Create Visual Style Windows 8
Explorer
- Bottom > active and inactive
- left > active and inactive
- Right > active and inactive
- Top > active and inactive
“you can change the value to resize it’s item”
2. Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Frames > Detail > Shaddow
- Bottom > active and inactive
- left > active and inactive
- Right > active and inactive
- Top > active and inactive
“you can change the value to resize it’s item”
Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Control > Caption > Windows
3. Close Button
- Normal Button > active and inactive
- LoneButton > active and inactive
- Small Button > active and inactive
- Normal Glyph
- Small Glyph
4. Restore/maximaze Button
- Button > active and inactive
- Restore Glyph
- Maximize Glyph
5. Minimize/Help button
- Button > active and inactive
- Min Glyph
- Help Glyph
“You do not have to use all the features buttons and glyphs, you can just choose the one and the other replaced with transparent images PNG.”
- Change font! If u want to remove this caption texts, you must change them with transparent font.
7. Ribbon
- You can't change background color, but you can hide this ribbon with ribbon disabler application.
1. Toolbar, Header, & Rebar > Rebar > Navbar > Aero
- Normal > Active > Background
- Normal > Inactive > Background
- Max > Active > Background
- Max > Inactive > Background
"Add this protertis in all the navbar background to be able to put up a picture here."
- FILENAME: IMAGEFILE = your image
- MARGINS: SIZING MARGINS = 0, 0, 0, 1 (See more about sizing margins)
- ENUM: BGTYPE = IMAGEFILE
- ENUM: SIZINGTYPE = SCRETCH
Button, Boxes & Controls > Button > Navigation
2. Back Button & Forward Button
3. Menu Button
Address, Breadcrumbs & Search
4. Address > Addressband > Basic > Addressband > Background
5. Breadcrumb > Aero >
- Normal > Active & Inactive Crumbs > Textcolor:Color
- Max > Active & Inactive Crumbs > Textcolor:Color
Address, Breadcrumbs & Search > Search
6. Edit > Search Edit > Textbox > Normal and filter text (Change text color)
7. Searchbox > Basic > Normal > Active > Background
8. Searchbox > Basic > Normal > Active > Image number <3>
Explorer & Shell > Explorer
1. ProperTree > Background (Change Fill Color)
2. ItemView > ItemView (Change Fill Color)
3. ItemView
- ItemView > GroupHeaderExpander
- ListView > ExpandButton and CollapseButton
4. ItemView > ListView > GroupHeader > Heading1TextColor (Change text color)
5. ItemView > ListView > Groupheader > (Change Image for the line)
6. Font, Color & SystemMatrics > Font & SystemMatrics > WindowsText:Color (Change the font color)
Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Progress Bars > Normal
For Progress bar (Change Image file)
7. For Storage (Change image file)
8. Explorer & Shell > Explorer > ItemsView > ItemsView > SubHeader > Normal > TextColor:Color
9. Explorer & Shell > PriviewPane (Change all text color on this point)
10. Explorer & Shell > PriviewPane > ProperTree Separator (Change Image)
1. ProperTree > Background (Change Fill Color)
2. ItemView > ItemView (Change Fill Color)
3. ItemView
- ItemView > GroupHeaderExpander
- ListView > ExpandButton and CollapseButton
4. ItemView > ListView > GroupHeader > Heading1TextColor (Change text color)
5. ItemView > ListView > Groupheader > (Change Image for the line)
6. Font, Color & SystemMatrics > Font & SystemMatrics > WindowsText:Color (Change the font color)
Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Progress Bars > Normal
For Progress bar (Change Image file)
- Bar
- BarVertical
- Chunk
- ChunkVertical
- Fill > Error & Pause
- FillVertical > Error & Pause
- For Animation
- PulseOveral
- MoveOveral
- PulseOveralVertical
- Move OveralVertical
7. For Storage (Change image file)
- Fill > Device Storage
- FillVertical > Device Storage
- TransparentBar > Device Storage Background
- TransparentBarVertical > Device Storage Background
8. Explorer & Shell > Explorer > ItemsView > ItemsView > SubHeader > Normal > TextColor:Color
9. Explorer & Shell > PriviewPane (Change all text color on this point)
10. Explorer & Shell > PriviewPane > ProperTree Separator (Change Image)
Explorer &Shell > Explorer
1. ItemView > ItemView > ListItemNotFocused (AND) ListView > ListItem (Hot + Selected + SelectedNotFocus + Selected Hot)
2. TreeView > TreeItem (Hot + Selected + SelectedNotFocus + Selected Hot = Change Image and text color)
3. Buttons, Boxs & Controls > ScrollBars & Trackers > ScrollBars
ToolsBars, Headers&Rebars > Toolbars&Headers > ItemsViewHeader
4. HeaderItem > TextColor:Color (Change text color)
5. HeaderSortArrow
6. HeaderItem (Change Image)
7. Explorer &Shell > Explorer > ItemView > ItemView > Details > Properties (change Text color)
8. Font, Color & SystemMatrics > Font & SystemMatrics > WindowsText:Color (Change the font color)
1. ItemView > ItemView > ListItemNotFocused (AND) ListView > ListItem (Hot + Selected + SelectedNotFocus + Selected Hot)
2. TreeView > TreeItem (Hot + Selected + SelectedNotFocus + Selected Hot = Change Image and text color)
3. Buttons, Boxs & Controls > ScrollBars & Trackers > ScrollBars
a. ArrowButtons (you can match the color with background color of the explorer)
b. ThumbButtonHorizonal
c. ThumbButtonVertical
d. LeftTrackHorizontal
e. RightTrackHorizontal
f. UpperTrackVertical
g. LowerTrackVertical
h. ArrowButtons (For the actual arrows, click on Glyph image 1 in WSB image priview windows)
ToolsBars, Headers&Rebars > Toolbars&Headers > ItemsViewHeader
4. HeaderItem > TextColor:Color (Change text color)
5. HeaderSortArrow
6. HeaderItem (Change Image)
7. Explorer &Shell > Explorer > ItemView > ItemView > Details > Properties (change Text color)
8. Font, Color & SystemMatrics > Font & SystemMatrics > WindowsText:Color (Change the font color)






