[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] jimbush3:
Ok, I've tracked down the source of my woe. It's located in the DeskClockGoogle.apk in the /system/app folder. I've been able to correctly set the background of the clocks and indicators on the left side of the grayed out area to transparent; but am unable to do anything at all with the background where the grey is showing up. Here is the code for layout/alarm_time.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<com.android.deskclock.DontPressWithParentLayout android:gravity="center" android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/indicator" android:background="@drawable/clock_selector" style="\@style/alarm_list_left_column">
<CheckBox android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/clock_onoff" android:background="@drawable/indicator_clock_onoff" android:focusable="false" android:clickable="false" android:duplicateParentState="true" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:button="@null" />
<ImageView android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/bar_onoff" android:paddingTop="4.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/ic_indicator_off" />
</com.android.deskclock.DontPressWithParentLayout>
<ImageView android:gravity="fill_vertical" android:background="?android:windowBackground" android:paddingTop="4.0dip" android:paddingBottom="4.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/divider_vertical_dark" android:scaleType="fitXY" />
<com.android.deskclock.DigitalClock android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/digitalClock" android:paddingLeft="16.0dip" android:paddingRight="16.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:baselineAligned="true">
<TextView android:textSize="28.0sp" android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary" android:id="@id/timeDisplay" android:paddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:includeFontPadding="false" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceSmall" android:textStyle="bold" android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary" android:id="@id/am_pm" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceSmall" android:textStyle="bold" android:textColor="?android:textColorTertiary" android:gravity="right" android:id="@id/label" android:paddingLeft="8.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_weight="1.0" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceSmall" android:textColor="?android:textColorSecondary" android:id="@id/daysOfWeek" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:includeFontPadding="false" />
</com.android.deskclock.DigitalClock>
</LinearLayout>

The com.android.deskclock.DontPressWithParentLayout section creates the left side of the grey area with the clocks and indicators. The background declaration within this is android:background="@drawable/clock_selector" - so what I did is went into drawable/clock_selector.xml and set the default value to transparent. This worked flawlessly.

The com.android.deskclock.DigitalClock section creates the right side of this item, the grayed out side. If I try to add the same background declaration from the previous section to this section, I get a force close when I try to access that screen. Basically if I try to declare a background at all for that item I get a force close.

Any ideas?