Where could I change the HeaderItem text color? How could I set to use indivitual font not ICONFONT currently uses?

Thanks for the valuable help!

Whehe could I set the text color and font of HeaderItems? (it seems that the font face is controlled by ICONFONT as default.)

Could help me somebody with these?

1.) Explorer's listview column header (Name, Type, etc. boxes at the top of listview). Where can I find it in VSB?

2.) How can I force this listveiw to change text color on hot state?

3.) How can I place a watermark image into the listview background which would show what type of folder is show (documnet, picture, music). I tried shellstyle, but without effect. :-( (I have seen a Vista style used it!)

4.) Where can I see the following elements:
Lists, Menus & Tabs > ListView > GroupHeader > 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 ?

Common Places fonts and colors are here:

Explorer & Shell > Shell > CommonPlaces > Toolbar > <default>
> Normal
>Hot
>Pressed

(And nothing to do with shellstyle! Just adding font and color props to the states and it will work!)

This problem exists in all Vista systems using DPI-scaling. (I use 160% DPI). Using DPI scaling should be the "Use XP-style DPI scaling" checkbox should be checked and the system should be 2 (!) times restart.

(Casue the problem:
The normal (not XP-style) DPI scaling does not scales correctly the non-true-type fonts. The color common dialog does not changed since the ancient win3.1 times - It uses non-true-type font. XP-style scaling scales these fonts correctly.)

Finally I can use color dialog box!!!!

Thank you picked up this little video. This is the way I wanted to follow, but it is not possible. Indeed, if I want to write a three-character-length number (eg 105) in the the RGB fields, the program allows only the first two characters entered. When you enter the third beeps. (It is a system beep meaning you have reached the allowed length.)

Using other programs (eg, Paint) I have not experienced this problem.  (BTW, I use VSB 1.5.0.0 under Vista. (I use DPI magnification: 160% - because I'm visually impaired. (I think is does not matter, because only in VSB exists this problem)

PandaX - thanks correcting me in ARGB)

It seems that the color common dialog does not function correctly in VSB. If I would like to enter RGB values manually I can enter only 2 digits in the boxes. (ie.: I wnat to enter 155 I can enter only 15 and entering the third digit it beeps.)

In other programs (ie.: Paint) this dialog function correctly!

Why is it not possible in VSB to enter wanted colors as ARGB values? It is okay that you display the color properties as color, but should displayed as ARGB, too!!! (For exaple: Shift + mouse click on color prop value should display a simple dialog where I can ener ARGB values.

INFO: About fill, accent and other colors, seem not to be used.

When the system memory resource falling down then Vista reduces the overusing of alpha blending and switches to so called half-simple-mode. First will be switched of the images used on mouse over events and they will be replaced with simple color filling (Some replacement colors are used from msstyle file, where they are declared, and the others are from shellstyle.dll)

(I was editing many images simultaneously and downloaded some updates and was listening music and then I recognized, that the common places modul has changed. On mouse over event I have seen the liliac testcolor I've set.)

Many thanks for helping me!

I played a long around colors (fill, accent, etc.) and it seems they are used in styles of vista-simple and windows classic.

But now I have an other question:

I vould like if the common places' toolbar text color would change on mouse over (hot) event. How can I do it? I've played with several toolbar>Button>Hot:TextColor, but without any succes.

Thanks! :-) I'm a VIP (visually impaired person) and began to do what Microsoft has forgotten: to make usable Vista and W7 for VIPs. Because these themes will be used by thousands of people will use, so I would like to plan as thoroughly as possible. By the way it seems that those properties do not alter anything. (Currently I don't test shellstyle. It could be you're right and they are in connection with shellstyle settings.)

The chevron image you can see on the attached image.

Thanks for answer, but I need to know exactly what changes itself if I change these properties. I have changed them, but it seems have no effects.

What changes itself when I set the following properties:

1. CommonPlaces::Toolbar > <default>
   - FillColorHint
   - AccentColorHint

2. CommonPlaces::Toolbar > Button
   - FillColorHint

3. CommonPlaces::MenuBand > <2>
   - Image

4. Where to set the chevron image (visible after the last button if not all buttons can be displayed.

You should edit shellsstyle. I don't remember exactly what style definition is for comman save dialog, but there you should edit <MetadataLabel> section. I added the following properties to it:

font="iconfont" - relinked to ICONFONT:FONT prop in Fonts... in VSB.

foreground="themeable(argb(255, 255, 255, 255), windoww)" - for white text

and again.. the explorer background image? is it possible?
...

Yes, you can do it via shellstyle. In shellstyle's UIFile you can find styles for ech type of maps (document, photo, music, etc.) You should edit <if id="atom(listview)"> or <if id="atom(clientviewhost)"> sections (sorry, I don't remember exactly) and the background property should call the dtb(resbmp(...)) functionpair. You should add the desired images as new resource to the dll and with dtb()
you can load them.

If you define separate images for ech map types then they will load dynamically navigating between maps and user can recognize what type of map is opened currently.