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eclectic-tech
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Access

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Access Bar
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Settings
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Alternate Font
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Remodeled the 'Bar' and shortened the name to 'Access'

Added features:
Separately Scalable Fonts | Top Stories | 3-Day Weather | Font Search | Start Button | Mini Media Player | and more :)

DA Link: ACCESS

Availabl here for non-DA members:
ACCESS_2_2024.02.10.rmskin

V 2.2024.02.10 Optimized image resources | Added Toggle of 3-Item RSS

Previous History
(Lots of DownLoads ... Thanks! :rosegift: )

V 1.2024.01.19 Corrected weather display for daytime of Today or Tonight

V 1.2024.01.08 Updated AccessBar RSS and Weather functions

V 1.2023.11.29 Matched digital clock sizes to other skins | Access Dock visibility when either floating dock is active

Version 1.2021.10.31
  • Unified mouse scroll down action as the method to select Time, Date, Weather and Media formats
  • Expanded time/date formats:
    locale-time, locale-date, 12/24 hour (with or without seconds), m/d/y, or d/m/y (scroll down on date or time to set)
  • Expanded weather to include hybrid style (scroll down on access bar weather to set)
  • Due to my setting variables values, rather than using direct Chameleon measure values, it is necessary to change your wallpaper after first loading the skin to activate new colors.
  • Nearly ready for DA release... Happy Halloween!
Version 1.2021.10.29
  • Added context menu options to both variants
    Chameleon: Now can select from 2 color sets | Open variables file to edit
    Frosted Glass: Now can select from 3 type options (Blur | Acrylic | Clear) | Open variables file to edit
  • Added gradient color bar for the Chameleon variant
  • All skins will update when switching variants or context menu options
  • Corrected centering for launch icons
  • Resized media and weather details skins and added a smaller 'Close' icon to lower right area
  • Minor code cleaning
Version 1.2021.10.28
  • 2 Variants:
    Chameleon uses Windows accent color (must select to use Accent color in Windows settings)
    Translucent uses the Frosted Glass plugin (may lag on some systems)
  • 12/24 hours clock
  • Date | Windows Calendar
  • Weather | Weather Details | Web
  • Media Interface: NowPlaying | WebNowPlaying
  • Common Links: Docs | DnLoads | Pics | Music | Videos | Net | This PC | All Apps
  • Autohide feature
  • Resizable (via slow mouse scroll!)
Credits:
Chameleon plugin by Socks the Fox
Frosted Glass plugin by theAzack9
Segoe MDL2 Assets Icons font by Microsoft (included in Windows)
WebNowPlaying by tjhrulz
MediaPlayer plugin by i2002
Sweep-seconds clock by JSMorley
Pithy Quotes by JSMorley & Smurfier

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Re: Access Bar

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Nice looking skin, will give this a try. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup: :D

Personally I prefer the Segoe Fluent Icons though! :p :sly:
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Re: Access Bar

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sl23 wrote: October 28th, 2021, 5:02 pm Nice looking skin, will give this a try. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup: :D

Personally I prefer the Segoe Fluent Icons though! :p :sly:
Thanks!
Segoe Fluent Icons are fancier...

I was trying to 'K. I. S. S.' this version, and went with a simpler font. :D
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Re: Access Bar

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Awesome skin, ET! Love how you made the auto-hiding feature.
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Re: Access Bar

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Thanks AC! :bow:

I tried to keep it simple to use and modify for different resolutions.
Would be interested to hear how it works with higher resolution displays.

I usually release skins here and hope for feedback before offering it on DA. ;-)
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Re: Access Bar

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Updated :sly:

'Beautified' the Chameleon variant and expanded context menu options for both variants...

See the list of changes and updated package in the first post :welcome:
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Re: Access Bar

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What am I doing wrong? I installed your collection and loaded the Chameleon variant but I still get a blue background to the top bar (see attached). And yes I did select "Automatically pick an accent color from my background in the 'Windows|Personalization|Colors' settings menu (Win 10).
Screen Shot 10-30-21 at 08.45 PM 001.PNG
My own skins on the right seem to get the correct set of colours from Chameleon (see above) so what is going on?
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Re: Access Bar

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Hmm.. Not sure why it is not responding. It should detect when you change wallpapers.
I use the SysColor plugin to detect a change of the color, and test it using 'Slideshow' in personalization; 'Next desktop background' option from the desktop context menu.

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[MeasureColorTrigger]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=SysColor
ColorType=Aero
;DWM_COLOR
DisplayType=RGB
OnChangeAction=[!UpdateMeasure mDesktop]
DynamicVariables=1
Disabled=#DisableChameleonColors#
It has been a while since I worked with Chameleon, and this was how I use it on my Win10 system.
Maybe I need to use a different method. :???:
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Re: Access Bar

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I came here to the Access Bar looking for a double scotch on the rocks, and all I got was a really cool skin. :???:

Nice job, ET! :thumbup:
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Re: Access Bar

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eclectic-tech wrote: October 30th, 2021, 3:22 pm Hmm.. Not sure why it is not responding. It should detect when you change wallpapers.
And so it does! It happily changes the colours when the wallpaper is changed. My bad. I was too lazy to try changing the wallpaper to see if that changed the colours being used. For what it's worth, my skins have a measure to check whether the colours being used by the skin are the same as those being returned by the Chameleon Plugin. Something along the lines of:

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[mCheckForChange]
Measure=String
String=(#Col1-FromChameleon#)
IfMatch=(#Col1-UsedBySkin#)
IfNotMatchAction=[!UpdateMeasure mSetChameleonColors] 
DynamicVariables=1