DocumentationBlackbox - bbStyleMaker 1.20 compatible
* optional menuIcons (credit zeytok|nocd5)
* settings Menu - Plugins: CtrlRightClick -> RC file, MidClick -> ReadMe, ShiftCtrlRightClick -> clear plugin from the list
* styleFiles Menus - CtrlRightClick opens file in Editor
* native OpenBox style parsing
* OutlineText & RecentItems menu (credit nocd5)
* dropShadows enabled by default

bsetroot
* support for splitGradients

bbWinSkin
* safeMetrics handles oversize Titlebars
* styleParsing overhaul

bbSystemBar (Win98|Win2k & higher)
* transparent background option
* tooltips in current style's font
* vertical option removed - use bbIconBox+ instead

bbIconBox+ (Win98|Win2k & higher)
* choice of iconBox styles
* transparent background option
* menu includes shell folders - also browse dialog for folders (not xoblite)

bbSlit
* update for Slit styling & splitGradients
* freeScreen & fullScreen positioning for multi-monitors

bbKeys
* OnTopWindow (window skinner not required)

bbPager (Win98|Win2k & higher)
* size scaling to virtual screen
* compatibility with splitGradients

bbStyle
* browse dialog for stylePath selection (not xoblite)
* midClick styles menu - xoblite uses desktop
* bro@m front-end for bbColor 3dc2 (if loaded)

uberbox-lite
* slimline version - Win95 compatible

Source Code: core, plugins

previous downloads:
RC1 - regular 17; NT 33
RC2 - regular 46; NT 32; StyleMaker 14

Excelent update.
The closest thing to a perfect branch:

bblean 1.17 stuff (utf8/recoverWindows/showMenuPinned/ShowMenuNoLabel)
+icons.
+recentMenuItem.
+processKiller.
+fullCustomisableMenu.
+can load other leanBars and 1.16 plugins (strike one, too bad that seems that the nocd5_leanSkin don't get the right blit for splitgradient and neither the diferent color for the close button, but at least it loads.).
+fontBorder.
+ctrClicklOnPluginsLoadedEditRc (is great)
+looks nicer than previous (even in image dither off)

Vs The other almost perfect branch (nocd5_1.16mod):

doubleDesktopClics/left-rigthDesktopClick.
+@killLastProcess.
+recentMenuItem.
+volumeMenuItem.
+MenuMaxHeightRatio,
+a little faster to build menus(than 1.17 and other 1.16 menus with icons, of course).
+fontBorder.
+ext color.


I'm really thinking to go to the BB4Win side... but whitout dsktpDouble my life would be miserable.

Well, anyway... little things that I've noted.
the core:
@BBCore.showmenu tasks (don't work, maybe is not a bb4win message?)
some items don't uncheak (visualy in menus, when uncheacked, sometimes you have to popup several times the menu to "see" it unchecked.)
Plugins:
The bbiconbox+ don't go notOntop (in my case doesn't matters because I hate bbiconbox)
BBStyle and Uberbox neither uncheck items in menus(again, i use bbstyle3dc and bbrun-broam, I have no problems).
@BBkeys (unload uberbox {win+u} shows Utilities, I mean... bbkeys seems to not assing the win+u over the system hotkey, maybe it is because BB4Win is not my default shell, but neither is Explorer).

Where I've tested it (Win XP Sp1/ .Net1.2/ MSVC runtimes 6/7/8 /Admin Rights)

Well Thats all... Thank's for this update.

how to enable systray icons? (i mean system tray icons like battery, volume, wifi etc). this version od bb4win_mod showed only programs icons on tray (like filezilla server tray icon, Bluetooth icon etc)

Have you installed bb4win_mod as your default shell? On Vista, I get the battery, volume etc icons showing.........

yes, i installed bb4win_mod as default shell, system is Windows XP (not vista)

PS: bbMien, bblean16 and 17 showed all tray icons well. the problem is only on this mod. Also I changed bar to SystemBarEX and to older bbLeanbar, but it doesn't help.

Thanks for this..... it should be fixed by the upcoming final release.....

ok, thank You

This is a bump to let you know that the Final version has now been upped. Late additions to 1.19:

• bbStyleMaker 1.20 compatibility - no questions asked
• bsetroot now supports all the new split gradients

This is great stuff. I have been trying it out and it works well for me so far except for bbpager; it does not seem to be reading the rc file for such things as changes to size, position, etc. The size will not change when I make the changes in the rc, and if I move the pager then restart it resets it's position. Also, it only shows the windows in the current workspace. Besides that I am having a good time with this, thanks!

Can you add language support like bblean1.17 does?

Do you mean UTF-8 character rendering - or do you mean translation as in the nls-c.txt file?

nls-c.txt file, it is really convenient to use it.
And UTF-8 character rendering in bblean1.17 is not very good.
bb4win mod is fine.

I'll second what bbpfd is saying. I really like what was done in this release. And bbPager is awesome, as usual. But sometimes I'll need to log off or switch users and when I log back on, bbPager returns to the default position, on top of all windows. I use Solidworks occasionally, and since the default is to be on top of all windows it gets in the way of drafting.

By the way, are the broams for bbPager enabled? They don't seem to work on my machine.