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no "bricks" in the background.

Hello.
I have a question.
I dont want "the bricks" in the backgorund. only a black backgorund (and not only today screen)
I think the files name is 0d1412f9_manila. Can someone help me?!
/Kongobongo

No.. It's not that one (I actually don't know what that one does!?)
here's the background manila file (the small grey square in the background)
I've clanged it to be black...
Here you go

Thanks.. my swedish friend. Nice work!!!!

NisseDILLIGAF said:
No.. It's not that one (I actually don't know what that one does!?)
here's the background manila file (the small grey square in the background)
I've clanged it to be black...
Here you go
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Well, i have another request... am using the simple white manilla theme, the only thing missing are the squares in the background, i copied your file into windows (the one you made black) but it doesn't change anything in the theme, i still have a solid white background...
Is it possible to get the grey squares matching the white theme, and if so how do i activate them after copying to the win directory??
thx

Can someone post a screenshot without background...? just plain black?

romflasher said:
Well, i have another request... am using the simple white manilla theme, the only thing missing are the squares in the background, i copied your file into windows (the one you made black) but it doesn't change anything in the theme, i still have a solid white background...
Is it possible to get the grey squares matching the white theme, and if so how do i activate them after copying to the win directory??
thx
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ok after locating the file with manilla editor i actualy found it in the theme, so if its there, why isnt it displayed on the background?
anybody an idea ?

Hello
Look like this.
/Kongobongo

kongobongo said:
Hello
Look like this.
/Kongobongo
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can i ask what the icon is between the word "Start" and the connection icon on the top bar?
what is it? looks interesting!!

kongobongo said:
Hello
Look like this.
/Kongobongo
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Does it look better?

thanx alot this is Nice

romflasher said:
ok after locating the file with manilla editor i actualy found it in the theme, so if its there, why isnt it displayed on the background?
anybody an idea ?
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Because when u have a white background u dont use the 'standard' manila background files... there's some difference in the mode9/luaq files...
Sorry, but I cant help u there ... don't know how to change that...
Maybe someone else can...?

Not sure if its listed here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Manila_Research

can i ask what the icon is between the word "Start" and the connection icon on the top bar?
what is it? looks interesting!!
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It is "Spb GPRS Monitor".
Spb GPRS Monitor is a complete solution for measuring the amounts of data transfers via your GPRS, CDMA or GSM network connection and calculating network usage costs.
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/gprsmonitor/?en
/Kongobongo

NisseDILLIGAF said:
Because when u have a white background u dont use the 'standard' manila background files... there's some difference in the mode9/luaq files...
Sorry, but I cant help u there ... don't know how to change that...
Maybe someone else can...?
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Ok, that makes sence, that must be the reason that there is no "white diamond theme" like the original "black theme"

background problem
Hey everyone,
since I'm a owner of a Diamond, I just keep playing around with the TF3D Themes, that were made by the people of this website.
But I got a problem pretty similar the the one of the first post.
After I install a theme everything looks good and fine, but the background of the tabs. This is staying in my ugly o2 blue. And for example in the Gold-Diamond Theme this really looks stupid. Can somebody tell me, which manila file I have to chance to get it black (I like those bricks ) ???
Thanks a lot
Alex

Don_Alex said:
Hey everyone,
since I'm a owner of a Diamond, I just keep playing around with the TF3D Themes, that were made by the people of this website.
But I got a problem pretty similar the the one of the first post.
After I install a theme everything looks good and fine, but the background of the tabs. This is staying in my ugly o2 blue. And for example in the Gold-Diamond Theme this really looks stupid. Can somebody tell me, which manila file I have to chance to get it black (I like those bricks ) ???
Thanks a lot
Alex
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You have to copy some Luaq/gles manila files from the original black theme...
Don't know wich ones it is right now but try this one...
I made it for someone else that had some problems with the clock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=114022&d=1221761928
You can always uninstall it and go back to original manila files...

hey dude,
dunno why, but it didn't work correctly. After installing your cab-file my clock was not "bling-bling" anymore and I was back in January 2008 Re-installed gold theme and hoped that it would keep the background (which was correct now), but it didn't.
Seems as if I have to live with blue backgrounds, or has anybody else an idea???
But thanks for your work anyways !!!

