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[Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM
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O.P. RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM
So...I found it!

In the 920 style file, the element for the user nickname at the top is "FramelessWindowTitle"

You can change the colors for active and nonactive window states.

In the same file, the element for the contact's PSM is "WindowSubText" (at least it is, when there isn't a PSM and it defaults to their e-mail.)

In those elements you can change their foreground color, or you can do like I did and keep the colorization attribute and just override the intensity in the SkinInfo XML.

Here's how I fixed the brightness of the PSM text area...

quote:
<Colors>
                        <Color Id="1656">
                            <I>208</I>
                        </Color>
                    </Colors>

Thanks again, TRash19, for pointing me in the right direction!
Sorry to bump, but I discovered something further.

WindowSubText is for the contact's e-mail address, under their name.  idPSM is the correct entry to change color for the PSM.  I was trying it on a contact who had no PSM, just their address, and assumed the element had the same color, no matter if a PSM or e-mail was displayed.

TRash19 was right about it!

idPSM = Contact's personal status message
WindowSubText = Contact's e-mail address, beneath their nickname
FramelessWindowTitle = Contact's nickname
12-30-2007 04:10 AM
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[Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by fr33k on 12-30-2007 at 12:50 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by TRash19 on 12-30-2007 at 01:39 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by fr33k on 12-30-2007 at 01:51 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by TRash19 on 12-30-2007 at 02:02 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by fr33k on 12-30-2007 at 02:11 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by TRash19 on 12-30-2007 at 02:16 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by fr33k on 12-30-2007 at 02:24 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by TRash19 on 12-30-2007 at 02:52 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by fr33k on 12-30-2007 at 03:00 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by TRash19 on 12-30-2007 at 03:03 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by fr33k on 12-30-2007 at 04:10 AM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by Basilis on 01-02-2008 at 07:15 PM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by TheSourcE on 02-19-2008 at 06:39 PM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by Basilis on 02-19-2008 at 09:55 PM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by TheSourcE on 02-20-2008 at 03:00 PM
RE: [Help] Changing the color of nickname & PSM - by Basilis on 02-20-2008 at 04:52 PM


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