The change is more noticeable when a more colourful Theme is in use.
Windows 8 default Theme, Native Look and Feel enabled. Windows 8 default theme, Native Look and Feel NOT enabled. This change applies to all supported Versions of Windows except Windows XP. In particular, the default colour of the grid lines and the shading of the row and column headings is determined by the user's theme. In order to make it more consistent with current Windows conventions, the default appearance of the Grid now respects the user's chosen theme when Native Look and Feel is enabled. It's much slicker.Open topic with navigation Change to Grid appearance (not XP) Compare it to the high-contrast theme above, and you'll see just why you'd want to use a third-party theme. Many dark themes for Windows 7 provide a dark toolbar and white content panes, but Dark Agility goes all the way. Bear in mind that the themes won't look perfect in every program, as many programs just assume you're using the Microsoft-provided default themes.ĭark Agility for Windows 7 focuses on providing a dark interface. Some of these dark themes also come with icons and fonts-the screenshots below show how they look without the additional bits. Since you can choose from so many different themes, here are a few samples. Selected Dark Themes for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
They'll appear in the Personalization dialog. Once the patch is applied, you can download theme files and drop them in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes. The tool modifies the uxtheme.dll file in Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 to load any theme you like-by default, it checks themes you attempt to load and only loads them if they're signed by Microsoft. Download the UltraUXThemePatcher installer, run it, and reboot your computer to patch your system. However, Microsoft doesn't support third-party Windows 7 dark themes. They're designed for accessibility, not eye candy. They also don't use Aero, so they're not properly hardware accelerated and don't look as nice. Dark Themes for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
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