192733

-Offtopic- Is that rainmeter u'r using?

Those are Gadgets with customs skins I made and the made the clock Gadget images.
Jerry

 

[Bongo]

Here you go Extract the zip folder and put both 1 Eddy theme folder and 1 Eddy.theme file in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
Will show up in Personalization as Eddy
Jerry
View attachment 192734
View attachment 192733

One problem is that is it remains a blue border around the edge

That's because the OP ask for title bar change not all the borders.
Jerry

 

[eddyq]

Bongo, do you have any idea as to why running this changed to the classic view and did not use red/green title bars?

 

[Bongo]

Bongo, do you have any idea as to why running this changed to the classic view and did not use red/green title bars?

Did you do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes for it to work? If so which one.
Enabling Custom Themes - Windows 7
Or
Theme - How to Apply Custom Themes
Jerry

 

[eddyq]

Ok, now it works. This is soooo great! How do you learn to write these themes?

 

[Bongo]

Ok, now it works. This is soooo great! How do you learn to write these themes?

Cool!
I use Ave's Windows7 Style Builder to edit a copy aero.msstyles and after it's is purchased then you can join there forum and there are some tutorials to help.
Jerry

 

[eddyq]

Thanks for helping me with that. I also have trouble seeing, in the task bar, which task has focus. Is there a way to change the color (or intensity) of that highlight?

 

[eddyq]

Thanks for helping me with that. I also have trouble seeing which icon is highlighted in the task bar (i.e., task that has focus). Is there a way to change that?

 

[Bongo]

There are six different states for in the taskbar button (when you have a program or something open) they are Normal, Hover, Pressed, Normal Selected, Hover Selected, Pressed Selected.

There are three different states for things you have pinned to the taskbar and they are Normal Pinned, Hover Pinned, Pressed Pinned.

I can add a different color either solid or transparent to any of them states.

I can also change the font, font size, text color, for the taskbar buttons but it's an all or one thing there I cannot make it different for each state.

Let me know what you would like done.
Jerry