Customisable Statusbar

[kugel.]

I today committed my custom statusbar work.

It allows you to write WPSes for the main UI (lists, etc) replacing the classic statusbar.


You can use virtually all tags you can use in the WPS. I've updated http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/CustomWPS to mention the restrictions for custom statusbar (see especially under viewports: You must use viewports, and having a %Vi that describes the list viewport is recommended).

To make it work, you need to put a .sbs file on the player and load it. Putting it into the /.rockbox/wps directory is recommended so that it can share images with the wps.

If you have questions, feel free to drop them

[epithetless]

Very cool, kugel. Thank you for all of your GUI-related commits! The Rockbox interface is getting more attractive by the day.

Do we need to add a line of text to theme .cfg files indicating which particular .sbs file to use for the theme's statusbar? (If so, what would that line of text look like?)

[mc2739]

Do we need to add a line of text to theme .cfg files indicating which particular .sbs file to use for the theme's statusbar? (If so, what would that line of text look like?)

This is from the settings dumper plugin:

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sbs: Text.. Up to 32 characters. Should start with:"/.rockbox/wps/" and end with:".sbs"

[kugel.]

Very cool, kugel. Thank you for all of your GUI-related commits! The Rockbox interface is getting more attractive by the day.

You're welcome

Do we need to add a line of text to theme .cfg files indicating which particular .sbs file to use for the theme's statusbar? (If so, what would that line of text look like?)

Yes, for one you need sbs: /path/to/file.sbs which looks exactly like the wps line to load the file. And then you need statusbar: custom to actually display it.
Loading a statusbar from filebrowser will do both for you, you could then use settings_dumper or manage settings->save theme settings to save it permanentally (IIRC, just like the .wps files, the sbs: line will only be permanent if the file is located in the /.rockbox/wps directory).

[epithetless]

Thanks, guys. I look forward to playing around with it when I have the time.

[froggyman]

Looks great, now to wait for some of the artists out there to use these in the themes for other various players!

[AlexP]

I just uploaded one for the gigabeat F/X/S - CSB

[psycho_maniac]

anybody wanna make one for the current default theme on rockbox? "cabbiev2" ?
edit: also what are the rules on packaging a theme? i thought you had to supply the font as well if it used a custom font?
edit: ok last edit. looking at AlexP's theme he made this reminded me of something. i remember a discussion of a theme just like this when there was first discussion of the port of the h1xx. LOOK HOW FAR WE HAVE COME!!!!!

[tdtooke]

Thanks!  Excellent new idea.  And on another note I guess since your screenshot of a Sansa? has a German ui then the name 'kugel' is from the food?

[bakseetdrivr]

hey rockboxers i got a quick question for you

I'm working on a modification of cabbiev3 that includes a status bar and i think i dont quite understand the way this commit works.

For the wps i am using the one on the theme page (for the ipod video)

For the cfg file, i based it off of the gigabeat theme that includes a statusbar.
in the cfg file i have these lines (among others that i believe are unimportant in figuring out why mine won't work):
wps: /.rockbox/wps/CabMod.wps
sbs: /.rockbox/wps/CabMod.sbs
statusbar: custom

do i need the ui viewport definition in here too?

For the sbs file, i sectioned the screen into about 4 vp's including one for the menu/lists
at the top of the sbs file i have:
%Vi|10|10|250|140|-|-|-|

is there anything that im missing?

I really appreciate any input and can post the code if that will help but its very messy (not very well commented etc). also thanks alot kugel, the one complaint i hear from non-rockboxers is that it kind of looks like windows 98:P and this i really helping to get it more flashy.

-Tom

[kugel.]

Looks correct to me actually.

How/where does it fail? You can try checking the .sbs with the checkwps tool. I suspect a syntax error.
AlexP's CSB theme is on the theme site, you might take a look at the .sbs in it to get an idea.

You don't necessarily need a ui viewport. If that one is unset, the %Vi will be used as this one. If you set one, then in the theme.cfg file.

[AsusFreak]

Hi.

I made a new version of my aasSimple theme for Irivers H10.

Used the customisable statusbar to get the track, time, progress, battery and playstatus information into the settings screen.

Thanks for your great work, kugel.

Further information are here.

[kugel.]

Nice, feel free to upload it on the theme site. We can delete your old one(s) if you like (updating doesn't work yet).

On a side note, I think the trick you used for the first version (overlapping the album art) works again, but I'm not sure.

[AsusFreak]

Yes, you're right. Overlapping works again. I tested it in the simulator and on the player. The refreshing timing seems to be changed.
And ok: I took it to the theme section. I was afraid getting too much versions here...

Thank you.

[Biont]

Thank you for your work on this!

I already made a theme using the custom status bar and I really really like what can be done with it.




Now I'm wondering if some touchscreen support could be done for the CSB

What would be really cool is a GO_TO_WPS button, since it takes pretty long to go back there from deep within the main menu.
Controlling (part of) the player/wps would also be great, but not top priority since that's what the WPS is for

What do you think?