Colour Schemes

[Guest nevawlkalone]

Hi, firstly, ive put this topic in here in the hope of geting some help with it, because in the home screen section it never gets noticed but any way.....

I am in the process of mking a new homescreen and i have found a colour scheme i want. However there are parts of it i dont want.

Like the nasty colours behind the menu (see below) can any one tell me wwhich thread on the xml side of things changes the menu back drop colour!!!

Regards

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Edited October 10, 2005 by nevawlkalone

[Guest reas0n]

here is a list of codes i found in the customise section....this may help with the code ive added with the sheme code

Scheme Examples

<colorscheme>

  <title>Lost District</title>

  <scheme>

<color name="COLOR_WINDOW" value="#000000" />

<color name="COLOR_WINDOWTEXT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_STATIC" value="#000000" />

<color name="COLOR_STATICTEXT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHT" value="#008000" />

<color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_TEXTSELECT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_MENU" value="#004000" />

<color name="COLOR_MENUTEXT" value="#80FF80" />

<color name="COLOR_GRAYTEXT" value="#000000" />

<color name="COLOR_GRADLEFT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_GRADRIGHT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_INTGRADLEFT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_INTGRADRIGHT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" value="#000000" />

<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADRIGHT" value="#008000" />

<color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADLEFT" value="#FF8000" />

<color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADRIGHT" value="#FF8000" />

<color name="COLOR_TRAYTEXT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_WINDOWFRAME" value="#000000" />

<color name="COLOR_BTNFACE" value="#005300" />

<color name="COLOR_BTNTEXT" value="#000000" />

<color name="COLOR_SCROLLBAR" value="#0" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMETEXT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT" value="#008000" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMERULE" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_alertWINDOW" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_alertTITLE" value="#000000" />

<color name="COLOR_alertRULE" value="#000080" />

</scheme>

</colorscheme>

some of this s*** works some doesnt...try it see where it gets you ill try to find a better version that works all around

[Guest nevawlkalone]

Yeah but that dosent tell me which part does what. Thanks for your help tho.

Now ive got most of the colour issues sorted, theres one last thing.

How do i get rid of this manky brown highlight???

[Guest gpcarreon (MVP)]

Look for the HEX Value of brown on this chart:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/color_codes/

Then refer to your XML code for the hex value.

COLOR_HIGHGRADLEFT

COLOR_HIGHGRADRIGHT

[Guest nevawlkalone]

Look for the HEX Value of brown on this chart:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/color_codes/

Then refer to your XML code for the hex value.

COLOR_HIGHGRADLEFT

COLOR_HIGHGRADRIGHT

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for the link pzee, just what ive been lookin for, however, highgradleft, highgradright are not the hex cdes i want to change. I want to change the colour of the highkight bar to the same colour as the top bar. If you get what i mean!

Also now that you have explained what each of all the colour codes, which is much appreciated, do you have any where that explaines eeach and every thread on that xml script!!!

Edited October 10, 2005 by nevawlkalone

[Guest gpcarreon (MVP)]

I guess you have to attach the XML of the homescreen you posted (including the color scheme layout if you are using one)

[Guest nevawlkalone]

No need, found what i was looking for on the microsoft website.

Thanks for ya help guys.

File Posted if anyone requires it!

XML_customising_.doc

Colour_Coding.doc