Semi-transparent menu bar is gone in Lion?

[nanotlj]

Since my first use of lions a couple of days ago, I always feel something is weird for Lion desktop but I can not tell why. Now I figure out it is the menu bar. The semi-transparency is gone and I can not find the option usually sitting in the Desktop system preferences! Why, apple? Why suddenly take something way without an option after I get used to the semi-transparent menu-bar?

 

[Jakerz]

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

As Jakerz pointed out, it's still there.

Mine never went away, so it's possible you or someone else (if it's a multi-person Mac) accidentally unchecked the feature.

 

[jmmo20]

It was one of the most hideous things Snow Leopard brought, and was extremely happy when they introduced the option to "solidify" it in 10.6.3/4 or so.

And I was happy Lion kept my menu bar solid..

 

[nanotlj]

Weird. That option is missing in my Desktop system preferences.
I am running Lion inside Vmware fusion on my macbook air (10.6.7). I am not sure if that is the reason.

 

[ratzzo]

Weird. That option is missing in my Desktop system preferences.
I am running Lion inside Vmware fusion on my macbook air (10.6.7). I am not sure if that is the reason.

Well, that option is there for me, lol.

 

[FSMBP]

It was one of the most hideous things Snow Leopard brought, and was extremely happy when they introduced the option to "solidify" it in 10.6.3/4 or so.

And I was happy Lion kept my menu bar solid..

Actually, it was brought in on 10.5 Leopard. And the "solidify" was in 10.5.2. Sorry, Apple nerd moment.

 

[Mareklug]

Actually, a bug in translucent menu bar in Lion...

...I discovered that my Nature-themed current desktop on the iMac (they change every 5 minutes) had a particularly washed-out translucent menubar. I went to System Preferences for Desktop and Screensaver and toggled (twice) the above-discussed checkbox. That restored a properly more translucent menubar. A bug, right?

 

[blackburn]

Weird. That option is missing in my Desktop system preferences.
I am running Lion inside Vmware fusion on my macbook air (10.6.7). I am not sure if that is the reason.

I think that's the reason. I don't think that os x supports graphical accelerated stuff under virtual machines. Like when your running os x on an hackintosh without graphical driver support.

 

[bdodds1985]

I have noticed a bug as well, sometimes it seem like the menu bar doesnt change with the background. i have mine set to change every 15 minutes and when I enable the translucent menu bar, it gets stuck on whatever picture is first. annoying.

also, I downloaded the obsidian menu bar. I love it, except.... the date & time are not visible and you have to download a secondary app for that. the battery does show but the percent/time do not.

 

[barredfreak]

People using VMWare Fusion may experience some problems because of the lack of drivers. The option to solidify the menu bar should be there for all Macs.