Thank you Gregory your code worked to remove the border in syslinux! It wasn?t the Alpha (that changes the opacity of the border color), but it was the ?shadowing? that had to be changed, so ?none? in the shadowing column worked(you notice the border come back if you change ?none? to ?std?) reference this link for terms: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Menu#MENU_COLOR ! I am also looking to change the color of the text that is displayed in the syslinux boot menu when you press tab key, not the message ?Press [Tab] to edit options?, but the boot parameters text color (default is white font with black shadowing) that?s displayed when tab key is pressed on main menu? I tried adding: menu msgcolor #90ffffff #80ffffff none and the tab key dependent text didn?t change. Best Regards, Nicholas Donald From: Donald, Nicholas Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:00 PM To: Gregory Bartholomew <gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com> Subject: RE: [syslinux] Customized theme for Syslinux.cfg Thank you Gregory your code worked to remove the border in syslinux! It wasn?t the Alpha (that changes the opacity of the border color), but it was the ?shadowing? that had to be changed, so ?none? in the shadowing column worked(you notice the border come back if you change ?none? to ?std?) reference this link for terms: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Menu#MENU_COLOR ! I am also looking to change the color of the text that is displayed in the syslinux boot menu when you press tab key, not the message ?Press [Tab] to edit options?, but the boot parameters text color (default is white font with black shadowing) that?s displayed when tab key is pressed on main menu? I tried adding: menu msgcolor #90ffffff #80ffffff none and the tab key dependent text didn?t change. Best Regards, Nicholas Donald From: Gregory Bartholomew <gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com<mailto:gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 7:06 PM To: Donald, Nicholas <Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com<mailto:Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com>> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Customized theme for Syslinux.cfg Maybe set the alpha channel to 0 if, e.g., you have a background image set: menu color border 0 #00000000 #00000000 none On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 6:03 PM Donald, Nicholas <Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com<mailto:Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com>> wrote: I tried adding following line in the Syslinux.cfg; menu color border 0 #ff000000 #ff000000 none but it doesn?t change the solid black line, the solid black line still remains. Any ideal on a alternative solution? Best Regards, Nicholas Donald From: Gregory Bartholomew <gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com<mailto:gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 6:53 PM To: Donald, Nicholas <Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com<mailto:Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com>> Cc: syslinux at syslinux.org<mailto:syslinux at syslinux.org> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Customized theme for Syslinux.cfg On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:58 PM Donald, Nicholas via Syslinux <syslinux at syslinux.org<mailto:syslinux at syslinux.org>> wrote: ... Does anyone know what file in the syslinux repository code has the code that builds the menu border, so that I can delete the menu border? Also if you know any other links that allow for deleting the menu border in syslinux? ... Is setting the border color equal to the background color not sufficient? E.g.: default BLS001 timeout 300 ui vesamenu.c32 menu color screen 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color border 0 #ff000000 #ff000000 none menu color title 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color unsel 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color hotkey 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color sel 0 #ffffffff #ff000000 none menu color hotsel 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color disabled 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color scrollbar 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color tabmsg 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color cmdmark 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color cmdline 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color pwdborder 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color pwdheader 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color pwdentry 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color timeout_msg 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color timeout 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color msg04 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu background #ff000000 menu resolution 800 600 menu title HAL 9000 bls1 include
Thanks Gregory, my mistake, your explanation was half right and your code was fully right, I meant to say the key is setting the first two digits in the foreground and background to "00" (which means transparent) this will delete the color of the border, and then making the shadowing variable equal to "none" this will delete the shadowing black line that appears by default. See this link for the terminology: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Menu#MENU_COLOR I am also looking to change the color of the text that is displayed in the syslinux boot menu when you press tab key, not the message ?Press [Tab] to edit options?, but the boot parameters text color (default is white font with black shadowing) that?s displayed when tab key is pressed on main menu? I tried adding: menu msgcolor #90ffffff #80ffffff none but the tab key dependent text didn?t change. Do you know if there is a way to change the vesamenu.c32 code to change the text color of the tab key dependent text through this repository: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/ The file vesamenu.c (found in the com32/menu/ directory) seems to be the entry point for changing the vesamenu.c32 build, but I couldn?t find any code in the vesamenu.c that deletes the menu border in syslinux(legacy boot), nor could I find examples online? Best Regards, Nicholas Donald -----Original Message----- From: Syslinux <syslinux-bounces at syslinux.org> On Behalf Of Donald, Nicholas via Syslinux Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:27 PM To: syslinux at syslinux.org Subject: Re: [syslinux] Customized theme for Syslinux.cfg Thank you Gregory your code worked to remove the border in syslinux! It wasn?t the Alpha (that changes the opacity of the border color), but it was the ?shadowing? that had to be changed, so ?none? in the shadowing column worked(you notice the border come back if you change ?none? to ?std?) reference this link for terms: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Menu#MENU_COLOR ! I am also looking to change the color of the text that is displayed in the syslinux boot menu when you press tab key, not the message ?Press [Tab] to edit options?, but the boot parameters text color (default is white font with black shadowing) that?s displayed when tab key is pressed on main menu? I tried