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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn @Michael Vincent
      last edited by

      @Michael-Vincent said in Make vertical scroll bar darker:

      On my $work computer - image site is blocked

      If you copy an image to the clipboard and then try to Ctrl+v it into your posting here – it’s blocked??
      That seems really odd; I thought my work company was militant but yours takes it to a new level. :-)

      @Ekopalypse

      How performant this is … ??

      We won’t know until we see your demo of it. :-)

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse
        last edited by

        By the way, I doubled checked that scintilla does not receive the MW_CTL… message.

        Here what I received during testing (the number after the message are the wpara and lparam values)

        WM_KEYUP 116 3225354241
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 14222968
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554450
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 18 14222968
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 14157432
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554450
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 18 14157432
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 14091895
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554450
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 18 14091895
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 14091894
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 14091894
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 14026358
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 14026358
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13960821
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13960821
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13895284
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13895284
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13829748
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13829748
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13764211
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13764211
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13698675
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13698675
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13698674
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13698674
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13633138
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13633138
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13567601
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13567601
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13502065
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13502065
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13436529
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13436529
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13436528
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13436528
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13370992
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13370992
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13305455
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 13305455
        WM_TIMER 3 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_TIMER 3 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 13305455
        WM_MOUSEACTIVATE 197042 33619975
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33619975
        WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN 7 13305455
        WM_SYSCOMMAND 61575 13305455
        WM_VSCROLL 5 0
        WM_CAPTURECHANGED 0 66926
        WM_TIMER 3 0
        WM_NCMOUSELEAVE 0 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_VSCROLL 65541 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_VSCROLL 131077 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_VSCROLL 196613 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_VSCROLL 262149 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_VSCROLL 327685 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_VSCROLL 393221 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_TIMER 3 0
        WM_PAINT 0 0
        WM_CAPTURECHANGED 0 0
        WM_VSCROLL 393220 0
        WM_VSCROLL 8 0
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 15402613
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 15402613
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 15468149
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 15468149
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 15599219
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 15599219
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 15730289
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 15730289
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 15861358
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 15861358
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 16057963
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 16057963
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 16320103
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554439
        WM_NCMOUSEMOVE 7 16320103
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 16582242
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 5899430
        WM_NCMOUSELEAVE 0 0
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 16975450
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 6292638
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 17237589
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 6554777
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 17696334
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 7013522
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 18089543
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 7406731
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 18613821
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 7931009
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 19138098
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 8455286
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 19793445
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 9110633
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 20448791
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 9765979
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 21366274
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 10683462
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 22152688
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 11469876
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 23004636
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 12321824
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 24053188
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 13370376
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 25101742
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 14418930
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 26150295
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 15467483
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 27329917
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 16647105
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 28312937
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 17630125
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 29492560
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 18809748
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 30475580
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 19792768
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 31589670
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 20906858
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 32638226
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 21955414
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 33883388
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 23200576
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 34931943
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 24249131
        WM_NCHITTEST 0 35914965
        WM_SETCURSOR 66926 33554433
        WM_MOUSEFIRST, WM_MOUSEMOVE 0 25232153
        WM_MOUSELEAVE 0 0
        
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        • EkopalypseE
          Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
          last edited by

          @Alan-Kilborn said in Make vertical scroll bar darker:

          We won’t know until we see your demo of it. :-)

          LOL
          I haven’t finished PySnack or ThemeBuilder yet and now you ask for a demo for it? :-D

          I will probably try it sometime today :-D

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @Ekopalypse
            last edited by

            @Ekopalypse

            Sometimes the “small” ones are a nice diversion when the “bigger” ones get bogged down.
            Accomplishing a “small” one reinvigorates you for the others. :-)

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            • Michael VincentM
              Michael Vincent @Alan Kilborn
              last edited by

              @Alan-Kilborn said in Make vertical scroll bar darker:

              If you copy an image to the clipboard and then try to Ctrl+v it into your posting here

              Sorry, you’re right, didn’t know we could post photos directly in here, thought we had to link to that imgur site (which is blocked for me).

              59d1fa91-72f1-4810-9444-eba6495dc29b-image.png

              I can see the one on the right much clearer. Note, that’s with my mouse clicking on the “thumb” to scroll / move it - it highlights darker when it’s clicked on.

              @Ekopalypse @Alan-Kilborn
              Please don’t waste any time on this unless it truly intrigues you. This was just a question to see if I was missing something in Style Configuration or Themes. If we need to hook Windows events that aren’t currently passed, then it’s going way beyond how “easy” it could be and I can live with it.

