[braz]

how can i revert back to official 1.1.0?

PS.
thank you for doing such a good job.
i recommended your skin to many of my co-workers they all love it

Not sure what you mean by official 1.1.0. The official version in the repo is 1.0.4. The development version on github is 1.1.0. If you just want to roll back the latest commits, you can see what they are here:

https://github.com/bryanbrazil/skin.mimi...its/master

[ronier83]

Hi.
this issue with the widget did not happened with the mouse on official version 1.1.0

you mean edit the background.png with an photo editing right? not xml...

[braz]

Hi.
this issue with the widget did not happened with the mouse on official version 1.1.0

you mean edit the background.png with an photo editing right? not xml...

There is no official 1.1.0. This is the development version, ie a work in progress. The widgets have been completely redesigned, that's why they no longer work as well with a mouse. This skin is designed for keyboard/remote, I wouldn't recommend using a mouse for most tasks.

Yes, you would have to edit the image in Gimp or Photoshop, etc.

[Myrddraal]

Nice changes with the widgets, I like them even more now.
And I also like the new view options

[Pembo75]

Hi,

I have to say great work on this skin, it is almost perfect for me.

I use the File shortcut to access my music [which is stored on a network share] as the Library does not allow me to work the way I want to. Using the File shortcut allows me to organise my music how I like it and keep this consistent across different devices [other than Kodi] that share my music.

I have been looking for a way to change the view option from "List" to anything else such as "InfoWall", "Wall" or "Icons" but cannot seem to find one.

I have searched the forums and cannot seem to find an answer to this so apologies if it has been covered before.

Post #314 suggest that you have finished making changes to the files menu but would it be possible to add an alternative view please or offer any advice how I could add this myself?


Many thanks and keep up the great work

No plans to add any additional views for files. It's completely untested, but you can try adding Container.Content(files) to any of the other views (InfoWall, Icons, etc).

For example, add Container.Content(files) to the visibility condition on line 171 of View_500_Wall.xml as follows.

Code:

<visible>Container.Content(artists) | Container.Content(albums) | Container.Content(files)</visible>

Hi there - For anyone else that is interested adding the above code worked a treat for me, I now have the icons view when using the Files option in music. It reverts back to the list view every time you re-enter the music menu but I am sure I have seen a fix for this earlier in the thread.
Unfortunately installing v1.1.0 breaks this so I have had to revert back to v1.0.4 - To revert back you should be able to use the rollback option. If this doesn't work for any reason, change the skin back to Confluence. You should then be able to remove Mim.ic and then re-install it from the Kodi repository. The best bit is that all of your settings will still be in tact.

[braz]

Hi,

I have to say great work on this skin, it is almost perfect for me.

I use the File shortcut to access my music [which is stored on a network share] as the Library does not allow me to work the way I want to. Using the File shortcut allows me to organise my music how I like it and keep this consistent across different devices [other than Kodi] that share my music.

I have been looking for a way to change the view option from "List" to anything else such as "InfoWall", "Wall" or "Icons" but cannot seem to find one.

I have searched the forums and cannot seem to find an answer to this so apologies if it has been covered before.

Post #314 suggest that you have finished making changes to the files menu but would it be possible to add an alternative view please or offer any advice how I could add this myself?


Many thanks and keep up the great work

No plans to add any additional views for files. It's completely untested, but you can try adding Container.Content(files) to any of the other views (InfoWall, Icons, etc).

For example, add Container.Content(files) to the visibility condition on line 171 of View_500_Wall.xml as follows.

Code:

<visible>Container.Content(artists) | Container.Content(albums) | Container.Content(files)</visible>

Hi there - For anyone else that is interested adding the above code worked a treat for me, I now have the icons view when using the Files option in music. It reverts back to the list view every time you re-enter the music menu but I am sure I have seen a fix for this earlier in the thread.
Unfortunately installing v1.1.0 breaks this so I have had to revert back to v1.0.4 - To revert back you should be able to use the rollback option. If this doesn't work for any reason, change the skin back to Confluence. You should then be able to remove Mim.ic and then re-install it from the Kodi repository. The best bit is that all of your settings will still be in tact.

The code should work the same in 1.0.4 and 1.1.0. You'll just have to reapply any changes each time the skin updates.

[Pembo75]

No plans to add any additional views for files. It's completely untested, but you can try adding Container.Content(files) to any of the other views (InfoWall, Icons, etc).

For example, add Container.Content(files) to the visibility condition on line 171 of View_500_Wall.xml as follows.

Code:

<visible>Container.Content(artists) | Container.Content(albums) | Container.Content(files)</visible>

Hi there - For anyone else that is interested adding the above code worked a treat for me, I now have the icons view when using the Files option in music. It reverts back to the list view every time you re-enter the music menu but I am sure I have seen a fix for this earlier in the thread.
Unfortunately installing v1.1.0 breaks this so I have had to revert back to v1.0.4 - To revert back you should be able to use the rollback option. If this doesn't work for any reason, change the skin back to Confluence. You should then be able to remove Mim.ic and then re-install it from the Kodi repository. The best bit is that all of your settings will still be in tact.

