- so its a mix between Windows 8 and Metro surfaceA VERY nice mix!
Think the final version will look quite different...I hope the clean, minimalistic (Metro ;) ) design will still stay!
take it as an extended preview.If it's ok for you, I'll not take it as a preview but as my new standard skin :) I like this one very much!
I'm missing a stop button and a mouse over effect in lists.
I corrected this modifying two of your bitmaps. Attached them here.
But the skin is not working correctly (action window) with Media Center 18.What doesn't work for you?
What doesn't work for you?
The action window "main screen" is brigther than it was in MC 17 for me. This is because MC18 doesn't honor the Action Windows "Template" setting for the "main" background but uses the list background setting. The subscreens instead are using the action windows "Template" settings. Seems to be a little bug in MC18. Or maybe I don't understand how it works ;)
Problem: background color in the Action Windows
I think this is a MC bug. Not a skin bug.
Yes. Other bug in list_ratingclear: the image (clear classification) appears deformed.
Quick fix for this attached :)
Hope, Maverick will continue his fantastic work...
I'm missing a stop button and a mouse over effect in lists.
I corrected this modifying two of your bitmaps. Attached them here.
Edit: made stop button square a bit smaller. Now it fits better.
I don't know why, but for some reason the image needs another size. Real fix included :)
@Maverick: I hope it is ok for you seeing me working at your skin. If not, please give me a short "STOP".
list_ratingclear.png: For me it does not seem like circle. Is oval. Do you understand?
Here you go.
- To the bug with the ratingclear icon:You can change the images background size. I double checked and the here attached version is perfekt round/symetric in MC17 & MC18. It's 7x7px for the cross 11x11px for the circled cross when shown in MC. I don't mind if you use my stop button or my rating clear button (of course without crediting me ;) )
Dont know why the icon looks deformed. So the bug still exist in both themes. I will fix it when i know it.
What doesn't work for you?
The action window "main screen" is brigther than it was in MC 17 for me. This is because MC18 doesn't honor the Action Windows "Template" setting for the "main" background but uses the list background setting. The subscreens instead are using the action windows "Template" settings. Seems to be a little bug in MC18. Or maybe I don't understand how it works ;)
please spell out in idiot terms.
Seems to be a little bug in MC18.
Hm, everyone has his taste... I wouldn't like triangles in the tree. I like +/- :)Indeed you are right. But consistency with other applications is very important. Even if people do not use Windows Explorer, they do use the standard open/save dialogs very often. And then we see the triangles.
2. I am assuming it is not possible to change these.... can the little graphics in the action window be removed?
I am unable to resize the width of the tree window. I see no one else has reported this. Anyone else see the problem?Try better :) There is 1 pixel wide line I believe that represents the splitter.
Try better :) There is 1 pixel wide line I believe that represents the splitter.Got it, thanks. I have a high res 2560x1440 monitor. I had to slow down my mouse and enable enhanced precision.
Got it, thanks. I have a high res 2560x1440 monitor. I had to slow down my mouse and enable enhanced precision.NP.
Is it a one line change in a template to make it larger than a single pixel?
what is this winning key you speak of.You have to change the value of <Data DefaultSize="1" />. If you want the splitter to be 6px wide change it to <Data DefaultSize="6" />
5 I would prefer this skin to remove [...] remaining gradients and animations (e.g. on Player tab present buttons).As far as I know the Player Tab preset buttons are not part of this skin. If you want them to be skinned you could place three image files in the skin folder named
4 The button to left of Search is a magnifier - rather than a plus as one would expect from the fact that Noire down-arrow is MetroX plus elsewhere, and from the fact it does not perform a search but present a menu.I never thought about that. Now reading your statement I'd prefer a drop down arrow there, too.
