How to skin the Toolbar

[1c3d0g]

Reckoning: scroll 9 posts above yours...

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=27195#p27195

[Reckoning]

I saw your post 1c3d0g, I just wanted my point accross.

Has anyone asked Ludde if the next version of utorrent will support png?

[Determination]

... there's no reason to. There's no feature that PNGs have that 32-bit Bitmaps don't. The filesize is a non-issue.

[Reckoning]

There is one feature that png has over bmp 32bit and it is the ability to easily change them..

[Firon]

Um, how would it look better, considering PNG is just a losslessly compressed version of a BMP? The BMPs we're using are 32-bit (well, some people use 256 colors sometimes).

[Reckoning]

Try to put that as your toolbar and see what happens..thats the problem im having.. and png's support translucency.

[Determination]

... so do properly alpha-blended 32-bit BMPs. Make design (w/ no background). Save PNG. Run AlphaConv exporting as BMP. Done and done.

[Reckoning]

Thank you determination!! problem is now fixed..

[Determination]

AlphaConv > *.

AlphaConv == win.

AlphaConv for teh win.

[ketsugi]

Don't even need AlphaConv. The solution I found (Windows XP only) which someone else mentioned on this forum was to open the saved PNG with the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, and then hit the "Save" button and save the image as a BMP. Voila.

For obvious reasons this will not work on Windows 9x/ME/NT/2K, Linux or Mac.

[Determination]

while that procedure might work, I find that the AlphaConv drop operation to be much more convenient. AlphaConv can also convert multiple images at once.

Either way, PNGs just aren't needed for µTorrent.

[DonGato]

Updated my variation to handle also preferences: http://dongato.dyndns.org/imgtmp/toolbar.bmp , in case someone wants it. Also updated status icons as well (http://dongato.dyndns.org/imgtmp/tstatus.bmp).

[agustinneo]

It would be a good idea to change the uTorrent logo when I've paused all downloads.

It has happened to me that I pause because I need all my speed and then I forget resuming!

Like, I don't know, the same yellow icon with the Pause logo || on it you see in the main window.

Thanks!!

[Ultima]

Yeah... that's already been requested... and it's entirely unrelated to this thread as well...

[agustinneo]

To criticise other people's posts is an off-topic too. And much more aggressive.

Excuse me, Ultima, next time I will read the whole forum before I post.

Have a nice day.

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[Ultima]

So I guess just letting it alone and leaving the off-topic offender *ignorant* is better than informing them. I'm not sure how my post to inform you was aggressive, but hey, whatever you want to think of it.

[braden]

What about Windows Vista?

for some reason i can't find "%appdata%\utorrent" anywhere on my computer...

I've downloaded the skin that i want i just cant find where to change them at...

[Saribro]

C:\Users\<youracc\AppData

(it's a hidden folder of course)

[Ultima]

Start > Run > %appdata%\uTorrent

You don't find the directory, Windows finds it for you.

[GuberX]

i have Win7, and im lookin for the appData/uTorrent folder... and when i use the "run" way, it comes up with the utorrent folder but it shows it in "C:\user\"name"\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent" and the only files in there are .dat files. do i just put the bmp's there or is there another spot its suppose to be?

Edit:

okay yeah it seems to work when i put them there... i thought i would need to replace a file for it, but i guess not

[BaseOverApex]

Can I change the colour scheme of the rest of the window? I absolutely hate the new pale colours on white background. It makes the graphs spectacularly difficult to see, and you downright refuse to help me find the older, perfectly function, more streamlined versions.

I wish I'd kept my 2.0.4 installer.

[Chuko]

µTorrent 3 updates: the new icons for Toggle Torrent View and µTorrent Remote can be added on the right of the older ones. Toolbar.png with 360x24.

Here's a mod I made on Basic-Black (uploaded by bigstep70):

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/8001/toolbarw.png

(I´m only here because I'm trying to upload this skin and it reports an error message) :/

[Firon]

The current skins system is going away and being replaced with something new (which will only support .btskins)

[Chuko]

I see. I'm using the current.btskin method. Are we (and will we) still be able to share individual image files for skinning?

Cheers

[vze2mp9g]

The current skins system is going away and being replaced with something new (which will only support .btskins)

As of this release of release of µTorrent (3.3 Stable, Build 29420), are they still using the current.btskin file? I've tried to change the colors in the current.btskin (btskin - which is a text file), and the colors did not change to the ones I wanted. I even rebooted my computer and the changes didn't take effect. This is part of my btskin file:

download_progress:49f605

seed_progress:3b9bfc

paused_progress:e2e794

stopped_progress:e59e14

downerr_progress:ff3333

seederr_progress:ff3333

error_progress:ff3333

finished_progress:f90000

healthbar:006400 <--This is a Darker Green color, which µTorrent didn't change.

healthbar_bg:cccbcb

I also made changes in other areas, which didn't take effect.

Secondly, I tried to put all the files, e.g.:

tray.ico

main.ico

toolbar.bmp

tstatus.bmp

tabs.bmp

in the current.btskin file, but it didn't work, so I put them in the %AppData%/uTorrent/ directory, and the changes took effect. I guess you can only put certain files in the current.btskin file. I was really hoping that I can clean up the clutter in the %AppData%/uTorrent/ directory.

Lastly, will there be more detailed documentation on creating skins, and using the new skins system? I would really appreciate any and all replies to this posting.

Thank You. :cool: