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Metro Style - Fullscreen 1080p Launchy skin

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This is my very first work here and elsewhere, which means that I will start with mentioning that logo and iconset were collected from several web sources and not drawn by me.

ONLY FOR 1080p SCREENS!

This skin is built to perfectly fit a screen with resolution set to 1080p. Unfortunately I didn't manage in making Launchy scale the skin to fit lower resolutions too. Should anyone know how to make it or just want to adapt it to another screen size, a psd file containing all the graphics is enclosed in the zip archive.

INSTRUCTIONS:

To enjoy this full screen 1080p theme I'd recommend you to follow these instructions:

1)  INSTALL THE SKIN
     Extract the zip file and copy the folder relevant to the skin you have chosen onto folder named "skins" in the Launchy installation path. Then you can choose it in the Launchy menu.

2) PROPERLY SET LAUNCHY OPTIONS
    In Launchy options make sure that:
    - "Always on top" is checked.
    - Both centering options are unchecked.
    - Number of "Simultaneously visible suggestions" is set to 17.

3) REPLACE ICONS
    Launchy and its plugins come with some default icons, which are meant to appear in the output field as well as in the suggested alternatives menu. As those icons are somewhat old-fashioned and definitely too small to fit this set of skins,
    then you'll need to replace them with something more suitable. In the zip archive you will find a folder named "icons", just select and copy all of its content, then paste it in "plugins/icons" that you find in the Launchy installation path.
    Of course, confirm that you want to replace old files when asked.

4) DISABLE VISUAL THEMES - ONLY IF YOU HAVE INSTALLED NON DEFAULT AERO THEMES
    In order to selections background take the right color you need to disable visual themes drawn by Aero GUI on Launchy (only on Launchy!!!).
    To do it just browse to the Launchy installation path and right-click on Launchy.exe, then check "Disable visual themes", apply, close and reopen Launchy and you are done.


OFFICIAL COLORS

Colors used in above skins supposedly are official Metro UI Colors, at least according to them:

colorlib.com/etc/metro-colors/

Should you feel like adding new colors, then just grab an HEX code from link above and replace it in a couple of fields both in the psd and qss file.

THIS IS 100% OPEN CONTENT

You can copy, modify and share anytime whatever comes from me. I'll be very glad in case.
Moreover, any comment, feedback or error report (even on my english) is very welcome!
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sunsetsantos605's avatar

Great job. Thanks.