[Android Themes] dthomasen:
hmm. I've edited the line you're telling us to, but I'm getting different result :)

Here's my status_bar.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.CmStatusBarView android:background="@drawable/statusbar_background" android:focusable="true" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/icons" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.IconMerger android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notificationIcons" android:paddingLeft="6.0dip" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/statusIcons" android:paddingRight="1.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.CmBatteryText android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:paddingRight="2.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.CmBatteryMiniIcon android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/CmBatteryMiniIcon" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:textSize="15.0sp" android:typeface="normal" android:textStyle="normal" android:textColor="#ffffffff" android:gravity="center" android:paddingLeft="145.0dip" android:paddingTop="3.0px" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_weight="1.0" />
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/buttons" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_edge_left" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_edge_right_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_home" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_home_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_sep1" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_sep_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_menu" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_menu_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_sep2" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_sep_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_back" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_back_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_sep3" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_sep_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_search" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_search_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_sep4" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_sep_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_quick_na" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_na_up_bottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_sep5" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_sep_bottom" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_hide" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_hide_bottom" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageButton android:id="@id/status_edge_right" android:background="@drawable/ic_statusbar_edge_left_bottom" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/ticker" android:paddingLeft="6.0dip" android:animationCache="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageSwitcher android:id="@id/tickerIcon" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginRight="8.0dip">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.AnimatedImageView android:layout_width="25.0dip" android:layout_height="25.0dip" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.AnimatedImageView android:layout_width="25.0dip" android:layout_height="25.0dip" />
</ImageSwitcher>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.TickerView android:id="@id/tickerText" android:paddingTop="2.0dip" android:paddingRight="10.0dip" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<TextView android:textAppearance="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Wallpaper" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:singleLine="true" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Wallpaper" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:singleLine="true" />
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.TickerView>
</LinearLayout>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.DateView android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/date" android:background="@drawable/statusbar_background" android:paddingLeft="6.0px" android:paddingRight="6.0px" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.CmStatusBarView>