usage.md

Usage

This program modifies the apperance of the windows taskbar. You can modify its behaviour by using the following parameters when launching the program:

Option	Explanation
--blur	will make the taskbar a blurry overlay of the background (default).
--opaque	will make the taskbar a solid color specified by the tint parameter.
--transparent	will make the taskbar a transparent color specified by the tint parameter. The value of the alpha channel determines the opacity of the taskbar.
--tint COLOR	specifies the color applied to the taskbar. COLOR is 32 bit number in hex format, see explanation below.
--dynamic-ws	will make the taskbar transparent when no windows are maximised in the current monitor, otherwise blurry.
--dynamic-start	will make the taskbar return to it's normal state when the start menu is opened, normal otherwise.
--save-all	will save all of the above settings into config.cfg on program exit.
--config FILE	will load settings from a specified configuration file. (if this parameter is ignored, it will attempt to load from config.cfg)
--help	Displays this help message.
--startup	Adds TranslucentTB to startup, via changing the registry.
--no-tray	will hide the taskbar tray icon.

Color format

The color parameter is interpreted as a three or four byte long number in hexadecimal format that describes the four color channels ([alpha,] red, green and blue). These look like this: 0x80fe10a4 (the '0x' is optional). You often find colors in this format in the context of HTML and web design, and there are many online tools to convert from familiar names to this format. These tools might give you numbers starting with '#', in that case you can just remove the leading '#'. You should be able to find online tools by searching for "color to hex" or something similar. If the converter doesn't include alpha values (opacity), you can append them yourself at the start of the number. Just convert a value between 0 and 255 to its hexadecimal value before you append it