Pale Moon + Mica for everyone is great!

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Disil07
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Pale Moon + Mica for everyone is great!

Unread post by Disil07 » 2022-10-17, 11:00

I downloaded an app called Mica for everyone, a program that'll force Mica/Acrylic UI design on various apps in Windows. I set the default style to be 'Acrylic', a remnant from Windows 10 with it's transparency, that usually only apply to UWP programs. Now it works on every app I launched in my PC, including Pale Moon.
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Unfortunately when the menu bar isn't displayed (showing the blue PM button instead), the transparency would disappear & instead the white-ugly toolbar background comes back. Any suggestion how to force this? I'm sure this can be forced somehow, because Windows 7 can display aero too.
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Re: Pale Moon + Mica for everyone is great!

Unread post by vannilla » 2022-10-17, 18:44

The version without a menu bar is actually a borderless window upon which Pale Moon draws its own menu simulating as much as possible the default Windows appearance.
There is no way to force a different appearance unless you use a theme. Alternatively, just keep the menu bar.

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Re: Pale Moon + Mica for everyone is great!

Unread post by Lootyhoof » 2022-10-17, 19:35

This topic has cropped up for several years now (on Win10, with Aero8 etc..). It's a non-starter for how the UI is drawn.

See Issue #627.

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