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Reply #525 –
I would like to have a frame bottom, just like in columns UI; e.g. I am searching for the equivalent to this:
$set_style(frame-bottom,1,$rgb(230,228,229))

Thanks

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Reply #526 –
Quote from: sitemap on
I would like to have a frame bottom, just like in columns UI; e.g. I am searching for the equivalent to this:
$set_style(frame-bottom,1,$rgb(230,228,229))

Thanks


This is much more "raw" then ColumnsUI.  Short of having these sort of specialized things like frames, you just draw rectangles where you want things.  Want a frame at the bottom?  Just draw a 1 pixel high rectangle across the bottom.

$drawrect(,$sub(%_height%,1),,,brushcolor-230-228-229 pencolor-null)

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Reply #527 –
Great. Thanks for answering
 

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Reply #528 –
Hi, i want to switch from Columns-UI to the single column playlist but im having a problem with using it within playlist tabs 

This is how my setup looks with columns-UI:

[a href="http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=foobar-columnsui.jpg" target="_blank"]

layout:
[a href="http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=foobar-layout.jpg" target="_blank"]

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Reply #529 –
Why does $font() always return true? Shouldn't it always return false like $rgb() does, otherwise
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[$font(,10,,)%artist%]
&
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$if3($font(,10,,)$meta(album artist),%artist%)

break!

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Reply #530 –
Display and logic should always be separated. Display functions shouldn't really be used in logical $if tests.

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Reply #531 –
But that just defeats the point of having [] and $if3 in the first place.

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Reply #532 –
As ChaosBladE indicated it is generally good form to keep display code and logic code spearated. There are several ways to restructure your code to accomplish what you are attempting.

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$font(,10,,)[%artist%]$font()

-or-
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$if(%artist%,$font(,10,,)%artist%,)


&

Code: [Select]
$if($meta(album artist),$font(,10,,),)%album artist%


Yes sometimes I think it would be nice if all passive strings such as $font, $rgb, etc would return as false because it lets you do some quick tricks with code, a strong argument can be made that $if($font()) should logically test if the $font() function returns anything at all .. which it does, the font. In fact I would like to be able to use $if($font(fontname,,,),) to test if a font is installed.

Code doesn't always perform the way we expect it to, every language has it's little quirks.  There is usually more than one way to code something, you should keep alternative approaches in mind whenever coding anything.

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Reply #533 –
I would of thought that it would be slightly more consistent compared to the default functions. Considering that $font is a display function it shouldn't really affect an $if statements anyway. To test for an installed font wouldn't a $isinstalled(fontname) be more appropriate?

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Reply #534 –
Quote from: fraganator on
Thanks, that did the trick! I don't known why I didn't see the group rows option before. Now my cover art won't be getting chopped in half on my shorter albums.

Edit:

Hmm, now I'm getting an issue where the bottom part/right side of some covers aren't being drawn. Here's the code I'm using in the group display:

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$imageabs2(110,110,,,,,5,5,$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,folder.jpg),)



Any idea why this is happening? It doesn't seem to happen on covers with a more square aspect ratio, just with wider/narrower ratios. Thanks again for any help.



Change the size of the cover (110,110) to 100,100. Or set the Group rows to 1 more.

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Reply #535 –
For image source, is there any chance of using * as a wildcard? A lot of my album images are just in the directory of the album, with no specific filename.

An "if image exists" tag would also be helpful, I don't want to draw image borders if there is no image.

Also a "refresh" on command would be nice, for instance when a tag is updated.

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Reply #536 –
ok thanks guys for helping me get my alternating line colours working...

now how come whenever I put my mouse over a track and click it it doesnt highlight like in columns.. - now I know its something to do with my code but what are the basic setups for when a song is playing - when it is highlighted etc...

thanks again for all your useful help

also when i set the number of rows to 2 for the group... how do i put stuff on the second row..?

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Reply #537 –
4nt1:

To color the currently selected item you can use %_selected% like this:
$if(%_selected%,$imageabs($if($get(album_mode),115,0),-10,images\glass.png,))

To color the currently playing item you can use %isplaying% like this:
$if(%isplaying%,$drawrect($if($get(album_mode),115,0),0,0,0,brushcolor-10-36-106 pencolor-null),)

You can either use an $imageabs() function to overlay a transparency effect like I did in the first example or use $drawrect() to color the row like I did in the second example. Just place the code toward the top of your Item Display code.

