2017-06-28, 20:54
(2017-06-28, 20:04)MartyB95 Wrote: Hello Alanon,
I have been using your skin for a few months now and have got back to tweak some of the look and feel. I have found that when I go into settings and try to add a default widget that it hangs with the progress bar saying "Getting directory listing....". I have waited up to 30 minutes without a return from this dialog. Any ideas or can I provide any additional information?
Thanks
Martin
Well, that has something to do with Skin Helper add-on, that's for sure. As for anything specific, a debug log would be nice. I've never been able to reproduce the bug myself, which is one of the things that's hindering bug research, so any log is helpful. At the moment I don't have the cause pinned down, but folks have had luck fixing it by restoring their backup settings, reinstalling/refreshing Skin Helper add-on and the shortcuts.
The step you've described is a simple enumeration of available folders - the add-on scans for the available and known structures - Extendedinfo links, library add-ons, playlists, etc. to present them to you. The fact you're stuck means that it can't get to that info, either due to some corruption, or, depending on the platform, it might have lost access somehow. Off the top of my head, this sort of thing can happen when Skin Helper doesn't rebuild the menu properly, it can happen after an improper add-on update, an old version, or just plain bad luck. (For example, switching between skins that use Skin Helper almost always triggers rebuilds. One random hitch during that process could cause a lot of problems.)