The search box should be moveable according to the margins, if this is not working try a different size setting for bottom bar. Though I have fixed this problem in the past by adjusting margins, I don't know why this does not seem to be working for you. Search results from that box should align to the left and fit in the same section the all programs menu does. The mouseover for those items will be the same as the start menu item button/mouseover just like the all programs menu mouseover is.
That dosnt work...it moved from the xy coordinates but wouldnt budge with margins...no margin setting tried(and I tried a lot)would alter the position of that search icon(or the searchbar itself).Redesigning or resizing the bottom bar is unacceptable.Power buttons will not move at all away from the searchbar.Â

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If you look closely, you'll see that the text is underlined.
Underlining isnt the problem tho it dosnt help when aligning text to LOOK good.This areas text is sitting low on the icon(which is centered)This is a Vista screwup but it does bring out a WB limitation...content margins in WB sometimes do nothing(ask a visual styler how often that happens...never is what I was told...if you adjust a content margin,text moves)
That has been a sore spot with WB from day 1.In this case,there ARE NO content margins...never have been.Icons ALWAYS jam into the edges of the graphic. (

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User Icon background...it dosnt show when mousing on other items so it would seem possible to intercept that call.Â

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Color of the 'All Programs' mouseover is set by the Menu Higthlight. The All Programs background is set by your windows background color. Also the left side of vista start menus should be wider so you can actually read the items pretty well.
All progs mouseover...how WIN98 to use a solid block of color...isnt the text changing color and the arrow changing states enough of a visual clue that its active?
All progs menu is window color?Not here it aint.I'm seeing another lame block of color,and its NOT the window color.(that would at least be readable just ugly)Â

 The search results just replace the programs list with the results...that looks fine.Why the hell does the all progs menu have to be different?Lame.Â

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