SKS6 - 'Edit Vista Part Colors'

a partial list of what they are

Published on May 27, 2008 By SKoriginals In WindowBlinds

ok.. so i just recently noticed the 'Edit Vista Part Colours' in SKS6 under the 'Change Skin Colours' and though this (recently?) added feature is already proving (to me at least) pretty cool, its not actually 'labled' what each color is for.. just the RGB of the color.

So, I started a list of what the colors are and where they apply. However this is only a partial list as I could not determine what some of them actually changed.

If you can figure out what the missing colors (the light gray italiced numbers) are then by all means fill it in, I'll check back periodically on this thread to 'complete' the list as more items are found out as to what they actually pertain to... so... here is the list as of 8-13-08

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Control Panel
1 - 'Recent Task' Title Text Color
2 - Page Title Text Color
3 - 51, 153, 255
4 - 51, 153, 255
5 - 126, 133, 156
6 - 0, 102, 204
7 - Sidebar Link Highlighted
8 - 217, 243, 243
9 - Sidebar Link Disabled
10 - Sidebar Link Normal
11 - Sub Section Link Highlighted
12 - 51, 153, 255
13 - 126, 133, 156
14 - Sub Section Links Normal
15 - Section Title Highlighted
16 - Section Title Normal
17 - 0, 102, 204
18 - Information and Help Text Color (IR Brainiac Contribution)

Task Dialog
1 - Title Text Color (IR Brainiac Contribution)
2 - Subtitle, Action Text Color (IR Brainiac Contribution)

Explorer Flyout
1 - 87, 87, 87
2 - 0, 0, 0
3 - 87, 87, 87
4 - 19, 112, 171
5 - 176, 177, 179
6 - 0, 0, 0
7 - 0, 102, 204
8 - 0, 102, 204
9 - 0, 102, 204

Task Dialog Buttons
1 - Default Selection Highlight text color
2 - Default Selection Normal text color
3 - 126, 133, 156
4 - Pressed text color (IR Brainiac Contribution)
5 - Highlighted text color
6 - Normal text color (IR Brainiac Contribution)
7 - 165, 165, 165

Alt Tab Window
1 - Window Title Text

Drag and Drop text

Query Builder Text (explorer)
1 - 0, 0, 0

Aero Wizard Text
1 - 0, 0, 0
2 - Page Title Text (not Window Title Text)
3 - 0, 0, 0
4 - 0, 102, 204

Dialog Text in some wizards
1 - 0, 51, 153
2 - 0, 51, 153
3 - 0, 0, 0
4 - 0, 0, 0
5 - 0, 0, 0
6 - 133, 156, 0
7 - 153, 255, 0
8 - 153, 255, 0
9 - 102, 204, 0
10 - 0, 0, 0
11 - 0, 0, 0
12 - 133, 156, 0
13 - 102, 204, 0

Common Places Explorer
1 - Favorite Links text Color

Date / Time Picker Text
1 - Calendar Day # Current
2 - 255, 0, 0
3 - Calendar day # Highlight & Month Year Highlight
4 - 116, 144, 232
5 - 177, 197, 252
6 - 177, 197, 252
7 - 177, 197, 252
8 - Calendar Day # Current (when not on current month)
9 - 255, 0, 0
10 - Calendar Day # Highlight (for days not in current month)
11 - 177, 197, 252
12 - Calendar Day # Current (for days not in current month)
13 - 177, 197, 252
14 - 177, 197, 252
15 - 100, 100, 100
16 - Normal Text, Calendar, global

Link Text
1 - 68, 101, 162

Empty Markup text
1 - 68, 101, 162

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Hopefully you find this useful

PS: This has been added to the Wiki Pages as well here http://wiki.wincustomize.com/wiki/SkinStudio_Help:_Edit_Vista_parts_colours

Comments (Page 2)

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 12, 2008

SK...there are 18 colors in Control Panel.I think its the color between 12 and 13.(thats missing)

And color 18 is some info/warning text...dont know what to call it.Its black by default.

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 12, 2008

Control Panel colors 3 and 6...no clue what to call them.3 is link mouseover and 6 is link normal...what kind of link is beyond me.

SKoriginals

on Aug 12, 2008

I havnt seen color 1 yet...what dialog did you see it in SK?

Yeah that ones a little 'obscure' so to speak. Its the default highlight color. When you open a Task Dialog window there is usually an automatic default control that is already highlighted. This default will fluxuate and in its highlighted state (closest I can think of to call it). This color will show for the text as shown below...

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 13, 2008

I guess Control Panel colors 3 and 6 would be considered help links.

and just for looking...alt tab changed from its default black.

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 13, 2008

Weell that does it for me...I've spent days trying to track these colors down.

Its hard to believe these are not labeled in any way in SKS...its rediculous to be expected to set these colors and have NO idea whatsoever what they do.

Retarded as hell.

Would it have killed somebody to name these...maybe even an example of where to see them in Vista?

Typical that skinners have to provide their own info and no one from Stardock provides ANY help.

NightTrainthedark

on Aug 13, 2008

I've spent days trying to track these colors down.

It took me 5 minutes to change them all to black.. Done!

Neil Banfield

on Aug 13, 2008

There were supposed to be some new tutorials released with SKS 6.2 but for some reason they seem to have been delayed. I will find out what is going on with those.

The Vista specific colours and fonts are a very new feature which is why there is currently no documentation on them. This will be improved in future SKS builds.

If you do have a specific problem then your best bet is to e-mail me directly.

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 13, 2008

The Vista specific colours and fonts are a very new feature which is why there is currently no documentation on them. This will be improved in future SKS builds.

So why are these colors not directly editable from the sections they are pertaining too?

Such as editing the shellstyle(taskpane) in XP...you set the colors for that entire section from one section of the tree.

Why lump them all into one area where you cant even see what they are affecting?
Dont you even have a master list of what these colors are?

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 13, 2008

If you do have a specific problem then your best bet is to e-mail me directly.

The specific problem is WE ALL want to know what all the colors are for...do you really want ALL of us emailing you individually when you could show everyone right here.

Bushman

on Aug 13, 2008

HEy IR what skin are you using? it looks sweet

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 13, 2008

Thanks Bushman,thats ecoLogical WB...XP has been finished for almost a month...Vista is 95% done...that last 5% is killing me because nobody knows how to skin that 5% properly.Its a masterskin and I cant in good conscience release it in its current state...but neither can it be completed...WB just isnt complete enough on Vista yet.

WB on vista is showing some amazing promise...but some issues are really hard to overlook.

SKoriginals

on Aug 13, 2008

SK...there are 18 colors in Control Panel.I think its the color between 12 and 13.(thats missing)

Fixed and new colors added to the Task Dialog Buttons (also edited wiki page)

If you do have a specific problem then your best bet is to e-mail me directly.

I got to agree with IR, we ALL want to know... if you know what these colors are please by all means fill us in on the ones we are missing :/

Neil Banfield

on Aug 13, 2008

I just finished up a document covering these parts this afternoon. Once it has been checked I will see about getting it put online.

I.R. Brainiac

on Aug 13, 2008

Fixed and new colors added to the Task Dialog Buttons (also edited wiki page)

You left out Control Panel colors 3 and 6.(help links mouseover,help links)

Good news Neil.

Neil Banfield

on Sep 09, 2008

Just in case nobody noticed, the list of Vista colours and fonts now have descriptions in SKS6

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