HOME | DD
K-Johnson β
Clearscreen Sharp for Windows7
by-nc-nd
Published: 2009-10-25 01:51:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 941931; Favourites: 1945; Downloads: 218440
Redirect to original
Description
THANKS fediaFedia FOR THE DAILY DEVIATION and I'm glad that people out there still enjoy using this theme!
)--
Note: For current news regarding Clearscreen Sharp for Windows 7, please view: [link]
--
Hi all,
Here is the Clearscreen port for Windows 7. Much has been polished and much had to be redone, thus some things have been changed -- some compromises here as Windows 7 shares even more resources between different parts of the theme. So expect some details to be lost (like the etched look on the group sorting headers -- Windows 7 ignores the property and only allows a 1px height for the seperator), or the unique "New Application" button state for the Start Menu (that image is shared and grossly distorted in another area), amongst other things.
You may be wondering where the navigation buttons and other resources are -- I am having trouble replacing my resources in System32. Replacing Explorer.exe works fine, but as soon as I replace a .dll file, things go to crap. I had to repair my OS 8 times yesterday and don't feel like having another go for a while. I'm taking the same steps as I had on Vista x64, and I had no problem on Vista, so this is very strange. Any help is appreciated
I am working on Clearscreen Round, which shouldn't take as long, as the base that these two themes share is now complete. Won't give an ETA; it'll be done when it's done.
Known Bugs / Limitations:
- Because of the nonstandard frame and padding size (both set to 1) of this theme, you may see the frames distort in some areas... unfortunately, there's not much I can do there as Vista's default Aero also has problems when scaling it down to this size; fidelity of the edges and corners are lost. [limitation]
- Aero Wizard dialog uses the bodytext color property (which is set to black in my theme) for the titlebar text for whatever reason (coding laziness?) -- basically, black text on black shadow == difficult to read... [limitation]
Volume mixer line goes a few pixels too far -- this is because the padding size is low, which allows for more vertical and horizontal space, allowing the vertical seperator to come into view and cross the horizontal volume mixer line. [limitation]- Resource Monitor accordion text color is white and sits on a light gray background. [limitation]
- Start Menu may show up blurless near the top when you first open it, but it fixes afterwards. This is because DWM assumes that there is a solid graphic there like in the default Aero, so it doesn't blur it. Unfortunately, there is an intentional gap up there to fit the style, and I don't want to change it. It's not a big problem, but a minor annoyance for some.
Updates
- Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)...again.
v3.2 (November 1, 2009):
- Fixed Start Menu's Userpic in Top Superbar orientation.
- Revisted the Superbar Thumbnails section, still not sure about it, but I think it looks better than it did.
- Improved Start Menu blurless area limitation (seen when you first open it, DWM fixes it afterwards) by expanding the white area (Programslist) horizontally to cover it. I can't fix the top part, unfortunately, or that would mean that there will be no gap up there, and I like the gap
- Removed Fading Animation in Explorer Documents section/template. It was an experimentation that I forgot to remove.
- Fixed Vertical taskbar graphics to stretch proportionately
v3.1 (October 31, 2009): Bug fixes & Polishing
- Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)
- Fixed SIZINGMARGIN property for progress bar left and right edge -- edge retains fidelity when progress bar is stretched or shrunken.
v3 (October 30, 2009):
- Fixed Treeview bug (Seen in CCleaner, Regedit)
- Fixed Start Menu panels from distorting in Large Icons mode
- Fixed Shadowless frames (left and right) to match top and bottom frames
- Optimized frames for current padding/sizing border (1)
- Added a bit more contrast to highlighted text (highlighted text now set to #000000; highlight fill = #CDCDCD)
- Fixed Disabled SplitButton Dropdown graphic
- Updated Explorer.exe to current version [6.1.7600.16404] (x86 & x64) -- thanks to ~drake04 !
- Fixed Large Icons view in Start Menu from distorting the menu panels.
v2.5 (October 26, 2009):
v2 (October 25, 2009):
FAQ
- Q: Where can I get the green wallpaper in the preview?
A: Sorry, that isn't a wallpaper. It is a background made for presentation purposes. Maybe when I have the time I can create a wallpaper like it. - Q: What about the ones in Explorer? Where can I get those wallpapers?
