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Michael
 Post subject: bad readable menu font
PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:12 am 
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Hello,

i use the two-column menu and i can't hardly read the menu entries on the right side, left side is good.

I experimented already with the Menu Skin options (transparency..) but that didn't really help.
Where can i change the menu color font to a brighter colour?

I see gray letters on black background :cry:
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Ivo
PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:15 am 
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What skin and what style are you using?
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Michael
PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:39 am 
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Windows Aero

style? classic with two columns
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Gaurav
PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:32 pm 
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Which Windows OS are you using? Windows 7 or 8/8.1? A screenshot of your menu will help us get an idea of what might be the problem.

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Michael
PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:43 am 
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I use Windows 8.1 Pro Update1, a screenshot is attached


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Gaurav
PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:19 am 
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Have you edited your skin or maybe you are using a custom Windows theme/visual style? I see that your Taskbar text labels are black. You could try to make the glass color lighter from the Menu Look tab of Classic Start Menu settings. Adjust the parameters for glass color, intensity and blending.

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Michael
PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:33 am 
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Adjusting the settings didn't help really, i already tried this before.

I became aware that i've installed Windows Blinds from Stardock Software, i didn't know this anymore :oops:

Is this incompatible with CS or can you fix it?
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Ivo
PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 9:11 am 
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There is nothing I can do from my end. The menu is trying to draw white text but it ends up gray.

Windows Blinds intercepts this and changes the color. Try poking at the WB settings to see if there is a way to configure in which cases they mess with the text color. Maybe you can get some support from the developers as well.
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Michael
PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 9:42 am 
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Thank you for your answers and the help.
I'm glad that CS already supports Windows 10.
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