adding: menu msgcolor #90ffffff #80ffffff none and the tab key dependent text didn?t change. Best Regards, Nicholas Donald From: Donald, Nicholas Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:00 PM To: Gregory Bartholomew <gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com> Subject: RE: [syslinux] Customized theme for Syslinux.cfg Thank you Gregory your code worked to remove the border in syslinux! It wasn?t the Alpha (that changes the opacity of the border color), but it was the ?shadowing? that had to be changed, so ?none? in the shadowing column worked(you notice the border come back if you change ?none? to ?std?) reference this link for terms: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Menu#MENU_COLOR ! I am also looking to change the color of the text that is displayed in the syslinux boot menu when you press tab key, not the message ?Press [Tab] to edit options?, but the boot parameters text color (default is white font with black shadowing) that?s displayed when tab key is pressed on main menu? I tried adding: menu msgcolor #90ffffff #80ffffff none and the tab key dependent text didn?t change. Best Regards, Nicholas Donald From: Gregory Bartholomew <gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com<mailto:gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 7:06 PM To: Donald, Nicholas <Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com<mailto:Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com>> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Customized theme for Syslinux.cfg Maybe set the alpha channel to 0 if, e.g., you have a background image set: menu color border 0 #00000000 #00000000 none On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 6:03 PM Donald, Nicholas <Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com<mailto:Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com>> wrote: I tried adding following line in the Syslinux.cfg; menu color border 0 #ff000000 #ff000000 none but it doesn?t change the solid black line, the solid black line still remains. Any ideal on a alternative solution? Best Regards, Nicholas Donald From: Gregory Bartholomew <gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com<mailto:gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 6:53 PM To: Donald, Nicholas <Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com<mailto:Nicholas.Donald at bhemail.com>> Cc: syslinux at syslinux.org<mailto:syslinux at syslinux.org> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Customized theme for Syslinux.cfg On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:58 PM Donald, Nicholas via Syslinux <syslinux at syslinux.org<mailto:syslinux at syslinux.org>> wrote: ... Does anyone know what file in the syslinux repository code has the code that builds the menu border, so that I can delete the menu border? Also if you know any other links that allow for deleting the menu border in syslinux? ... Is setting the border color equal to the background color not sufficient? E.g.: default BLS001 timeout 300 ui vesamenu.c32 menu color screen 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color border 0 #ff000000 #ff000000 none menu color title 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color unsel 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color hotkey 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color sel 0 #ffffffff #ff000000 none menu color hotsel 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color disabled 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color scrollbar 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color tabmsg 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color cmdmark 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color cmdline 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color pwdborder 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color pwdheader 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color pwdentry 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color timeout_msg 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color timeout 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu color msg04 0 #ff808080 #ff000000 none menu background #ff000000 menu resolution 800 600 menu title HAL 9000 bls1 include _______________________________________________ Syslinux mailing list Submissions to Syslinux at syslinux.org Unsubscribe or set options at: https://lists.syslinux.org/syslinux
> Thanks Gregory, my mistake, your explanation was half right and your code was > fully right, I meant to say the key is setting the first two digits in the > foreground and background to "00" (which means transparent) this will delete the > color of the border, and then making the shadowing variable equal to "none" this > will delete the shadowing black line that appears by default. See this link for > the terminology: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Menu#MENU_COLOR > I am also looking to change the color of the text that is displayed in the > syslinux boot menu when you press tab key, not the message ?Press [Tab] to > edit options?, but the boot parameters text color (default is white font with > black shadowing) that?s displayed when tab key is pressed on main menu? I > tried adding: menu msgcolor #90ffffff #80ffffff none but the tab key dependent > text didn?t change. Do you know if there is a way to change the vesamenu.c32 > code to change the text color of the tab key dependent text through this > repository: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/ The > file vesamenu.c (found in the com32/menu/ directory) seems to be the entry point > for changing the vesamenu.c32 build, but I couldn?t find any code in the > vesamenu.c that deletes the menu border in syslinux(legacy boot), nor could I > find examples online? > > Best Regards, > > Nicholas DonaldSeveral points (please read the whole email before doing anything else): 1_ It is not clear whether you still need/want to "avoid displaying" the menu border (i.e. make it transparent). You mentioned that you eventually managed to do so, but then you also ask (again) about vesamenu.c regarding the menu border. Or, perhaps... Do you actually, really, want to "delete" the menu border (i.e. the menu border would _really_ be "zero pixels")? If that's the case, that's not available as a directive in syslinux.cfg, so you would need to hack the source code (and most probably you would be on your own at that). 2_ Regarding the color of the boot command (starting from the boot menu), the same link you posted also mentions other elements, such as "menu color cmdmark" and "menu color cmdline". 3_ Unless you specifically want to use a Syslinux variant (e.g. ISOLINUX), I would suggest not investing "too much" time on configuring it. In the near future, most Linux distributions won't be using it. 4_ If you still want to invest time on it, please carefully read the available documents, as most common answers are already there (e.g. "menu color cmdline"). 5_ Please, avoid posting the same emails twice (relevant for any participant). 6_ When replying, please use the Syslinux Mailing List public email address, unless there is a specific reason not to do so (relevant for any participant). 7_ Please avoid top-posting; it is confusing, and annoying (relevant for any participant). Regards, Ady.