Can we get Container.Viewmode(offest) ?

igotdvds · 2010-09-25 23:43

Would it be possible to add the ability to get Container.Viewmode(offset).

I want to load the next and previous viewmode names and images.

igotdvds · 2010-10-02 18:53

Can this be done?

**jmarshall** · 2010-10-02 23:10

Probably, but not now. A patch would be welcome - see GUIViewControl.cpp

igotdvds · 2010-10-03 08:49

jmarshall Wrote:Probably, but not now. A patch would be welcome - see GUIViewControl.cpp

Please explain further...

**Jezz_X** · 2010-10-03 09:00

He is saying feel free to break out your c++ coding skills and edit GUIViewControl.cpp to add the stuff you need yourself and then send a patch with the changed code back to Team XBMC so it can be put into future versions and made available to all skins to use

**jmarshall** · 2011-02-22 01:04

It'd be useful if you give reasons why you'd want to do this, so that we can see whether it's something useful in general, or just a nice to have because of the way you designed your skin that differs from other skins due to asthetics.

mcborzu · 2011-02-22 01:14

jmarshall Wrote:It'd be useful if you give reasons why you'd want to do this, so that we can see whether it's something useful in general, or just a nice to have because of the way you designed your skin that differs from other skins due to asthetics.

I think it could be used in the same way DJH used when Aeon was first released. Remember you hit Viewtype the you taken to a screen of 4 pics:
Up- Showcase
Down - List
Left - Multiplex
Right - Coverflow

Something like that and there was greyish images to go into each section, actually as I type if he did it way back then you should be able to do it now. He probably used buttons using SetFocus(), something along those lines....

**jmarshall** · 2011-02-22 01:41

Same way Mediastream did it - they had lots of code so that they knew each viewmode and just made the buttons go that that one viewmode.

As I say, I'm not opposed, just don't see "because we can" as a valid reason for doing things Smile

Cheers,
Jonathan

igotdvds · 2011-02-22 03:07

I essentially want to do what Mcborzu mentioned. Have a list of different views and have the user be able to look at the icons that represent each view.

`Black · 2011-02-22 15:26

Then hard code it, should be pretty easy I think... and not that much code.

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igotdvds Skilled Skinner Posts: 1,616 Joined: Jul 2009 Reputation: 11	2011-02-22 03:07 Post: #9 I essentially want to do what Mcborzu mentioned. Have a list of different views and have the user be able to look at the icons that represent each view. Shade \| Simplicity \| Sketchy (Coming Soon) To learn more, click here.
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`Black Skilled Skinner Posts: 2,069 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 51 Location: Germany	2011-02-22 15:26 Post: #10 Then hard code it, should be pretty easy I think... and not that much code.
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