how to make the menu transparent????

ekohn00 · 07-30-2003, 07:47 AM

I haven't seen any 3rd party utils or tweaks to make the top menu bar transparent, or even a different color than white.

Anyone have a solution?

thanks

Jacques · 07-30-2003, 10:19 AM

I posted the same question some time ago on these forums.

It has not been done yet, but it MUST be possible since you can get the effect by way of glitch.

Anyone?

JayBee · 07-30-2003, 04:18 PM

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	Originally posted by Jacques It has not been done yet, but it MUST be possible since you can get the effect by way of glitch.

I remember looking into that "glitch" a while back. It doesn't make the menu bar transparent. It crashes it.

The menu bar is part of each application, so if you quit an application, not only do all the windows go away, so does that app's menu bar. It "goes transparent" if you can kill an app without selecting another one (force quit can often do this). So saying it's "transparent" is like saying you can make safari's windows transparent by hitting "command+q"

Sorry about that. It would be a nice feature, but I'm not sure. There are a lot of duality themes that change the menu bar's appearance. Perhaps you could edit the images in there and replace them with images that had an alpha channel?

Might be worth trying, if you don't mind the inevitable stability hit

mclbruce · 07-30-2003, 07:05 PM

There are quite a few themes for Mac OX X that change the color of the menu bar, along with a lot of other things!

http://www.resexcellence.com/themes/

Many of these themes are built with an application called themepark:

http://www.geekspiff.com/software/themepark/

What themes do is modify a whole bunch of small graphics files that are scattered around OS X. In particular, a file called extras.rsrc is involved. Theoretically a utility could be written to change the menu bar color. It would modify a few graphics files just like utilities that change the dock colors do.

Or you could download themepark, make a copy of your extras.rsrc file, and go to work on it.

Jacques · 07-31-2003, 09:42 AM

Yup, lots of themes that change the color - none however that I've seen that give it any level of transparency.

aaron128 · 08-03-2003, 03:35 AM

I'd post this question here:

http://www.funmac.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=51

Max Rudberg (www.maxthemes.com) does lots of great themes, I'm sure he'd have an answer. Post back with your results.

-Aaron

Jacques · 08-07-2003, 09:41 AM

I've posted. If a solution comes I'll let you know here.

dick.johnson · 02-09-2007, 02:25 AM

Well I believe there is a program available by the company NullRiver called menu shade... it darkens the menu bar so crts dont burn out a menu bar. I would reccomend checking it out. I used it once and it was pretty sweet I think its still out there...

AHunter3 · 02-09-2007, 09:42 AM

Are you aware that you're the first person to respond on this thread in 2 1/2 years? And that the OP (original poster) posted that one question and hasn't been back?

07-30-2003, 07:47 AM	#1
ekohn00 Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1	how to make the menu transparent???? I haven't seen any 3rd party utils or tweaks to make the top menu bar transparent, or even a different color than white. Anyone have a solution? thanks

07-31-2003, 09:42 AM	#5
Jacques All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 972	Yup, lots of themes that change the color - none however that I've seen that give it any level of transparency. __________________ see / hear Joy is not the absence of suffering. It is the presence of God. -Robert Schuller ..believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable.. -1Peter 1:8

08-07-2003, 09:41 AM	#7
Jacques All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 972	I've posted. If a solution comes I'll let you know here. __________________ see / hear Joy is not the absence of suffering. It is the presence of God. -Robert Schuller ..believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable.. -1Peter 1:8 Last edited by Jacques; 08-07-2003 at 09:44 AM.

02-09-2007, 02:25 AM	#8
dick.johnson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	Menu transparancy Well I believe there is a program available by the company NullRiver called menu shade... it darkens the menu bar so crts dont burn out a menu bar. I would reccomend checking it out. I used it once and it was pretty sweet I think its still out there...

07-30-2003, 10:19 AM	#2
Jacques All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 972	I posted the same question some time ago on these forums. It has not been done yet, but it MUST be possible since you can get the effect by way of glitch. Anyone?

07-30-2003, 07:05 PM	#4
mclbruce Hall of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,878	There are quite a few themes for Mac OX X that change the color of the menu bar, along with a lot of other things! http://www.resexcellence.com/themes/ Many of these themes are built with an application called themepark: http://www.geekspiff.com/software/themepark/ What themes do is modify a whole bunch of small graphics files that are scattered around OS X. In particular, a file called extras.rsrc is involved. Theoretically a utility could be written to change the menu bar color. It would modify a few graphics files just like utilities that change the dock colors do. Or you could download themepark, make a copy of your extras.rsrc file, and go to work on it.

08-03-2003, 03:35 AM	#6
aaron128 Prospect Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 26	I'd post this question here: http://www.funmac.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=51 Max Rudberg (www.maxthemes.com) does lots of great themes, I'm sure he'd have an answer. Post back with your results. -Aaron

02-09-2007, 09:42 AM	#9
AHunter3 Hall of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 3,032	Are you aware that you're the first person to respond on this thread in 2 1/2 years? And that the OP (original poster) posted that one question and hasn't been back?