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Skin studio is a mess, it really needs an overhaul this time around. Actually organize it better and update the tutorial section so that new people looking into creating themes can actually know whats what. Its super dated and feels like it has not been touched since the windows vista era of skinning.

Im looking into updating one of my themes for windows 11. Currently working on making a dark style for it and I cant seem to find where the Toolbar in file explorer is pulling the texture from.  I would have thought you guys would of added a new section in skin studio for it but it just seems to be doing as stated above.

Secondly, where do I change the black text where it says folders, drives etc... It seems to only change white when I select dark mode when applying the theme. This causes certain elements of my theme to darken and should not be doing so. When I asked about it, a stardock person says its working as intended and that I have to define dark mode stuff. I dont see anything in skin studio about it, only substyles which I have already tested and get this outcome. In the substyle management section of skin studio, there should be a "is dark mode?" button to define it. The dark mode causes more than just the titlebar to darken. The titlebar title text darkens along with some elements on the taskbar such as the notification button. It should not darken stuff if that option should be checkmarked in the substyle. Ruins parts of the theme.

Last thing, is the bottom statusbar no longer skinnable in wb11? It does not seem to be loading from the statusbars background section. Seems to be a solid color now.

 

 

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The dark text on the This PC bit on the right may be a bug as that should have flipped to white in that situation so we need to look into that.

For the statusbar, they are indeed just colours on Windows 11, but you can control this from the Statusbar section in SkinStudio under the extra settings tab.

Given your first screenshot I do need to mention something which is you should not be making a new skin or substyle for dark mode, you just need to edit an existing skin and also define the dark mode images (on the image tab) and colours on the text tabs.  You also have some extra colours in the system colours page.

The top area on your window comes from one of a few places depending on the skin.  Most modern skins would pull that from the window glass area images under per pixel frames.  Note there is a light glass area 11 section which is specifically for light mode.  This is VERY important if you are making a light mode skin on Win11 where you would traditionally have darker titlebar + glass areas as Win11 will use black text on that toolbar so we have to have an alternative image.  

If your skin is older and lacks these sections, then the rebar background is typically used.

Hmm.... I sincerely hope they haven't made the new SkinStudio TOO complicated.   

Yes, I was using OldNewExplorer, but even when I Uninstall it and reboot, the problem still occurs, it stays white no matter what.

Hello. I upgraded WindowBlinds and Start, to version 11. In my run around, I can't seem to locate the updated Skinstudio 11. Can someone tell me, if the updated version is available yet? I was given a link when I paid, (fs), but it was as dead as my love for my ex-wife. Thank you for the cheat getting caught up. I appreciate it.

I recently upgraded to WB11 after trying it first, I like it! All was well until I updated windows 11 to 22H2, this caused a number of small issues, which I solved apart from 1: The clock font in the windows tray will not change to match the system font (I use Caladea) I've tried various skins, same issue, I've settled on the Grey Matters skin. I've used skin studio to check and change fonts that weren't set to Caladea, without success. I also use Start 11.

Any ideas (I know it's still in Beta)?

I do not believe you can change that font in Windows 11.

Before updating to Win 11 22H2 I had the clock font displaying Caladea 28px time only, this was achieved by using SkinStudio.

It seems 22H2 has updated somthing in the task bar code of windows. Looking at the changes in the 22H2 update I see the following:

As part of the new features for Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft is expected to ship:

• New Start menu folders to group apps.
• New option to change the number of pins in the Start menu.
• Taskbar ability to drag and drop files and apps.
• Taskbar Overflow menu to hide apps that don’t fit.
• New Snap layouts drag and drop interface.

First, please do not quote something that I do not write.

Second, please check if you use this step to check your product, does Windowblinds 11 appear in there? If not, it might be listed in different email address. Usually it will appear under your paypal email account if you purchased via paypal or it also common that have email address misspelled upon purchased.

Please raise support ticket using the link below, use the product not receive option. Include all information details. Remember to record down the ticket number for future reference if needed. Do not raise multiple ticket, that will make your ticket back to the end of the line. Send once and wait. Ticket will be answer by the order they send in.

https://stardock.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/4

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Ya I'm not crazy about that either, I run the skins in WB's Light setting.

I prefer to run Windows in Dark Mode too.  I guess that shows just how "not crazy" I am about the darkened frames.   

It was fine before you added that function.  I have already had 2 master skinners complain that my using dark mode ruins their skins.

I guess what I'm saying is that I always use dark mode in windows settings, and never had this problem.  Discoloration of frames and buttons due to your added "function".