Proposed changes for skin v2.0

jm,
v2.0 suggestion...

multi-column listcontrol

would be very nice to have the possibility to view lists on a single screen.

harsh, are you talking about using those as overlays for zip and rar files?

if so, have you tried this?

Quote: <filetypeicons>
<zip>defaultzip.png</zip>
<rar>defaultzip.png</rar>
<xbe>defaultprogram.png</xbe>
</filetypeicons>

currently, this only works in filemanager. it use to work in the other areas.

think thats where i saw em... was a changelog reference

a skinner related suggestion...

after finishing our skins we should start a thread where every
skinner adds one replay with his 2.0 skin

so we have all available skins neatly arranged
and after an edit also always the newest could be available...

perhaps one of the forum_admins could start it...
with exactly rules for a post..
like -> post should consist of:

skin name
skin picture
skin version
skinner

Quote:[xbmc skin]

[image]

[version: (2.0 - 07.03.06)]
[by (skinner)]

cheers ceomr

how difficult would it be to add videoplayer.plot & videoplayer.cast for use in a fancy video info fullscreen display?

maybe with an auto scroll for plot bit like the fadelabel but vertically (with alpha would be nice so it looks like it fades out from the bottom). and for cast just seperated with a comma as a text string (maybe use with fadelabel)?

if its to much b4 v2 release then that fine i understand

thanks anyway guys.

as you are all aware, we are now in the 2.0 feature freeze.

i'm going to be freezing version 2.0 of the skin very shortly - i am just going through the code to see things that need to be removed etc. so that i make sure i haven't missed anything.

changes from v1.99 are:

1. no more support for <execute> (replaced with <onclick>)

2. no more support for <hyperlink> (replaced with <onclick>activatewindow())

3. no more support for the <script> tag.

4. 2 new buttons (will be disabled until the code support is in) on dialogvideoinfo.xml - position them how you like. one is for "resume" and one is for "get thumb". id's are and 9 and 10 respectively. labels are 13404 and 13405 respectively.

5. 1 new button (disabled until we have code support) on dialogalbuminfo.xml - position how you like. it's for "get thumb". id is 10. label is 13405.

support for the above will be in cvs shortly.

in 2 weeks (ie on the 22nd of march), the backwards compatibility code for pre version 2.0 skins will be removed to give us some time after that to fix any issues that crop up because of that.

so, you have till 22nd of march to make the changes above (as well as any others you haven't already done).

i'll talk to some forum admins about a sticky thread that we can use to allow you guys to post your skins when they are compatible.

cheers,
jonathan

got another small problem think its the last one tho

controls that get their content dl and parsed from internet like the "myweather" and the listcontrol for music top500 usually takes a few sec to open and in the meantime any windowopen animation will run without them would be nice if the animation could wait for them to load before running instead.

please make a list of the windows where you experience this and i'll fix em.

cheers,
jonathan

think its only those 2 windows doublechecked the others that gets inetinfo but they seems to be ok.

so only these 2 :
myweather.xml id2600
mymusicsongs.xml id501 (musictop 500)

thanks for checking it out

the folders update great realtime when you come out of a lookup for imdb. but the files do not? is there a specific place in videofiles.cpp that i need to update the screen when leaving dialoginfo?