Wm 6.5 Taskbar Opacity - Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development

Is there a quick fix to change the top and bottom task bar opacity in windows mobile 6.5?
in pre 6.5, the top and bottom taskbars were colours dependent on the theme .tsk files.
in 6.5, the top and bottom task bars are semi transparent to reveal the wallpaper behind it.
Is there a way, either through registry or a cab to change it to semi transparent 6.5 mode, and back to pre 6.5?

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added a screenshot so u guys can see. as u can see, the top task bar, where the "Start" and "X" button are, is semi transparent, showing the background picture
the bottom taskbar, where the word "lock" is, is black, hiding the background wallpaper
this is from NRG's rom, where it apparently can be done, as u can see the top is transparent bottom is not
anyone have a fix, to make it transparent or not, whether registry or cab (cab preferable of course)

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look through your windows directory, and find black_taskbar.png and black_softkey.png. Copy those and edit them however you want drop them back in windows and overwrite existing.

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sorry, but what did u mean by edit them? wouldnt that just change the colour not opacity anyway?

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Baronic said:
sorry, but what did u mean by edit them? wouldnt that just change the colour not opacity anyway?
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The 2 files are solid black images. While I have had limited success in transparencies (Windows seems to strip the transparencies in my files)... I have had luck doing a cheap trick:
Take your desired wallpaper and use the top and bottom portion to replace the bars. You can see my rom's theme here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517490&highlight=player911

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while i understand your workaround, but wouldnt it default again the moment u change .tsk files? also, it doesnt let u change wallpapers on the fly, which is one of my main concerns

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bilbobrian said:
look through your windows directory, and find black_taskbar.png and black_softkey.png. Copy those and edit them however you want drop them back in windows and overwrite existing.
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sorry i only found black taskbar.png. and its a pure black rectangular thingy. no black softkey.png. so...now what? T.T please please help

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Baronic said:
sorry i only found black taskbar.png. and its a pure black rectangular thingy. no black softkey.png. so...now what? T.T please please help
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they're there... maybe hidden. It's "black_taskbar.png" and "black_softkeybar.png".
WM6.5 themes include top and bottom bars. So it's up to the theme to have matching graphics. Granted you can't change wallpapers on the fly using my method, but creating the top and bottom bar is super easy and if you just paste them in the Windows folder they'll take on a reboot.
Your goal is to simply make the taskbars semi-transparent black like the homescreen. PNG files support this but seems to be ignored by the OS. I put a semi-transparent layer on my graphics but had to flatten the image (make it one) for it to work.
Perhaps try a single semi-transparent black layer. Maybe it isn't stripping the transparent layer as much as just removing additional layers.

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When Titanium (Windows Default) is enabled, the top and bottom bars are semi-transparent when you're at the homescreen or in the start menu. Everywhere else, they are opaque. Titanium actually does the transparency to the bars, from what I've read.

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@Jason, i know, but the problem is as u can see frm the screenshot, the bottom part isnt becoming semi transparent
player911 said:
they're there... maybe hidden. It's "black_taskbar.png" and "black_softkeybar.png".
WM6.5 themes include top and bottom bars. So it's up to the theme to have matching graphics. Granted you can't change wallpapers on the fly using my method, but creating the top and bottom bar is super easy and if you just paste them in the Windows folder they'll take on a reboot.
Your goal is to simply make the taskbars semi-transparent black like the homescreen. PNG files support this but seems to be ignored by the OS. I put a semi-transparent layer on my graphics but had to flatten the image (make it one) for it to work.
Perhaps try a single semi-transparent black layer. Maybe it isn't stripping the transparent layer as much as just removing additional layers.
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i've found the files, copied them from another rom, pasted into this rom and overwrite, but still, same problem as seen from the screenshot above. perhaps its not that file?
could someone perhaps upload in a zip, the files from their devices in question, so that i may try it out?

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to clarify, it works perfectly fine in today screen. but NOT in start menu screen, as shown in the screenshot. so perhaps its a different png file, since its the start menu?

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so....anyone got anything? i've tried much so far, no avail

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I thought the bottom bar in the start menu was transparent too by default. Have you tried other's roms and see if it's the same?

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all roms are fine except NRG's. maybe he did it intentionally for his rom. but it shows it can be done. but how. (have asked in his thread a few times, no reply from him)