To give it a try you could put the three attached files into the MetroX skin folder.Thanks, but that makes no difference here: http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1140/jrmctestwindowsvirtualp.png
<CARRADIO>
<Entry Name="ButtonLeft" Bitmap="CarRadio_ButtonLeft.png" NumberImages="4" Margins="3,3,2,0" OverTextColor="FFFFFF" PressedTextColor="FFFFFF" />
<Entry Name="ButtonMiddle" Bitmap="CarRadio_ButtonMiddle.png" NumberImages="4" Margins="0,3,2,0" OverTextColor="FFFFFF" PressedTextColor="FFFFFF" />
<Entry Name="ButtonRight" Bitmap="CarRadio_ButtonRight.png" NumberImages="4" Margins="0,3,3,0" OverTextColor="FFFFFF" PressedTextColor="FFFFFF" />
</CARRADIO>add these lines to main.xml:Thanks - that worked fine, on MetroX - Default (Cyan) and MetroX - Default (Magenta).Code: [Select]<CARRADIO>
<Entry Name="ButtonLeft" Bitmap="CarRadio_ButtonLeft.png" NumberImages="4" Margins="3,3,2,0" OverTextColor="FFFFFF" PressedTextColor="FFFFFF" />
<Entry Name="ButtonMiddle" Bitmap="CarRadio_ButtonMiddle.png" NumberImages="4" Margins="0,3,2,0" OverTextColor="FFFFFF" PressedTextColor="FFFFFF" />
<Entry Name="ButtonRight" Bitmap="CarRadio_ButtonRight.png" NumberImages="4" Margins="0,3,3,0" OverTextColor="FFFFFF" PressedTextColor="FFFFFF" />
</CARRADIO>
You should place it somewhere at the end. Last line should be something like </MJMS>. Place it right before that line.
</MJMS>2
Marverick (and MetroX users), you might like to know that installing MetroX on MC18 here interfered with the appearance of other skins. E.g. when I switched back to Noire, small icons from MetroX remained.
I worked around this as follows: In C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 18\Data\ , delete Custom Art\ and Custom Resources\.
Marverick (and MetroX users), you might like to know that installing MetroX on MC18 here interfered with the appearance of other skins. E.g. when I switched back to Noire, small icons from MetroX remained.
I worked around this as follows: In C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 18\Data\ , delete Custom Art\ and Custom Resources\.
Well remembered, but the Marverick teach it in their threads.No mention of interference with other skins, though.
Look, in link this skin: http://maverick07x.deviantart.com/#/d5f4cp4
- If you don't like the custom icons you have to delete the "Custom Art" and "Custom Resources" folder (J River/Media Center.../Data)Indeed it is. No mention of interference with other skins, there.
It's on deviant art.
Hi,For text you can change on the xml file, and for change it the color from white to dark, either change the exact image or from xml file. But from what i read, you need to change the image then change the text.
this skin is very nice, I would like to use it. However, I rather prefer dark themed skin, and to use Metro as the successor of my Albedo, I would like to change the colors of the white areas into black/dark and of course the dark text into bright ones.
I already found out that I need to change MAIN.XML in the skin folder, tried to play around, but nothing has changed. Any hint, which values to change?
Thanks
Hope it will help you.Yes thanks. Unfortunately I cannot find a documentation, and finding the code, relating to certain colors is a pain in..., but I will go through it the next days. Don´t know, if I am allowed to publish the modified files here. Or is this copyrighted/dissallowed by the creator of MetroX? If not, I will publish the dark version here... :)
Great to see you "back at work" :)+1
Yes i don't think there is a way to avoid that - otherwise the PositionThumb (the handle thing), wouldn't have any space at the start and the end.
Yes i don't think there is a way to avoid that - otherwise the PositionThumb (the handle thing), wouldn't have any space at the start and the end.Yes it's possible look at my skins and the base is you're skin as you know so from meory i don't know if i moved the offset in the main xml or if i have just changed the png but it's doable many skin do it...
Yep i love it too !
The good thing is that the Windows 10 version got a small update.
The List and Action Windows got a new look so it fits better to Windows 10. The old one still had the borderless Metro style which did not fully fit to the rest of the skin.