The code should work the same in 1.0.4 and 1.1.0. You'll just have to reapply any changes each time the skin updates.

Hi - I though the changes might need re-applying but the XML files do not appear to have changed. For example, the file View_500_Wall.XML still contains:

<visible>Container.Content(artists) | Container.Content(albums) | Container.Content(files)</visible>

[braz]

I just changed the skin settings to enable/disable the view modes. They should now be enabled by default. Please let me know if that is not your experience.

For those who have already disabled certain views, you will need to do so again since I renamed the skin settings. Thanks!

[braz]

another thing,
there is a new bug on the home screen when i am on top of an item such as "TV SHOW" i have a blank small preview pan

see picture:

Reworked all of the animation and visibility conditions. The home widgets should work reasonably well with a mouse now if they are set to display all of the time. Using the mouse is an unmitigated disaster if the widgets are not set to display all the time though.

[CaptainStereo]

This skin is what allowed me to (finally) change from Frodo to Helix. I loved reFocus BIG that much. Now I love mimic!!!

One request: is it possible to add a vertical menu option for the home screen?

Thank you Bryan. Love love love the skin!!!

[braz]

This skin is what allowed me to (finally) change from Frodo to Helix. I loved reFocus BIG that much. Now I love mimic!!!

One request: is it possible to add a vertical menu option for the home screen?

Thank you Bryan. Love love love the skin!!!

Thanks!

Unfortunately a vertical menu is not possible with this skin since the main menu does not use skinshortcuts.

[CaptainStereo]

This skin is what allowed me to (finally) change from Frodo to Helix. I loved reFocus BIG that much. Now I love mimic!!!

One request: is it possible to add a vertical menu option for the home screen?

Thank you Bryan. Love love love the skin!!!

Thanks!

Unfortunately a vertical menu is not possible with this skin since the main menu does not use skinshortcuts.

Gotcha. The only other thing I miss from reFocus BIG are I would prefer that my pictures and videos allow for a cleaner thumbnail/icon view as in movies and music. Is there a way to add a setting to allow for only a thumbnail/icon without any of the picture data (ie- dcs-138.jpg)?

[braz]

This skin is what allowed me to (finally) change from Frodo to Helix. I loved reFocus BIG that much. Now I love mimic!!!

One request: is it possible to add a vertical menu option for the home screen?

Thank you Bryan. Love love love the skin!!!

Thanks!

Unfortunately a vertical menu is not possible with this skin since the main menu does not use skinshortcuts.

Gotcha. The only other thing I miss from reFocus BIG are I would prefer that my pictures and videos allow for a cleaner thumbnail/icon view as in movies and music. Is there a way to add a setting to allow for only a thumbnail/icon without any of the picture data (ie- dcs-138.jpg)?

I haven't been using Kodi for photos, will have to take a look....

[CaptainStereo]

Thanks!

Unfortunately a vertical menu is not possible with this skin since the main menu does not use skinshortcuts.

Gotcha. The only other thing I miss from reFocus BIG are I would prefer that my pictures and videos allow for a cleaner thumbnail/icon view as in movies and music. Is there a way to add a setting to allow for only a thumbnail/icon without any of the picture data (ie- dcs-138.jpg)?

I haven't been using Kodi for photos, will have to take a look....

Cool. Thanks. Also, while I have your attention would it be possible to simplify the presentation of information when you select movie or music information from the context menu? Maybe an option for no fanart in the background (from that screen. I realize you can disable fanart from other views) and a tighter presentation of text? Spread out across the screen can look a little busy.

I only ask these things because it is SO CLOSE TO PERFECT! Most other skins my list of tweaks would just be obnoxious! Hopefully this isn't coming off that way

[braz]

Gotcha. The only other thing I miss from reFocus BIG are I would prefer that my pictures and videos allow for a cleaner thumbnail/icon view as in movies and music. Is there a way to add a setting to allow for only a thumbnail/icon without any of the picture data (ie- dcs-138.jpg)?

I haven't been using Kodi for photos, will have to take a look....

Cool. Thanks. Also, while I have your attention would it be possible to simplify the presentation of information when you select movie or music information from the context menu? Maybe an option for no fanart in the background (from that screen. I realize you can disable fanart from other views) and a tighter presentation of text? Spread out across the screen can look a little busy.

I only ask these things because it is SO CLOSE TO PERFECT! Most other skins my list of tweaks would just be obnoxious! Hopefully this isn't coming off that way

I agree that displaying the image filenames in Picture icon views isn't very useful a lot of the time. Thanks for the suggestion, I added a setting to the sidebar for Icon and Gallery views that will allow you to turn off the filenames. I also reconfigured the Icon view for Pictures to use the same icon size/aspect ratio as Episodes and Files.

Update: Changed the setting label and logic a bit. Picture filenames will now be on by default. The setting label is now "Hide filenames."



I don't have any plans to change the music/video info dialogs. That's something you would need to mod...the relevant xmls are DialogAlbumInfo.xml and DialogVideoInfo.xml.