2011-09-15, 19:29
Quick update for ReFocus skin available here. It...is what it is. I don't really have a need for rules and whatnot - using the built in smartplaylist editor is plenty for me.
@Jason: The rules window is a pain in the ass to skin. The use of buttons really limits what I could do.
Where I ran into roadblocks:
- I would have loved a list control for Controls(150-164) so that I could have put both labels on the same line and still use the focustexture.
- Control 102 was another problem control. I think a spin control would have been a better fit for this instead of a button.
- Having to go back to Control(130) and click to exit the window is counter-intuitive. I tried adding a close button with a PreviousMenu action for the OnClick but that caused the window to hang for some reason.
- Days of the week (umtwhfs) doesn't seem to do anything. What exactly does 'umtwhfs' stand for? Should that be Sun - Mon - Tue - Wed - Thu - Fri - Sat? What am I supposed to enter in here to get it to work? This option is not user-friendly as there isn't any indication as to what is supposed to be supplied here. I've tried using the day name, the 3-letter abbreviation, the 1-letter abbreviation, nothing is saved.
Just a quick question: What is the reasoning behind having a separate rule and window for each available option? To me, it seems a single dialog with all available options would be easier to grasp.
Three options could easily be radio button / toggle controls; 'Force real-time mode', 'Don't play this channel' and 'Only played watched items'.
- There's no indication in the channel configuration dialog that a channel has advanced rules applied to it.
These are just some things I wondered about / ran into while skinning the dialog.
@Jason: The rules window is a pain in the ass to skin. The use of buttons really limits what I could do.
Where I ran into roadblocks:
- I would have loved a list control for Controls(150-164) so that I could have put both labels on the same line and still use the focustexture.
- Control 102 was another problem control. I think a spin control would have been a better fit for this instead of a button.
- Having to go back to Control(130) and click to exit the window is counter-intuitive. I tried adding a close button with a PreviousMenu action for the OnClick but that caused the window to hang for some reason.
- Days of the week (umtwhfs) doesn't seem to do anything. What exactly does 'umtwhfs' stand for? Should that be Sun - Mon - Tue - Wed - Thu - Fri - Sat? What am I supposed to enter in here to get it to work? This option is not user-friendly as there isn't any indication as to what is supposed to be supplied here. I've tried using the day name, the 3-letter abbreviation, the 1-letter abbreviation, nothing is saved.
Just a quick question: What is the reasoning behind having a separate rule and window for each available option? To me, it seems a single dialog with all available options would be easier to grasp.
Three options could easily be radio button / toggle controls; 'Force real-time mode', 'Don't play this channel' and 'Only played watched items'.
- There's no indication in the channel configuration dialog that a channel has advanced rules applied to it.
These are just some things I wondered about / ran into while skinning the dialog.