Menu bar blacked out?

The menu bar on my desktop blacks out and the desktop background defaults to gray. I have Lion running on my 2011 MBP 15" and I have been getting weird behavior with the desktop. See the pic below. Any ideas? No programs are installed to mess with the theme or anything.

I'm not sure if this started happening when I installed Illustrator or not, but it started happening to me recently. Or perhaps if it's something related to disconnecting a 2nd monitor right before/after closing the laptop lid and putting the computer to sleep, which sometimes seems to confuse my 2011 MBA 13".
Also odd is that when I swiped between desktops, in the gap in between was Firefox, not moving with the desktops; just sitting there.
Either way, doing a "killall Dock" seems to fix it.

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AshwinVC wrote:
I reset the system and issue gets resolved.
How?

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I don't know why it does it, but I can tell you that it only happens if you have the Translucent Menu Bar option checked. I can also tell you that if you open your browser and click on full screen, then click back to normal screen it will redisplay it. Quick and easy.
That's what I do when it happens to me. Also, if you reboot the computer, it will go away for an indeterminate amount of time.
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I am brand new to web design and Dreamweaver and I cannot figure out why my Spry Menu Bar, though perfect in Firefox and Chrome, is behaving so strangely in Internet Explorer. I have the background color set as transparent, but in IE, the entire bar appears with a white background.
Here's the url, uploaded onto our test site: http://www.test.partnersoft.org/partner_test/partnersoft.com/
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*'''Linux''': Run ''firefox -safe-mode'' in the Terminal/Konsole
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There was an issue with black screens/boxes but it has been addressed in Firefox 33.0.1. The latest version is now 33.0.2. Please update to the latest version of Firefox if you are not currently on it:
* https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/new/
* or for all versions and languages: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/
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* Help (or [[Image: New Fx Menu]] > [[Image: Help-29]]) > About Firefox
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#Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.
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* [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]]
* [[Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL]]
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running leopard on a macbook pro - the menu bar will suddenly/randomly go black. with the black font, the menus and icons are unreadable and it almost looks like it has disappeared - though faint white outlines (or shadows) of the icons/menu names can sort of be made out. the menu will go back to being gray/white suddenly/randomly. no idea what causes it or how to fix it. also, changing applications doesn't help. i've noticed this mostly while using safari... any similar problems/ideas on how to fix?? thx!

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I'm on a refurb MBP and just updated to OSX 10.8.3. It was fine yesterday after the restart, it slept all night, never shut it off, then when I opened it up this morning all of my menu bars are half blacked out. They still work. I just have to hover and click. But notice the apple is over the "help" menu? Strange. When you click on that apple you get the help menu, the original apple menu can still be accessed from it's original location. And the fact that only half of it is blacked out suggests a glitch rather than a setting switch.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select Help from the menu bar, and enter “Set up guest users” (without the quotes) in the search box. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, or by a peripheral device.
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