Access Bar

[eclectic-tech]

Access Bar

abFrosted.png

Translucent (Frosted Glass)

abChameleon.png

Desktop Colors (Chameleon)

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
SysColor plugin by Brian
Segoe MDL2 Assets Icons font by Microsoft (included in Windows)

Access Bar_1.2021.10.31.rmskin

[sl23]

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

Personally I prefer the Segoe Fluent Icons though!

[eclectic-tech]

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

Personally I prefer the Segoe Fluent Icons though!

Thanks!
Segoe Fluent Icons are fancier...

I was trying to 'K. I. S. S.' this version, and went with a simpler font.

[Active Colors]

Awesome skin, ET! Love how you made the auto-hiding feature.

[eclectic-tech]

Thanks AC!

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.

[eclectic-tech]

Updated

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

See the list of changes and updated package in the first post

[Mordasius]

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?

[eclectic-tech]

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.

Code: Select all

[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.

[SilverAzide]

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!

[Mordasius]

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