Change transparency of home screen menu

minaka · 2012-02-15 14:42

I was looking for the options to change transparency of the home screen menu to make it slightly more transparent and have found only this thread where the final advice was to use influence skin, which is not preferable option for me http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=82423

So, my question - is it possible and if so how? I assume it could be done through adjustment of the home.xml file, but what are the values to look at and how to change them?

Thank you

mad-max · 2012-02-15 15:28

What part do you want to have more transparent?

Can you post a screenshot?

cheers,
mm

minaka · 2012-02-15 16:06

The black horizontal menu line containing all the menu items (Weather, Videos, Pictures etc), including the submenus - it would be nice if it was possible to make it more transparent, so that the background image is more visible and not divided into 2 parts by the menu line

I am not at my xbmc right now to make a screen shot, its the basic black home menu line as seen in the pictures at the following website

http://xbmcmediacenter.com/xbmc-skins-co...orizontal/

mad-max · 2012-02-15 16:23

You want something like the followign picture?

[Image: photo-438-61f327a3.jpg]

Therefore you need to change the following items:

Home.xml:

Code:

<control type="image">

   <posx>-100</posx>

   <posy>0</posy>

   <width>1480</width>

   <height>75</height>

   <texture border="0,6,0,6">HomeBack.png</texture>

   <colordiffuse>BFFFFFFF</colordiffuse>

</control>

The color diffuse is working fine...

Then includes:

Code:

<include name="ButtonHomeSubCommonValues">

   <height>35</height>

   <width>180</width>

   <textwidth>195</textwidth>

   <align>center</align>

   <aligny>center</aligny>

   <font>font12</font>

   <textcolor>grey2</textcolor>

   <focusedcolor>white</focusedcolor>

   <texturefocus border="5">HomeSubFO.png</texturefocus>

   <texturenofocus border="5">HomeSubNF.png</texturenofocus>

   <pulseonselect>false</pulseonselect>

   <colordiffuse>BBFFFFFF</colordiffuse>

</include>

And all HomeSubEnd.png's in "includesMainMenuItems.xml":

Code:

<control type="image" id="90141">

   <width>35</width>

   <height>35</height>

   <texture border="0,0,0,3" flipx="true">HomeSubEnd.png</texture>

   <colordiffuse>BBFFFFFF</colordiffuse>

</control>

cheers,
mad-max

minaka · 2012-02-15 23:32

Max, you are the best, thank you very much

mad-max · 2012-02-16 00:15

No problem...
BTW: I like it with a bit transparency, so I added this as a toggle option in my MOD...

cheers

Jeba · 2012-03-27 00:03

Hey there,

I would like to change the transperancy in the music screen, so I can see the fanart better, it would be so pretty!. Could you tell which code to change? I use the thumbnail view for my albums... And I use the most recent build of Confluence.

Help would be very appreciated!

Cheers

mad-max · 2012-03-27 08:32

What music screen do you mean excatly? Simply the thumbnail view in database view?
Can you post a screenshot of what parts shall be transpararent

mad-max

phyrros1 · 2012-03-27 17:32

Hi Mad-Max

Maybe you can help here as well. The two black "boxes" with the list of movies and the covers in the Confluence Video/Movies View Option "Media Info 2" view are not transparent enough for my taste.

See below marked with a red border

[Image: screenshot000.png]

I would like to have the background image to be more visible . How can I achieve this ?

Thanks for your help

Cheers

Phyrros

Mudislander · 2012-03-27 21:00

(2012-03-27 17:32)phyrros1 Wrote: Hi Mad-Max

Maybe you can help here as well. The two black "boxes" with the list of movies and the covers in the Confluence Video/Movies View Option "Media Info 2" view are not transparent enough for my taste.

I would like to have the background image to be more visible . How can I achieve this ?

Thanks for your help

Cheers

Phyrros

Same commands as HERE Smile

mad-max Posting Freak Posts: 1,476 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 52 Location: Germany	2012-02-15 15:28 Post: #2 What part do you want to have more transparent? Can you post a screenshot? cheers, mm - - - Tribute to Metallica - - - If I managed to help you, please click my reputation
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mad-max Posting Freak Posts: 1,476 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 52 Location: Germany	2012-02-16 00:15 Post: #6 No problem... BTW: I like it with a bit transparency, so I added this as a toggle option in my MOD... cheers - - - Tribute to Metallica - - - If I managed to help you, please click my reputation
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Jeba Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-27 00:03 Post: #7 Hey there, I would like to change the transperancy in the music screen, so I can see the fanart better, it would be so pretty!. Could you tell which code to change? I use the thumbnail view for my albums... And I use the most recent build of Confluence. Help would be very appreciated! Cheers
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