0006540: Text in Aero title bars has strange-looking shadow

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006540	MMW v4	Main Panel	public	2010-10-12 21:42	2011-05-10 14:14

Reporter	rusty	Assigned To
Priority	high	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	feedback	Resolution	reopened
Product Version	4.0
Target Version	4.1	Fixed in Version	4.0

Summary	0006540: Text in Aero title bars has strange-looking shadow
Description	Text from the menu bar (or other MediaMonkey widows that have text in the aero border) has a shadow that isn't diffuse enough--making it look as if each element in the aero border is 'glowing'. This is most easily viewed/understood by opening the MediaMonkey window on top of a dark background, and comparing the Title bar to another application. Example attached.
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Attached Files	aero_border.png (20,211 bytes) aero_border.png (20,211 bytes) build_1316.jpg (4,592 bytes) build_1316.jpg (4,592 bytes) other_example.jpg (4,925 bytes) other_example.jpg (4,925 bytes)

Fixed in build	1316

petr 2010-10-12 22:39 developer ~0020742	Fixed in 1316

rusty 2010-10-14 17:09 administrator ~0020768	Tested 1316, and as you can see in the attached image, it's improved, but there's still room for further improvement. If improving this means that the vertical height of the title bar has to be increased by a couple of pixels, then that's a possible solution (though I wouldn't want to do this by much). Note also, when tabs are enabled, the vertical height of the titlebar increases, making the text in the titlebar appear off-center. This should be fixed as well (leaving it in this bug because it's related to the trade-offs of vertical space vs shadow intensity).

petr 2010-10-15 00:19 developer ~0020775	I've fixed tabs top margin to look menu more centered when tabs are visible.