Slideshow navigation bar?

In slideshow mode, the navigation bar is hidden by default. When the mouse rollsovers the image area, the navigation bar is displayed along with any title and description text that has been specified for the current image. On mouse out, the navigation bar returns to the hidden state.

How can this navigation bar be styled to display permanently, without transparency and to accomodate a larger text display area for longer text descriptions?

I posted this question over month ago and received no response.

I’ve searched the css and the forums, yet I’ve found nothing to address this specific issue.