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Questions tagged [visual-styles]

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Is it possible to turn visible the invisible window's borders of Windows 10?

SCENARIO This is a brief introduction for those who don't know the next information: The new Windows 10's flat window style uses a different window-border mechanism than previous Windows versions, which affects in a horrible way the window aspect,…
ElektroStudios
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A Dark Theme for Windows 8

Is there any way for me to use Windows 8 in a dark environment? For a long time I had headaches that I couldn't fid their cause. Now, I'm using a dark visual style for my Windows 7 and since then, I haven't have any problems. Now I want to use…
Alireza Noori
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Windows 8 Color Settings (Window Title)

In Windows 7, the window title's color (by default black, to see the title in the title bar fire up Windows Media Player for example) is stored in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors] TitleText value. This is not the case in Windows 8,…
xixixao
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Firefox - Extension Load Order?

I am seeing an issue with Firefox 48.0.2 where it seems that the order in which plugins are loaded is affecting my browsing experience. Basically, I try to keep everything in "night mode" due to two large monitors, a dark room, and developing all…
Patrick
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Any way to disable rounded CONTROLS (not windows!) in Windows 11?

There are lots of utilities out there that allow you disable rounded corners of application windows in Windows 11, but I haven't been able to find anything that manages to also modify the visual styles to make controls (buttons, checkboxes, etc.)…
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Windows 8.1 custom title bars

How do i set custom colors for active and inactive title bars, Windows 2000-style, in Windows 8.1? I do not want to enable high contrast mode, because it makes Internet Explorer unusable.
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Change highlighted section to a specific font style in a txt file

I wanted to know if this would be possible with Notepad++ (even if it means downloading plugins). Suppose I have a .txt file. This .txt file has some sections that contains some sample C++ code. I wanted to know if it is possible to change the style…
MistyD
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Windows 7 - Can't Disable Visual Styles on any Applications using: Properties > Compatibility

I have installed the Ashtray Placebo theme http://solmiler.deviantart.com/ I am attempting to disable the visual style for Adobe Fireworks because the controls are clashing with it's interface. For some reason I am unable to disable via Properties…
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Windows 7 Visual Styles Unable to Install completely

I am trying to get some visual styles working completely on my computer. They say I need to patch some files, install the theme, and to get the style working 100%, I also need to replace explorer.exe, shell32.dll, and a few other files. The problem…
Blue
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Latest WhatsApp desktop application has look & feel of Playstore "App" than Classic Windows application. Have they stopped the other kind?

I had downloaded the WhatsApp Windows Desktop App from Whatsapp website & was using it. It had the Classic Windows Application Look & Fee. Yesterday, it forced me to upgrade it but during the upgrade process, it went to the Microsoft Store &…
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In Notepad++ how to change the highlighting style of substrings found using search/replace

I have trouble spotting the gray highlight applied to a small substring found using the search/replace feature and would like to change the highlight to a color that stands out better for me, like hot pink. Where is that particular style setting…
Tim
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MS Word: Bottom border runs off page when using numbered lists

I'm formatting a manuscript in which all heading 1 styles (i.e. chapter headings) are automatically numbered, as in Chapter One, Chapter Two, etc. The chapter headings are right-aligned, italicized, and have a bottom border (i.e. a line that divides…
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