A: I do not remember where I got them from, so out of respect to the authors I won't share them.
I think the ones in the preview came from Flickr. You may be able to find them in some of my favorite photographers galleries and shrink them down to your resolution yourself:
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
Q: Are you going to make a large triangular Start button?
A: Sure, when I get the time. The reason for its current absence is because the triangular Start button is shared in all four Superbar orientations.
Q: Help! I can't make out the text in X program!
A: Programs that rely on their own graphics or font colors along with resources from the theme (colors, font, images) for their GUI will often have usability issues (black font on black background, for example). This is unfortunately out of my hands. Programmers design their program around the default Aero theme as that's what the overwhelming majority would use.
Related content
Comments: 708
Does anyone else have the problem that the theme doesn't work for them but reverts back to Vista Basic Theme?
I have Windows 7 rtm 7600 x86 :\
π: 0 β©: 0
Looks really cool, even with the x86 tray icon fuckup. I think I'll use it now anyway and just disable all the tray icons.
π: 0 β©: 0
Hi, I loved ClearScreens for Vista and am glad that you decided to support Windows 7 as well!
Bugreports:
Text selection color is too 'invisible', I changed it to rgb(0,128,255) on white background on my pc.
The bottom borders of Aero windows have too many lines on the bottom, and I don't like the sharp horizontal line in window caption - I changed this in a stream image, you can have a look at [link]
(It is not ideal though, there should be a 1px line between window content and transparent aero border, otherwise it looks weird, now the line is only on left and right, is missing on top and bottom - but that may have been my edits).
Thanks a lot for a good work, looking forward for finished version!
π: 0 β©: 0
kd35, I second that, it would be nice to have the wallpapers as well
π: 0 β©: 0
This is the first VS I find really cool since win vista. Most of the vs for vista and seven look simply as the original ones with some tiny changes here and there. This vs finally adds more, turn the seven vs in something much, much better!
Well done!!!
π: 0 β©: 0
can you share the wallpapers you have shown in your wallpaper folder?
π: 0 β©: 1
I am looking for the wallpaper, too.
π: 0 β©: 0
Awesome, have been waiting for a Win7 version. thanks man great work.
π: 0 β©: 0
Just trying this out now, and it looks great! But, have you taken into consideration changing the use of bold fonts for hot, pressed, checked, etc states in Menu PopUpItem, TreeView TreeItem, StartMenu Toolbar, ExplorerMenu Toolbar... The dynamic shifting is a bit distracting in terms of usability, and it affects certain menus. In my opinion, it would look and feel a lot more professional without it. Regardless, fantastic job. Gotta wonder how many hours you logged on this VS since inception. Whew!
π: 0 β©: 0
I installed but all I get when i enable the theme is Aero basic.
any help would be appreciated.
π: 0 β©: 0
hey i just love your theme..
i am x86 user...
waiting for u to fix the bugs
listen..
what is the resource number for the shine on the top of a window?? the glaze u added i mean
π: 0 β©: 1
look for the only 971.png under the STREAM folder inside your msstyle
π: 0 β©: 1
im playing with it all.. but it is so weird.. what i make in photoshop turns out totally different when applied to a theme .. its just pissing me off
π: 0 β©: 0
Awesome, few bugs that you mentioned I can live with. No other style is going to see my win
Keep it up, and best wishes for college
π: 0 β©: 0
the theme look soooo nice but the icons in the taskbar like the conection batery meter and sound loo white i think the image of the task bar is to little
π: 0 β©: 0
I've practically been waiting for this theme (and the rounded version) to be ported to Win7 since I was born.
But I'm an x86 user, so I hope you fix the taskbar for 32bit soon! Keep up the good work!
π: 0 β©: 0
Work great on Win7 x64. Thanks for this awesome theme
π: 0 β©: 0
Love it love it love it love it and love it again. Thank you so much for this.
All it needs now is customized back/forward buttons.