Don_Alex said:
hey dude,
dunno why, but it didn't work correctly. After installing your cab-file my clock was not "bling-bling" anymore and I was back in January 2008 Re-installed gold theme and hoped that it would keep the background (which was correct now), but it didn't.
Seems as if I have to live with blue backgrounds, or has anybody else an idea???
But thanks for your work anyways !!!
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Ok... made a new one ... Try it, If it doesn't work just uninstall
This will remove CallHistory (if u have it) and change order of tab to standard...

May I say "i love you" ???
Works perfectly mate.
Thanks !!!

NisseDILLIGAF said:
No.. It's not that one (I actually don't know what that one does!?)
here's the background manila file (the small grey square in the background)
I've clanged it to be black...
Here you go
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Hi im wanting to change the bricks to plain black, can some please explain how to change this please?

[THE]Brins0net_Droplets_Theme

I have made a new theme for my new HTC Diamond, as the one I made for my artemis no longer looked right, as the image was stretched. So I have re-made it and decided to release it into the community, as there are so few VGA themes which look nice on the HTC Diamond
- It's both VGA and QVGA ready, as well as Landscape/Portrait ready
- There's a nice glassy/ripple effect on the start menu
- All of the system colours have been adjusted to suit
- Looks great in WM2003/WM5/WM6/WM6.1
- Really suite the HTC Diamond's looks
Download and more information HERE
If you want to link to this, please don't link to the executable file, but to the project page instead.
Please tell me what you think of my theme, I may make more in the same fashion if you all like it...

why have you disabled the tf3d.

964rs777 said:
why have you disabled the tf3d.
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Not everyone likes TF3D, I eventually got annoyed with it because the home page doesn't show tasks at all and seems buggy when it comes to displaying calendar entries. I've got nothing against TF3D, but at the end of the day I need a home screen that shows the necessities and anything that doesn't meet that basic requirement, no matter how pretty it is, is useless.

Use SecondToday !!!
However... can you make a theme with black glossy 3D Bars, like the grey you've posted?

964rs777 said:
why have you disabled the tf3d.
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1: I've not actually disabled TouchFlo 3D, as that image was captured from the Windows Mobile Device Emulator, as you can see in the screenshot, so it's not running an HTC rom with TouchFlo 3D in it.
2: I have not only disabled TouchFlo 3D on my actual Diamond, I have flashed a new rom to it without the blasted thing even installed, as I find it an irritating waste of RAM and ROM. There are things i'd much rather use my system RAM for than some pretty interface. As the guy above has stated, it is lacking in several key areas, and is such quite useless for more advanced users such as myself.
SkizZO said:
However... can you make a theme with black glossy 3D Bars, like the grey you've posted?
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I don't quite understand what you mean here... Do you want me to make a theme with the same background, but with the upper and lower bars in gloss black?

SkizZO said:
However... can you make a theme with black glossy 3D Bars, like the grey you've posted?
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I think you just have to run Glossy Black Bars (found here)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1662005#post1662005

NisseDILLIGAF said:
I think you just have to run Glossy Black Bars (found here)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1662005#post1662005
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You're "half right"
I found it HERE
Many thanks

SkizZO said:
You're "half right"
I found it HERE
Many thanks
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Thanks for posting that useful little program, didn't know that existed...

Gyrator 2
brins0 said:
Gyrator 2 Update Released
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Just grabbed this from you, mate, and a huge congrats!!! I will endeavour to throw some cash your way for your efforts. Thanks so much for this.

