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-Purpose of this document: Describe the skinning system of clist_nicer+,
-provide help for some common problems when using the various skinning options.
-
-First of all: While adding a lot of possibilites to skin the contact list,
-clist_nicer+ skinning is still not as advanced as it is in clist_modern.
-Some effects (like glassy transparency on borders) isn't possible without
-converting the plugin to a "layered" application, which I don't want at
-the moment. The advantage is that clist_nicer+ still supports the "old way"
-of skinning and can, in fact, work without any skinning at all.
-
-It allows a very broad range of look - from pure classic look where everything
-looks to fit the operating systems theme up to a system where various elements
-of the contact list are skinned with partial transparent .PNG images.
-
-Beginning with version 0.5.1.15, quite a few changes were introduced in
-clist_nicer+ skinning system.
-
-1. Rounded window corners and border clipping.
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-
- This feature was changed. Previously, it was using a window region to cut
- certain areas from the clist window making it appear "rounded". Now, this
- feature is implemented by color keying. This means that you need to activate
- the "full transparent" mode to use rounded window corners or clip away parts
- of the border. If you don't you will see strange purple window edges (this
- is, because the color key for transparency is by default set to "magic magenta"
- (RGB(255, 0, 255)).
-
-2. Window frame/border style
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-
- It is no longer necessary to use the "clip border" option to get rid of the
- window border. In fact, it is not recommended. A new option has been added
- to Options->Contact List->Window. A combo box allows to choose from 4
- border styles:
-
- * Normal (normal title bar, thick window frame)
- * Tool style window (toolwindow title bar, thinner window frame)
- * Thin border (no title bar, 1pixel thin black border)
- * No border (NOTHING).
-
-3. Fully transparent contact lists:
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-
- This is one of clist_nicers special features. It is still available. In order
- to make the contact list fully transparent, you'll have to:
-
- * DISABLE the options "Rounded window" and "Clip border by" (set the latter to
- 0). If you don't do this, you won't get a fully transparent clist.
- * ENABLE the "Fully transparent (like TweakUI)" option.
- * On the "Background" page, set a background color to any value you want (the
- color should match your desktop background color theme for best results).
- * Also, you should activate the "Use these settings to skin the entire background"
- option.
- * Set the window border style to "None".
-
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