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Title: Dark Skin
Post by: V4lve on May 17, 2010, 11:03:47 PM
Note that Dark skin is now bundled with MusicBee.  For the very latest version see the posts at the end of this thread.


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Here is a new version of the Dark skin. It skins drop down menus, star ratings in the edit panel and fixes the odd highlighting in the edit panel tabs.  

http://db.tt/rd4g52

Requires the 1.2.3789 Beta update posted earlier today 09:21:42 PM

http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=551.msg6220#msg6220

Title: Skins
Post by: chorpo on May 17, 2010, 11:19:15 PM
perfect. nice job! thank you guys... nice customized menus and also edit panel...
Title: Skins
Post by: Tim on May 18, 2010, 02:34:58 AM
Awesome! Especially the new splash. Thank you guys!
Title: Skins
Post by: phred on May 18, 2010, 02:56:46 AM
Very nice job.
Is there any chance you can make the right-facing triangles on the drop-down menu pages the same color as the text?  Right now they're dark black on a not quite so dark black.  Pretty much the same thing with the check marks on already selected options.
Thanks for taking on this project V4lve.
Title: Skins
Post by: Steven on May 18, 2010, 09:34:33 AM
i'll make a change so the arrow is the same as the text colour
Title: Skins
Post by: Steven on May 18, 2010, 10:38:43 PM
i noticed the rating stars dont blend well with the new menu background so i will fix that for the next update
Title: Skins
Post by: V4lve on June 03, 2010, 07:09:24 AM
He.

Here is a darker simpler skin. 

http://db.tt/L2M8Gb

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133297/darker.png)
Title: Skins
Post by: Steven on June 03, 2010, 06:29:29 PM
looks great. I'll be happy to include in the distribution if its ok with you
Title: Skins
Post by: V4lve on June 03, 2010, 07:19:48 PM
Thanks.  Feel free!
Title: Skins
Post by: chorpo on June 03, 2010, 07:30:58 PM

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133297/darker.png)

How you made File, Edit, View, ... in header of MB?
Title: Skins
Post by: Steven on June 03, 2010, 07:43:42 PM
i think you use the non-skinned border option - the menu it the header section is only supported for skinned borders
Title: Skins
Post by: V4lve on June 03, 2010, 10:47:49 PM
i think you use the non-skinned border option - the menu it the header section is only supported for skinned borders

It's a switch in the skin file.
Title: Skins
Post by: Tim on June 04, 2010, 02:17:21 AM
When I switch back to the original Dark skin after trying out this one, the background of the menu still turns to orange when the mouse hovers on.
Title: Skins
Post by: V4lve on June 07, 2010, 12:45:22 PM
When I switch back to the original Dark skin after trying out this one, the background of the menu still turns to orange when the mouse hovers on.

That's because it's a common feature of both skins.  I suspect you may have not noticed it or have been using an earlier version of "Dark" that didn't have it.  Does it persist if you use a completely different skin?

Title: Skins
Post by: Tim on June 08, 2010, 04:31:49 AM
When I switch back to the original Dark skin after trying out this one, the background of the menu still turns to orange when the mouse hovers on.

That's because it's a common feature of both skins.  I suspect you may have not noticed it or have been using an earlier version of "Dark" that didn't have it.  Does it persist if you use a completely different skin?



I had been using the Dark skin you published before this Darker one. Probably I had not noticed such a feature.
Title: Skins
Post by: ild2 on June 11, 2010, 12:22:42 PM
v4lve: i find the preferences window quite hard to read /cluttered with the black background in dark skin. maybe you could try to make the background of the preferences window gray, like in spotify b? i know this would hurt consistency in the skin but i think readability should go first here.
Title: Skins
Post by: V4lve on June 11, 2010, 12:57:48 PM
Steven.  Any chance you can give me an specific element for this?
Title: Skins
Post by: Steven on June 11, 2010, 01:25:22 PM
there are already separate elements for the input panels - just check out the spotify B skin:
InputPanel.Default
Controls...
Title: Skins
Post by: V4lve on June 12, 2010, 07:14:52 AM
Here is a new version od "Dark" skin with lighter preferences panel

http://db.tt/rd4g52
Title: Re: Skins
Post by: ild2 on June 15, 2010, 09:24:22 PM
thanks! looks much better

ps. maybe even brighter would work?
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: blast664 on June 22, 2010, 12:41:55 PM
Could someone do a darker (& higher resolution) "album art is missing"-picture for this skin?  :)
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: Steven on June 22, 2010, 12:58:47 PM
its already included in the latest .exe - just get the links from the grey skin topic (the artwork applies to all skins)
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: V4lve on June 22, 2010, 09:11:35 PM
Couldnt find anything obvious in the grey thread.  How do I get it to work?
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: Rotem K. on June 22, 2010, 09:20:15 PM
use the latest .Exe ((http://www.mediafire.com/?gzmiojgwwyu) ...found at the end of the Grey thead) it should be there.
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: V4lve on June 22, 2010, 09:59:47 PM
Ta.  Is there any way I can change it for the Dark skin? Would like to use something like this

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133297/folder.png)
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: Steven on June 23, 2010, 08:13:20 AM
not at the moment but i will add an element to allow it to be specific to a skin
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: V4lve on July 13, 2010, 09:58:06 AM
Latest version of Dark Skin.  Now includes "no cover" artwork in keeping with the scheme.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133297/Dark.xml

You will need the lastest version of MusicBee



Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: silasje1 on November 06, 2010, 09:03:08 AM
looks very nice! could visualized drop down menu be included too? or is that a thing steven has to do?
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: andrea.ippo on December 11, 2010, 01:00:38 PM
My proposal, based on an old Dark.xml

It changes the color of the stars in the main panel to make them more visible.

http://shorttext.com/enpzeflsp0 (xml contents excluding the <images> tag)

Here is a screenshot:

(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9900/15982585.th.png) (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/15982585.png/)
Title: Re: Dark Skin
Post by: Rotem K. on March 05, 2011, 04:54:05 PM
Made a Dependent skin with some fixes, small changes and a new splash.
- Some of the fixed colors where originally there in the skin but with time and after some new elements added things have changed.
- Some small stuff I changed to my liking.

http://www.mediafire.com/?vvy9k3w01wpc7ux

I've deleted the file from the online host, the fixes have be integrated to the original skin after beta v1.2.4083.