Use %cs tag instead of main menu top row

[Biont]

I have an idea for the base skin and main menu: Extending the %cs functionality and getting rid the main menu displaying the top row (Rockbox/Settings/Playlist/...). That would open up possibilities for themers and could even save screen space (by using multifont or images) Would that be feasible?

Turning off the top row would have to be optional to keep compatibility with older themes, of course

With the %cs tag being able to return the current menu screen as text/bitmap in a separate window, you could allow for a bunch of new theme layouts and save some vertical screen space as well (by displaying %cs left or right of the menu).

I hope I don't sound too confusing, excuse my bad english

[JdGordon]

thw way I would prefer it done is to make the title text available to the skins and then fix up a setting to allow the title to be always hidden/displayed so the theme could choose (and the sbs could show the title however it wants).

I have no idea how to do that (cleanly) though

[JdGordon]

fyi, I added %Lt and %li which let you put the title text and icon on the sbs... not exactly what you want, but can be a good start for you.

[Biont]

Awesome! I'll check them out as soon as I can.

I assume getting rid of the main menu's title is a bit more difficult?

Edit: I see, it already does that. Very very great. Thank you for adding this handy little feature

[JdGordon]

%?Lt<> anywhere in your sbs will remove the menu title completly

[epithetless]

Can we see an example .sbs file which uses the %Lt and %li tags, to illustrate their proper and potential use? I'm a bit uncertain about how to use them myself.

[JdGordon]

something like this maybe:

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%xl|a|tango.bmp|0|0|32|
%Vi|10|30|-10|-10|1|-|-|

%Fl|2|24-Terminus-Bold|
%V|4|4|15|25|2|-|-|
%?Lt<%?Li<%xdaa|%xdab|%xdac|%xdad|%xdae|%xdaf|%xdag|%xdah|%xdai|%xdaj|%xdak|%xdal|%xdam|%xdan|%xdao|%xdap|%xdaq|%xdar|%xdas|%xdat|%xdau|%xdav|%xdaw|%xdax|%xday|%xdaz|%xdaA|%xdaB|%xdaC|%xdaD|%xdaE|%xdaF|>>
%V|20|0|-|25|2|-|-|
%?Lt<%Lt>

my mini2g sim has the title (without the icon) bold and centered at the top of the screen.

[Biont]

here's an example from my Breeze theme. This can really make a big difference



It's pretty much the same code as JdGordon's (thanks btw, writing the icon conditional by hand must be a pain... but so is creating a new iconset just for %Li  )