π: 0 β©: 0
WOW, KJohnson in perfection as always.
well ported to 7
i just found a little bug:
[link]
(the button border is not same color)
π: 0 β©: 1
2 more bugs:
[link]
(text is bugged on the cclener application)
[link]
(the sound devices maximum volume line is a bit fat in my opinion
π: 0 β©: 2
here we go
- the blue hdd bar doesnt fit as well as the red one
[link]
π: 0 β©: 1
- the context menu 'add library' does not highligt with fat letters while mouseover
[link]
- the right end of tabbed windows looks spikey according to the grey border
[link]
- some parts from the letters typed in the adressbar/searchbar of internet explorer 8 aint clearly visible, for example the 'g' looks like a q (cutted at bottom)
π: 0 β©: 0
ok sry , ccleaner was already listed at issue table , sry :$
π: 0 β©: 0
Damn, this is so nice! Finally a theme that i will use for more than two hours. Looking forward to the rounded theme!
π: 0 β©: 0
hi, not working here. I have win 7 rtm 7600.
i have uxtheme patched, never had a problem with a theme before, maybe i'm installing it wrong?
I just move the folder to windows/resources/themes and double clikc the theme inside the folder.
π: 0 β©: 2
How did you fix your problem? I have the same problem :\
I have windows 7 rtm 7600 patched, but when I double click on the theme it just reverts to Basic.. any help?
π: 0 β©: 0
solved
amazing theme
π: 0 β©: 0
Btw the Hover image was messed up too.
π: 0 β©: 0
Hey, I think I succeded to fix the systray bug. I just changed the image in Taskbar & System Tray > System Tray > Basic > Toolbar > Button > Normal with a new one. It worked.
π: 0 β©: 1
Cool
My image there is blank... so you replaced it with another blank/transparent .PNG file? Or maybe you meant to replace the graphics set in 'Taskbar & System Tray > System Tray > Basic > Toolbar > Button'?
Also, when you say hover image do you mean the 'Taskbar & System Tray > System Tray > Basic > Toolbar > Button > Hot'?
π: 0 β©: 2
Yep, I opened your blank img in photoshop, created a new transparent layer and hided the old one then saved and it worked.
And yeah I mean the Hot state.
π: 0 β©: 0
Yeah, the hot had a white line on top. This fixed it for me, test it out on your x64: [link]
BTW, this is the whole image not broken down into states.
π: 0 β©: 1
Hi, by importing it without holding shift, the graphic becomes dark (if you check the systray hidden icons you will see what I mean). Does this still work on x86 while holding down the shift and importing?
I assume you're on x86 when you say that image that you have uploaded to MediaFire fixed the white/blank image bug?
Thanks for the help guys
π: 0 β©: 1
Yeah, that's how I imported it after doing my thang in PDN
π: 0 β©: 0
man, this is the best theme for 7, that I've ever seen and I don't think someone will make better one in the future
π: 0 β©: 0
excellent work, using it right now
fav'd
π: 0 β©: 0
Most excellent,works fine on my x64,my bro runs x86 and has that systray issue,but you are already aware of it.
Thanks.
π: 0 β©: 0
U're the best VS maker ever !!!!
π: 0 β©: 0
Damn, now I'm all itchy to start a new skin myself as well
Nice work though. Gonna wait till all the bugs are worked out before I decide to try it. I want to use it in all it's glory tbh
π: 0 β©: 1
Hehe, I look forward to it if you do make one
And I don't blame you for waiting.
π: 0 β©: 1
I will make one but I'm sticking with the "not anytime soon" thing
π: 0 β©: 0
Awesome theme. I was using it in vista, and am glad to have it for windows 7 too, It gets rid of the hideousness that is the windows theme. I noticed a small bug though. The system tray background is white instead of transparent. Here's an image of what I mean: [link]
I am running windows 7 x86, enterprise.
Besides that everything is brilliant. Keep up the great work.
π: 0 β©: 0
Maybe I'm an idiot, but I can't figure out how to install this thing. Can you guys help me?
π: 0 β©: 0
So WonderfulοΌοΌ
My favorite Theme on VistaοΌNow update to Win7οΌοΌ
Always like it.
But I'm from China οΌthe font for Win7 of China is imperfect .I really expect you could fix this problem .Thanks so much!!
π: 0 β©: 0
<= Prev | | Next =>