horrible toolbar icon shadow

[anonymous_user]

I appended some commands to the toolbar but when I hover my cursor over them (custom icon) they have an ugly shadow:



Why is this?

[Clo]

anonymous_user

Hello !

• Hm… Maybe they are not the same size than the rest of the skin you're using ?
- Please, could you show a longer part of that tool-bar ?

• I use always my own skins with matching extra *.ICO, I never saw such an issue…

KR
Claude
clo

[anonymous_user]

This is my entire browser toolbar:



And I am using the correct size (24px).

Maybe its because the normal toolbar is bmp but the new icons are ico?

[xnview]

Please send me the .ico to check?

[anonymous_user]

Here you go:

http://www.speedyshare.com/226520639.html

[helmut]

As one can see the black, ugly part is the shadow. The other icons all have a shadow, too, but it's just a faint shadow.

Perhaps a problem with alpha channel or colour conversion?

[Clo]

anonymous_user

Hello !

• *.ICO (single format, not multipage) is supported for extra commands, I use them without any problem, like said above…

• Your icons look quite normal, I checked in XnView and in GFIE Pro (Icon editor).

• What occurs when there is no extra-icon on a tool-bar ? Do you get that unwanted shade ? Also, what with other skin¦s ?

• Which OS are you running ? Here Win XP-Pro SP1 (Fr)

KR
Claude
Clo

[anonymous_user]

The other icons all have a shadow, too, but it's just a faint shadow.

Correct.

Perhaps a problem with alpha channel or colour conversion?

Maybe. I decided to save the icons as True Color without alpha channel and they no longer have the ugly shadow. The icons look nicer with alpha channel though

• What occurs when no extra-icon is on a tool-bar ? Do you get that unwanted shade ? Also, what with other skin¦s ?

I just happens with the custom icons not the skin.

• Which OS are you running ? Here Win XP-Pro SP1 (Fr)

Vista SP1 English

[Clo]

anonymous_user

Again…

• That sounds like an annoyance with Vista (only) in such a situation…

• A while ago, when we had some snags with extra-icons -nicely fixed now - I suggested to Pierre
that the separate *.BMP files be supported also as extra “icons”.
- I think that (maybe) it could help in the case, since the skin bitmap works fine…
Anyway, it's worth a try if supported later…
• Another test to perform :  Build a small 32-bit ICL with your extra-icons, and use it instead of separate files…

KR
Claude
Clo

[Clo]

anonymous_user

Again-again…

• I tested further using an icon having a drop-shadow and a transparent BG (that I use rarely, so I missed this).

• At left hand, the icon itself (as a PNG here, but same look), at right hand,
how it looks in the tool bar when hovered by the mouse :

      .

• There is a difference, though : Here, the icon displays always the original drop-shadow as “solid”, even when not hovered !

• Hence, there is a bug really, not obvious to fix alright for all OSs…:?
Note : That occurs in all cases, no matter if 16 or 32-bit screen display is set.

KR
Claude
Clo

[anonymous_user]

Ok I tried using GFIE Pro to build the icl but now its worse.

The normal icon is "fuzzy" and the hovered icon still has the shadow.



Oh well. For now Ill just use nonalpha icons.

[Clo]

anonymous_user

Well, a worse result from an ICL is not so suprising :  To fix serious issues in the display of custom non-standard sizes,
I assume that Pierre had to use a certain function call which displays these icons correctly, size and motif (it does)…
- From an ICL, I guess he uses necessarily an "ExtractIcon" function or so (less good in the case).

• To sum up the issue :

1. Under XP, the *.ICO 32 BPP having a drop-shadow doesn't display that shadow normally, but as a solid dark area,
even "on idle" (not hovered).

2. Under Vista, the (same¦similar) icon shows the drop-shadow alright on idle,
but also as a solid dark area when hovered.

- Obviously, the Alpha channel support is lame¦missing in that display…

KR
Claude
Clo

[ouistiti]

Clo

I confirm !

Paul

[xnview]

The icon package is no more available!

[Clo]

Pierre

Hello !

• The two original icons for tests are available as a RAR archive HERE.
- BTW, that doesn't matter a lot, the issue occurs with any 32 BPP *.ICO you add in the tool-bar, like I showed above…
- You could try also my test-skin I sent you a while ago…

KR
Claude
Clo