2020-07-22, 21:14
Hello all,
I have just uploaded versions 3.2.99 (Leia) and 3.3.99 (Matrix) to GitHub and the Amber repos. The main change is:
Autoscroll options for shelves(widgets). Amber now supports auto-scrolling for the shelves. You can configure the interval. The new option is here (it is disabled by default):
When you select that, you get the following options:
As the title of the dialog states, the times are in seconds.
Some notes regarding auto scrolling:
- Scrolling direction is always the same (I have no control of that from the skin). The shelf items will scroll to the left.
- Atuoscrolling only works for 1 row containers in Kodi, so it will not be activated if you have selected a double row or triple row shelf.
- The shelf container will change to a wraplist when you activate autoscrolling. This means that if you have very few items on the shelf (all items can be seen at the same time on the screen), you might see repeated items. I think this is a very small inconvenience. In my mind, it does not make much sense to activate autoscrolling for a shelf where you can already see all items on the screen at the same time.
- Amber shows at a minimum two rows of items when you choose Banner or Clear Logo as the artwork type for a shelf. The skin will now change that to be just one row if you activate autoscrolling. It looks like this for banner:
And like this for clearlogo:
This was another big change, and I had to adjust/rework the positioning of all shelf types, so please test thoroughly and let me know if you find any issues. Thanks.
Regards,
Bart
I have just uploaded versions 3.2.99 (Leia) and 3.3.99 (Matrix) to GitHub and the Amber repos. The main change is:
Autoscroll options for shelves(widgets). Amber now supports auto-scrolling for the shelves. You can configure the interval. The new option is here (it is disabled by default):
When you select that, you get the following options:
As the title of the dialog states, the times are in seconds.
Some notes regarding auto scrolling:
- Scrolling direction is always the same (I have no control of that from the skin). The shelf items will scroll to the left.
- Atuoscrolling only works for 1 row containers in Kodi, so it will not be activated if you have selected a double row or triple row shelf.
- The shelf container will change to a wraplist when you activate autoscrolling. This means that if you have very few items on the shelf (all items can be seen at the same time on the screen), you might see repeated items. I think this is a very small inconvenience. In my mind, it does not make much sense to activate autoscrolling for a shelf where you can already see all items on the screen at the same time.
- Amber shows at a minimum two rows of items when you choose Banner or Clear Logo as the artwork type for a shelf. The skin will now change that to be just one row if you activate autoscrolling. It looks like this for banner:
And like this for clearlogo:
This was another big change, and I had to adjust/rework the positioning of all shelf types, so please test thoroughly and let me know if you find any issues. Thanks.
Regards,
Bart