              Cheers.

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn @Michael Vincent
                last edited by

                @Michael-Vincent said in Make vertical scroll bar darker:

                Yes, I see your complaint about lack of contrast. And yes, my thumb also gets way darker when I’m using it.

                didn’t know we could post photos directly in here, thought we had to link to that imgur site (which is blocked for me).

                Our “recent” upgrading of the forum software changed this. Sooooo much easier to just paste!
                I can’t believe the amount of effort I went to before, to go to imgur, paste it there, create a link, blah blah blah

                don’t waste any time on this unless it truly intrigues you

                Oh, it intrigues @Ekopalypse , I have no doubt.

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                • EkopalypseE
                  Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
                  last edited by

                  @Alan-Kilborn said in Make vertical scroll bar darker:

                  Oh, it intrigues @Ekopalypse , I have no doubt.

                  In the not too distant future, the Duden will have to adopt a new synonym for the word curious - namely Ekopalypse :-)

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                  • EkopalypseE
                    Ekopalypse @Ekopalypse
                    last edited by

                    Seems I can’t see, again, the wood for the trees.
                    According to MSDN there is the function GetScrollBarInfo,
                    which provides information about the scrollbar.

                    e.g. these values

                                  cbSize : 60
                             rcScrollBar
                                    left : 1429
                                     top : 174
                                   right : 1446
                                  bottom : 702
                    
                           dxyLineButton : 17
                              xyThumbTop : 342
                           xyThumbBottom : 423
                                reserved : 0
                                 rgstate : [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
                    

                    The fields of interest are rcScrollBar and
                    dxyLineButton, xyThumbTop, and xyThumbBottom.

                    The thing that confuses me now is the fact,
                    that these values are only conditionally compatible
                    with the values provided by UISpy.

                    rcScrollBar is ok, from UISpy I get (1429, 174, 17, 528) = (left, top, right-left, bottom-top)
                    but for the thump I get from UISpy (1429, 516, 17, 81)
                    Where does the 516, the top value actually come from?
                    1429 = left
                    17 = dxyLineButton
                    81 = xyThumbBottom-xyThumbTop=423-342
                    516 = ?? (actually top but it is supposedly 342)

                    What didn’t I understand?

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                    • EkopalypseE
                      Ekopalypse
                      last edited by

                      Oh, I see - the thumb coordinates are relative to the scrollbar coordinates.

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                      • EkopalypseE
                        Ekopalypse
                        last edited by

                        Ok, so I’ve tried it and I couldn’t make it work.
                        From msdn I understand that painting should take place
                        within WM_PAINT and start with BeginPaint and end with EndPaint.
                        That’s what I did and I can see the changes for a very short time then
                        it disappears again.
                        Then I tried approaches with BitBlt or StretchBlt but failed again.
                        Now I’m not sure if it can be done but I get the feeling that it shouldn’t be done, unless the window gets created with real scrollbars.

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                        • Michael VincentM
                          Michael Vincent @Ekopalypse
                          last edited by

                          @Ekopalypse said in Make vertical scroll bar darker:

                          Ok, so I’ve tried it and I couldn’t make it work.

                          Wow, thanks for all that work - I hope you found it interesting at least. No worries on my part, I figured it was something obvious I was missing or going to be something very hard. Turned out to be the latter, so I can live with it.

                          Thanks again!

                          Cheers.

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                          • EkopalypseE
                            Ekopalypse @Michael Vincent
                            last edited by

                            @Michael-Vincent

                            I hope you found it interesting at least

                            That’s for sure. To be honest I wasn’t fully aware that there are two,
                            even three types, of scrollbars. The one, which I call real scrollbars,
                            the one which do get automatically added to a window when this has
                            been created using WS_HSCROLL or WS_WSCROLL style and userdefined
                            ones. And that all of them have certain different abilities and need to be treated differently.
                            So yes, it was fun :-)

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                            • Makwana PrahladM
                              Makwana Prahlad Banned
                              last edited by

                              Hello ,@Michael-Vincent

                              Please try this information,To Make vertical scroll bar darker

                              Control Panel
                              Display
                              Appearance
                              Advanced
                              Item: 3D Objects Color 1: <-darker colour->
                              Item: Scrollbar Size: <-larger size->

                              I hope this information will be usefull for you.
                              Thank You.

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