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Reply #538 –
wow thanks for the quick feedback works like a charm

I ended up just drawing a rect around the now playing..

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Reply #539 –
Quote from: avish on
Hi, i want to switch from Columns-UI to the single column playlist but im having a problem with using it within playlist tabs 

This is how my setup looks with columns-UI:

[a href="http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=foobar-columnsui.jpg" target="_blank"]

layout:
[a href="http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=foobar-layout.jpg" target="_blank"]


Weird problem.

Only way I found a way so you can resize it is doing the following:
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Horizontal splitter
   |__Vertical splitter
          |__playlist tabs
          |__single column playlist view

Please note that single column playlist  view is put under the vertical splitter, not the Playlist tabs. To resize it, you must use the vertical splitter, which is above the playlist tabs. It visually should look the same, as it did on my display.

Hope that helps.

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Reply #540 –
@vonmeth: Thank you! it works! now i can finally mess around with this awesome component 

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Reply #542 –
Quote from: CepiPerez on
Quote from: fraganator on

Hmm, now I'm getting an issue where the bottom part/right side of some covers aren't being drawn. Here's the code I'm using in the group display:

Code: [Select]
$imageabs2(110,110,,,,,5,5,$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,folder.jpg),)



Any idea why this is happening? It doesn't seem to happen on covers with a more square aspect ratio, just with wider/narrower ratios. Thanks again for any help.


Change the size of the cover (110,110) to 100,100. Or set the Group rows to 1 more.


Thanks for the reply, but i'm afraid that didn't fix my issue. Here's another example of what I'm trying to fix (same code as before with a DVD cover image):


I'm thinking this may be a bug in $imageabs2, or I'm not using it correctly. Anyone have any more ideas?

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Reply #544 –
Quote from: FofR on
A function I would like imageabs2 to do is stretch images to a desired height, width or aspect ratio.

Basically do what the Album Art panel does....I agree.  That would be very nice to have.

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Reply #545 –
Quote from: fraganator on
Thanks for the reply, but i'm afraid that didn't fix my issue. Here's another example of what I'm trying to fix (same code as before with a DVD cover image):


I'm thinking this may be a bug in $imageabs2, or I'm not using it correctly. Anyone have any more ideas?


Could you give us your whole Group Display coding? Something else might be interrupting it.

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Reply #546 –
Quote from: fraganator on
Thanks, that did the trick! I don't known why I didn't see the group rows option before. Now my cover art won't be getting chopped in half on my shorter albums.

Edit:

Hmm, now I'm getting an issue where the bottom part/right side of some covers aren't being drawn. Here's the code I'm using in the group display:

Code: [Select]
$imageabs2(110,110,,,,,5,5,$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,folder.jpg),)



Any idea why this is happening? It doesn't seem to happen on covers with a more square aspect ratio, just with wider/narrower ratios. Thanks again for any help.


I have this problem aswell and adjusting the row height only makes the headers larger but does not shot the bottom of the image. My problem however is with the overlay image like the cd case and not the album art.


I agree completly with others that being able to adjust the aspect ratio as I see fit would be great

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Reply #547 –
TERRESTIAL

Could you mod Browser as well, to allow us to input code in browser panels as well? I'd like to have the album art next to the albums I have in Browser mode, same goes for artists (although finding pictures for 500+ artists is a little bit extreme), it would truely rock the globe, imo.

Album list might be even more popular, so you might want to start with that. The display code you made/used is just too fantastic to ignore.

You're the new musicmusic!
There's a storm on the loose, there's sirens in my head...

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Reply #548 –
I'm used to highlighting x amount of tracks within a playlist (but not all) and being able to modify the tags.

So am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to (like in columns ui) modify the tracks for 1 album inside of a playlist containing many?

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Reply #549 –
Is there any reason why imageabs2 seemingly randomly sizes my covers? Plus, using these heights / widths don't work

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$imageabs2(75,75,,,,,3,3,$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,cover.jpg),)

Changing 75 to 80 works. Any ideas?
err... i'm not using windows any more ;)