[stopped!.. on to something else -see last post!] htctoucher's Microsoft retouched

Hey everyone!
I decided to stop this theme!
its not fun enough for my taste.. a little too generic even
I might start working on some palm pre inspired skins like this for pcmc:
so stay tuned?!
UPDATES AS OF 4/13/09:
Dialer skin added (see post #2)
wm6.5 skin added (see post #3)
s2u2 skin updated (vga support added and graphical errors fixed)!
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s2u2 Preview:
*not everything is shown (one wallpaper, some of the buttons/sliders)*​
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- backup original s2u2 gfx file if you wish to keep the original skin
-- unzip the qvga or vga gfx folder from the .zip file attached depending on your devices resolution
------ (excluding wallpapers, vga works with wvga and qvga works with wqvga)
-- there are different styles of unknown and nopicture callerid wallpapers, buttons, sliders and wallpapers within the zip
------ choose the one you want to use and name it to the correct filename (arrows.png, buttons.png, buttonl.png, wallpaper.jpg, nopic.png, unknown.png)
-- copy/move the gfx folder into your s2u2 folder and overwrite originals
-- you will want to disable the bottom bar and topbar in settings, and it would probably look best to disable the s2text for the dialer screens too in the lang file
FAQ:
Q: Are the call buttons/sliders hardcoded into a particular incoming caller wallpaper?
A: No, use whichever unknown or nopic wallpaper I have included, select either slide2end, slide2answer or simple answer and end buttons in s2u2 settings and you will see the sliders/buttons/wallpapers work independently from one another
Q: Will there be more FAQs??
A: Yup, as soon as I get more
WARNING:
I havent been able to test all aspects of the VGA version, but it should all work
If you encounter any issues (graphical) please upload a screenshot and/or description so I can work to fix it
Enjoy!
htctoucher

dialer and commmanager skins!
Preview of the comm manager and dialer skins:
..
**if anyone knows why in the dialer incall screen portrait the disabled pause and add call buttons are still htc-styled please let me know..
I skinned every image I found that corresponded to that part of the dialer but they havent changed!**​
DIALER INSTRUCTIONS:
-- first note that it is a QVGA skin, i dont know what the most popular VGA dialer is
-- unzip cab from zip attached
-- uninstall any previous versions of opal phone canvas if you have them installed
-- install the cab to device, not storage card
DIALER KNOWN ISSUES:
-- Not everything is skinned in the dialer, and there may be some issues as it is impossible for me to test everything
That being said, I tested everything I could, and I cannot find any skin-related issues
I tried my best to skin everything but there are over 200 files so it may be that I missed some
-- Also, I am still working on how to change the font color for smart dialing portion of the opal phone canvas
If anyone knows, please post or PM me!
it is the opal phone canvas, and I think its done by registry keys but the cab I used didnt install any
**comm manager coming as soon as i figure out which version this is so I can make the cab..
any help pointing me in the right direction would be great! (its part of NFSFAN's 6.5 rom)**​
here are just the files for opal phone canvas
only use these if you already have opal phone canvas already installed (the version WITH THE INCOMING SLIDER
http://www.4shared.com/file/101415925/b94b89f1/htctoucher_opalphonecanvas_retouched_files_only.html
Enjoy!
htctoucher

windows mobile 6.5 skin!
Preview of the skin for windows mobile 6.5 users
This theme will *only* work if you are running WM6.5!!​
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- download the .zip attached
-- unzip the folder "files to put in windows directory" somewhere so you can look inside it
------ the Titanium_240x320.cpr file fixes the date issue mentioned above, and the StartMenu_GridScene_240x320.cpr will change your start menu from 3 to 4 columns
-- choose which files you want to copy to your device, and do so
-- soft reset
------ you will not see the changes until you soft reset
KNOWN ISSUES:
-- some of the graphics of the lock screen have not been skinned, like the locked dialer for example
when I get more time I will skin these as well
Also, I was going to make a cab, but figured not everyone will be using titanium weather and may not want some files or 4 column start menu etc.
If cab is requested by some of you, I will make one, but its a pretty simple installation anyway
Enjoy!
htctoucher

just in case, this ones reserved for even later

Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.

Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...

Amazing look and pretty impressive.

wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well

Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X

I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!

you're pimping again

looks great.

Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)

Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?

Looking good!!

wow! great response!
wow i only posted this morning and alraedy got a LOAD of feedback.. very motivating! thanks to everyone who has posted!
now i will try to answer all of them.. because i can (and i want this theme to have a lot of user input because ideas/concepts are best developed when bounced around - thats the great thing about this community!)
sathya said:
Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.
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hope its not too typical
yeah i will probably do a mortbuttons skin to go along with the startmenu hook as i am now using that
haizn24d said:
Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...
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yeah i like the notifications too, agreed on the slider, gotta fix up the edges and the white lock icon.. forgot to do that before i flattened it and uploaded the preview
i think i will do multiple colors, but i am not sure how to implement other colors (should multiple backgrounds with one dominant color, or one background with a melding of multiple colors?)
i agree blue is overused, but to be honest, its my favorite color! and microsoft uses it a LOT (maybe i will bring in some cyan/very blue green as that is the color scheme in vista?)
what do you think?
ahdeshpande said:
Amazing look and pretty impressive.
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well thank you!
much appreciated, glad you like it
ranasrule said:
wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well
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qvga is a definite as my device is qvga
this is gonna be my first theme where i attempt to do ALL RESOLUTIONS!
wvga, vga, wqvga, qvga
we will see how it goes, its gona be hard to test and honestly i wish i had a vga device (i have qvga, which means i can guess what wqvga would look like.. but i have no idea what vga/qvga will look like on device or how to position things in xmls cuz i cant test)
so please.. anyone with an old vga device, send it my way!
or if anyone knows a really good emulator.. i am using microsofts sdk, but it doesnt look good/right
Xfinity said:
Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X
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thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
shadowline said:
I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!
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i cant wait either
red_hanks said:
you're pimping again
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that i am, gotta keep my pimp hand strong, flex it often and consistently
nir36 said:
looks great.
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thanks!
Travito said:
Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)
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what do you mean by branding?
i would love for people to build roms with these graphics, i think that would be amazing
for vogue roms at least i am going to ask NFSFAN if he would be willing to use my graphics in a rom, or allow me to use his rom with my graphics.. hopefully he agrees!
DaVince said:
Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?
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haha thanks
i get them from my head! (i make all of my graphics from scratch)
yeah i am thinking of doing multiple backgrounds with different dominant colors.. maybe to match the tsks
JonasSavimbi said:
Looking good!!
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thanks for all the feedback!
i will have more previews tonight
please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want

Looking forward to see this finished, maybe you can additional colors such as black.

wow, looks awesome buddy

htctoucher said:
thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
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I noticed your response and all I can say, fantastic news!
htctoucher said:
please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want[/B]
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Not at the moment besides keep up the great work!
// X

Love it
//Drakfisken

Please help - I just want this version

As per title really, i'm happy with the functionality and layout etc etc of my device, i just want to change the colour scheme to be as below, i've spent ages trying to find where the theme is located but can't, please can someone help me with where it is and how to change it

thissy said:
As per title really, i'm happy with the functionality and layout etc etc of my device, i just want to change the colour scheme to be as below, i've spent ages trying to find where the theme is located but can't, please can someone help me with where it is and how to change it
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That looks like stock photos of the unlocked GSM Rhodium running a stock windows 6.1 and Sense 2.1. So there isn't a theme really. Just a stock phone with a black background.

I can't find the black background anywhere, it certainly isnt on the device.

That background is embedded in the Manila files; it's the same as on all other tabs of Manila.
You can get it by editing the registry. Find the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila
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In that key change the value for "DefaultHomeBackgroundPath" to an empty string (you may ned to go to the settings tab after that, and try to change the wallpaper; it should then ask you if you want to use the default wallpaper).

thissy said:
As per title really, i'm happy with the functionality and layout etc etc of my device, i just want to change the colour scheme to be as below, i've spent ages trying to find where the theme is located but can't, please can someone help me with where it is and how to change it
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Well, here's the wallpaper for a start:
Hope this helps?

