[udangaribaldi]

hi Bart - im tinkering with the alternative menubar - ive got the orientation of the items set to vertical whilst keeping the bar horizontal(default position) - got it so only one visible menu item and is centered in the bar. 
ive used a simple 'slide' effect to reposition the clock & date in the vacant space on the rightside.  im wanting to also reposition the statsbar inside the bar but the statsbar is behind the bar(i think it is called zorder) when i 'slide' it to the new position it is obscured by the bar, whereas clock&date can be seen.  
any help in changing the zorder so statsbar can be seen, thanks
add. - if helpful, apply a simple down slide animation onto the statsbar and onto clock & date to see what i mean.

@udangaribaldi , what "alternative menubar", is this something you are adding? Also, I would not be able to help you with just that description of the issue.  I would need to see the code that you are modifying.

Regards,

Bart

hi Bart, if you go to skin settings, global skin options tab - go to very bottom of the page and click on the 'menu look and feel' you will be able to select the alternative menubar.  
there is really only one alternative, the extra 2 stated are just the same 'alternative menu' with extras.  
'all i wish to do is lower the 'statsbar' so it can be seen in the menubar'.  so everything which shows in the statsbar should show in the menubar.  
if i use a slide effect, the statsbar goes behind the menubar.  - i came across some info on the wiki which makes me think it has to do with something called 'zorder'  
the code which i think should be tinkered with is in the IncludesNowPlaying.xml  - if i put a slide effect on the control at line 824 i can get it to slide - its just that zorder thing!?  

  
  
premise - put elements in the menubar - i.e. date & clock, statsbar, topleftinfo, the floorbuttons, possibly even notification messages.  
will give a new menubar plus extra space is now vailable on the homescreen which can now be utilised by something else.