HOME | DD

Simplify 8 Dark SS — Description
UPDATE!!! Finally I figured out how the color behind the text in the titlebar works!
- matching the color of the active titlebar: in the .theme file set the value of ColorizationColor=0XDAXXXXXX (replace the XXXXXX with the HEX value of your titlebar active color). In the .msstyle file go to Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Frames > Window > Top > Active and Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Frames > Window > Top > MaxActive and set COLORIZATIONOPACITY=0.
- matching the color of the inactive titlebar: in the .msstyle file edit Fonts, Colors, & System Metrics > Colors (Globals):
COLORIZATIONCOLOR=-YourColorValue. Then go to Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Frames > Window > Top > Inactive and Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Frames > Window > Top > MaxInactive and set OPACITY=0 and COLORIZATIONOPACITY=0.
Test it out to see if it works for you and give me a feedback.

I finally did it! What the hell did you do, may you ask???

Well in Windows 8.1 is almost impossible to use custom different colors for the Active and Inactive windows titlebar without having the "wonderful" colored square behind the titlebar text, something like this: img594.imageshack.us/img594/94…

So it took me more than 3 hours of trial and error to get the proper values for what you see in the screenshot. I wanted a dark active titlebar (#464646) and a light inactive titlebar (#D6D6D6).
Here are the settings I managed to find for this setup:
- VS settings:
Fonts, Colors, & System Metrics > Colors (Globals):
COLORIZATIONCOLOR=-328966 (=HEX ARGB: 0xFFFAFAFA)

- .theme file settings:
ColorizationColor=0XDA464646

I kept trying to find a logical rule behind these settings so anyone could use it but didn't succeed.

If anyone has an explanation or an idea about this let me know in the comments bellow.

Oh yeah... I will add this version of the VS to the Simplify 8 VS package once I have the final version.