I can get the wallpaper and top and bottom bars black but nothing happens to the touch flo, it stays defaulted to red and white, so by turning touch flo off (which i dont want to do) i get black wallpaper

thissy said:
I can get the wallpaper and top and bottom bars black but nothing happens to the touch flo, it stays defaulted to red and white, so by turning touch flo off (which i dont want to do) i get black wallpaper
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Is that a carrier branded TP2?

thissy said:
I can get the wallpaper and top and bottom bars black but nothing happens to the touch flo, it stays defaulted to red and white, so by turning touch flo off (which i dont want to do) i get black wallpaper
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Not sure we follow you...

a2002cmacg said:
Not sure we follow you...
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Doesn't the branded US T-Mobile TP2 have a red and white theme???

yeah vodafone
i like the touch flo and everything else as is but it looks like this

thissy said:
yeah vodafone
i like the touch flo and everything else as is but it looks like this
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Oh goodness. That is horrible. Ouch!

i just want it to look like my first picture

thissy said:
i just want it to look like my first picture
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I don't blame you! I've had a bit of a search and I can't really find anything that'll revert it back to the HTC stock theme
You may have to use a different theme - or Hard SPL and flash a new ROM if you're up for that?

well i've about had enough of the nasty red and white

thissy said:
well i've about had enough of the nasty red and white
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Well if you do decide to flash a new ROM (it's easy) do make sure you follow this and you'll have no problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540

gonna have a go at that later on, what would i need to do after i've done all those steps? would i then need to find themes etc (idiot alert)

This looks like a mix of old and new.
The red taskbar should be able to change to a different colour by using a different theme file (.tsk) Download this file and save it to My Documents, then apply it by going to All Settings > Personal > Today
http://f.imagehost.org/download/0517/htc_black

I feel your pain, thissy. My AT&T Tilt 2 came with a blue theme that had to go. Being a n00b, I had no idea how do to any of that stuff.
After reading and searching, I was able to change almost everything without flashing a new rom. I think you need to start with getting Max's TF3D theme maker, found here. Become familiar with that thread, and all the additional components you can add into Max's program. LOTS of good stuff out there to tweak the look of your phone.

thissy said:
gonna have a go at that later on, what would i need to do after i've done all those steps? would i then need to find themes etc (idiot alert)
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Try the things other people suggest first if you're unsure about flashing a new ROM. But, if you do decide to flash one, say Ark's ROM here:
http://htcpedia.com/Rhodium-AF-manila-2-5-VX3/soft/htc-rhodium-rom.html?page=1
You wouldn't need to add any themes because it would look like this:
Plus you'd have all the benefits of Manila 2.5.
Hope this helps.

cheers everyone for your help
no doubt i'll be back at some point for some more nooby help

Changing menu bars colour

Hello,
I have NRG's excellent and brilliant cookie ROM inside my Touch Pro 2.
I like everything on it, except ughy leatherish-style theme. Question goes; how i change my upper and lower bars on homescreen completely black so they would match my new black wallpaper.
Thank you in advance!

jugih said:
Hello,
I have NRG's excellent and brilliant cookie ROM inside my Touch Pro 2.
I like everything on it, except ughy leatherish-style theme. Question goes; how i change my upper and lower bars on homescreen completely black so they would match my new black wallpaper.
Thank you in advance!
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Change the settings /appearance to use the Rock and Republic Black, and manually select the background picture. This will set the top and bottom to black, if I recall correctly.
But in any case the answer is to get a theme that has black taskbars.

Thanks for your answer, but ehh.. settings -> appearance..?
I can't find one?

(all)settings>system>today... that should get you there!

hell! thanks a ton, Im not really sure how i missed that one

jugih said:
hell! thanks a ton, Im not really sure how i missed that one
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Sorry, I missed the "Today" part, moving to fast...