[shartrec]

I have a script that shows a DialogWindow, that I would like to make a little prettier.  Currently I am using a window.xml file containing a single label to show some text. I update the text as the script runs.

I subclass WindowDialogXML and open the window using:

python:


class SkipItWindow(xbmcgui.WindowXMLDialog):

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ui = SkipItWindow('skipitwindow.xml', CWD, 'default', '1080i')

This shows my label as transparent over the underlying video, which is fine, but I would like to centre the label and give the it a light transparent background to improve readability, if possible.  Any help would be appreciated.

[roidy]

You'll need to post your skipitwindow.xml file, that's where all the magic happens.

[shartrec]

This is the xml

xml:


<window id="1191" type="dialog">

    <coordinates>

       <left>500</left>

       <top>40</top>

    </coordinates>

    <controls>

        <control type="group" id="15">

            <left>10</left>

            <top>10</top>

            <width>auto</width>

            <colordiffuse>grey</colordiffuse>

            <control type="label" id="1">

                <description>Skip info</description>

                <left>10</left>

                <top>10</top>

                <width>auto</width>

                <visible>true</visible>

                <align>center</align>

                <aligny>center</aligny>

                <scroll>false</scroll>

                <label>Skipping >> 300</label>

                <haspath>false</haspath>

                <font>font14</font>

                <textcolor>ff7790c7</textcolor>

                <shadowcolor>ff3f3f3f</shadowcolor>

                <wrapmultiline>false</wrapmultiline>

                <scrollspeed>50</scrollspeed>

                <scrollsuffix> - </scrollsuffix>

              </control>

          </control>

    </controls>

</window>

[roidy]

As far as I know you can't use colordiffuse in a group.

What I would do is use a texture. Add a media directory next to your xml directory that contains a small , maybe 16x16 pixel png file filled with the colour white. Then use a texture like so:-

xml:
<window id="1191" type="dialog">

  <coordinates>

    <left>500</left>

    <top>40</top>

  </coordinates>



  <controls>

    <control type="group" id="15">

      <left>10</left>

      <top>10</top>

      <width>200</width>

      <height>60</height>



      <control type="texture">

        <texture colordiffuse="grey">WHAT_EVER_YOU_CALLED_YOUR_PNG.png</teuxtre>

      </control>



      <control type="label" id="1">

        <description>YOUR ORIGINAL LABEL HERE</description>

      </control>



    </control>



  </controls>

</window>

You could also use a button instead of the texture and label, by setting the focuse and nofocus texture to the same image.