VL-Tone Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I can't believe you guys haven't found this already... The transparent menubar in Leopard is simply a 20x22 PNG file with an alpha channel... /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Images/menubar2.png So not only you can change its transparency, but also its look, just use a suitable image editor. There's also a menubar.png file in the same directory, which seems darker than menubar2.png, but it doesn't seem to be used. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
some mac Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Nice thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Interesting. I figured someone would've found this much earlier. Thanks for signing up, and welcome to InsanelyMac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Awesomeness!!!! Let the "Show off your new Menubar" thread begin! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Damnit, Diabolik, someone beat us to releasing it The problem is, sometimes it doesn't work, and you have to edit the XML menubar files (which is a long and tedious task). Right now, my "menubar2" is a basic deep black, however the menubar was not affected in any way. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 i will have fun with this, once i figure out how to grant myself read and write privilages of the system folder in 10.5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VL-Tone Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Damnit, Diabolik, someone beat us to releasing it The problem is, sometimes it doesn't work, and you have to edit the XML menubar files (which is a long and tedious task). Right now, my "menubar2" is a basic deep black, however the menubar was not affected in any way. Even after a reboot? Weird, I assumed it would work on all machines... I'm on a G4 Mac mini. Maybe it's different on intel macs? Have you tried changing menubar.png? Other files that you might want to try to edit are in the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/LeopardUI.bundle/Contents/Resources/ folder. mbgradient.png menuselectionaqua1.png menubar3.png mbselection2.png mbrgradient.png menubrgradient.png menuselectionaqua.png menubrtab.png There's also a lot of very interesting high-res images that you can find in the same folder, like big shiny aqua spheres, enabling you to easily re-color Aqua buttons, or even texture them! The thing is, changing stuff in the LeopardUI.bundle folder seems to only affect the UI if you're in resolution-independent mode, that is with the scaling factor set to something else than 1x, otherwise, the UI seems to still mainly rely on the good old Extras.rsrc file. Soundless: What you can do is duplicate the menubar2.png file somewhere else, modify it, then drag it back to the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Images/ folder. The Finder will ask you to authenticate, so you can replace the file. (I recommend making a backup of menubar2.png though) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 it might be because you don't have core animation or image that this works for you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Even after a reboot? Weird, I assumed it would work on all machines... I'm on a G4 Mac mini. Maybe it's different on intel macs? Have you tried changing menubar.png? Other files that you might want to try to edit are in the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/LeopardUI.bundle/Contents/Resources/ folder. mbgradient.png menuselectionaqua1.png menubar3.png mbselection2.png mbrgradient.png menubrgradient.png menuselectionaqua.png menubrtab.png There's also a lot of very interesting high-res images that you can find in the same folder, like big shiny aqua spheres, enabling you to easily re-color Aqua buttons, or even texture them! The thing is, changing stuff in the LeopardUI.bundle folder seems to only affect the UI if you're in resolution-independent mode, that is with the scaling factor set to something else than 1x, otherwise, the UI seems to still mainly rely on the good old Extras.rsrc file. Soundless: What you can do is duplicate the menubar2.png file somewhere else, modify it, then drag it back to the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Images/ folder. The Finder will ask you to authenticate, so you can replace the file. (I recommend making a backup of menubar2.png though) I've known this trick for quite a while (where the menubar images are) but I have yet to get it to work correctly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Every time I try to open the PNG, it comes up as nothing. Not white space, but a pic of nothing (in Photoshop CS3). Is this normal? The preview looked like it was something other than nothingness..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-409862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 is there any way to preview the changes without logging out/rebooting? Or could someone tell me how to "safe sleep"? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-410224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 You mean, Command - Option - Eject? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-410229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 safe sleep writes the RAM to the hard disk-preserving your shutdown state (like hibernation in Windoze). an hour later: I changed menubar to menubar2, but there was no change, even after a full reboot. Perhaps this is not the correct file? Maybe there is another location, because I don't think anyone has gotten this to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-410301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarora Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Even after a reboot? Weird, I assumed it would work on all machines... I'm on a G4 Mac mini. Maybe it's different on intel macs? Have you tried changing menubar.png? Other files that you might want to try to edit are in the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/LeopardUI.bundle/Contents/Resources/ folder. mbgradient.png menuselectionaqua1.png menubar3.png mbselection2.png mbrgradient.png menubrgradient.png menuselectionaqua.png menubrtab.png There's also a lot of very interesting high-res images that you can find in the same folder, like big shiny aqua spheres, enabling you to easily re-color Aqua buttons, or even texture them! The thing is, changing stuff in the LeopardUI.bundle folder seems to only affect the UI if you're in resolution-independent mode, that is with the scaling factor set to something else than 1x, otherwise, the UI seems to still mainly rely on the good old Extras.rsrc file. Soundless: What you can do is duplicate the menubar2.png file somewhere else, modify it, then drag it back to the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Images/ folder. The Finder will ask you to authenticate, so you can replace the file. (I recommend making a backup of menubar2.png though) does this trick work? will it work in 559 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-460143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Hell, it didn't work back then, I doubt it will now. Not that I have any reason to change my menu bar any longer.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-460316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarora Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Hell, it didn't work back then, I doubt it will now. Not that I have any reason to change my menu bar any longer.... i wanted to change mine ot the 466/499 style i guess ill wait for a proper way to come out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57354-the-proper-way-to-change-the-menubar-transparency/#findComment-460360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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