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Title: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: locust on November 02, 2011, 02:13:29 pm: It would be nice if you could use html like, style tags in the thumbnail text..

I have an album view that is sorted by the reverse date imported...

My Thumbnail text is

[Album Artist]
[Album] - ([Year])
Style - [Style]
Publisher - [Publisher]
Date Imported - [Date Imported]

I could then do this

[b][u][Album Artist][/b][/u]
[Album] - ([Year])
Style - [b][Style][/b]
Publisher - [b][Publisher][/b]
Date Imported -[b][Date Imported][/b]

Doing this would allow the information that is most important to me, jump out at me not requiring a second glance..

Thanks
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: Fabricio on November 02, 2011, 07:48:20 pm: Quote from: brian0001 on November 02, 2011, 02:13:29 pm
It would be nice if you could use html like, style tags in the thumbnail text..
+1
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: Matt on November 03, 2011, 02:03:59 pm: In 17.0.28 and newer (in a code block so the forum doesn't change the text):
Code: [Select]
NEW: Thumbnail text supports basic HTML text formatting tags like bold, underline, italic, and red (remember that slash requires escapement in the expression editor so use <//b>, <//i>, etc.).
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: makersjam on November 03, 2011, 02:10:15 pm: That is great ! :D
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: rjm on November 03, 2011, 02:15:50 pm: Superb!

Can we please also:

1) allow HTML text in all text fields (like Description, Notes, Comment).

2) Enable info popups for all media types, not just Podcasts, Movies, and others?
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: Fabricio on November 03, 2011, 02:21:54 pm: Quote from: Matt on November 03, 2011, 02:03:59 pm
In 17.0.28 and newer (in a code block so the forum doesn't change the text):
Code: [Select]
NEW: Thumbnail text supports basic HTML text formatting tags like bold, underline, italic, and red (remember that slash requires escapement in the expression editor so use <//b>, <//i>, etc.).

Thanks ....
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: vagskal on November 03, 2011, 02:30:43 pm: Great!

I have been playing around lately with Theatre View. Could this be extended to the Advanced=>File Caption option in Theatre View? And extended with the ability to have line breaks in the File Caption. (Sorry in advance if this functionality is somehow already available; I am new to the Theatre View.)
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: locust on November 04, 2011, 07:22:21 am: Quote from: Matt on November 03, 2011, 02:03:59 pm
In 17.0.28 and newer (in a code block so the forum doesn't change the text):
Code: [Select]
NEW: Thumbnail text supports basic HTML text formatting tags like bold, underline, italic, and red (remember that slash requires escapement in the expression editor so use <//b>, <//i>, etc.).

Thank you Matt, can't wait to play around with this feature..
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: vagskal on November 04, 2011, 11:50:00 am: Changing the thumbnail text for a lot of thumbnail views involves a lot of copy and paste. Any chance of having presets for the thumbnail text? Or allowing line breaks (
) in fields so a field can serve as a preset for thumbnail text? (The latter suggestion would also take care of my request above regarding the file caption.)
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: locust on November 06, 2011, 04:15:01 pm: Matt

Will this extend to the display? Currently I have

[Elapsed Time] // [Total Time] ¬ [Bitrate (labeled)] [PN Position] of [PN Tracks] [Zone] if(isempty([Genre],,), ¬NO GENRE SET!, - [Genre]) if(isempty([Style],,), ¬NO STYLE SET!, ¬ [Style]) if(isempty([BPM],,),,¬ BPM:[BPM]) if(isempty([Remixer],,),, ¬ Remixer: [Remixer]) if(isempty([Supporting Artist],,),, ¬ Supp: [Supporting Artist])

If is extends, I could do

[Elapsed Time] // [Total Time] ¬ [Bitrate (labeled)] [PN Position] of [PN Tracks] [Zone] if(isempty([Genre],,), ¬[B][U]NO GENRE SET![/B][/U], - [B][Genre][/B]) if(isempty([Style],,), ¬[B][U]NO STYLE SET![/B][/U], ¬ [B][Style][/B]) if(isempty([BPM],,),,¬ BPM:[BPM]) if(isempty([Remixer],,),, ¬ Remixer: [B][Remixer][/B]) if(isempty([Supporting Artist],,),, ¬ Supp: [B][Supporting Artist])[/B]

Thanks Matt
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: locust on November 08, 2011, 05:40:40 pm: Sorry for reviving this but I have to say thanks again this is great..

Now that I can do this coupled with the Album Ratings I have done this ;D.

I made a custom expression field called [#Font.Album]

if(isequal([a.rating],5,2),>[Album]<//b><//font>,if(isequal([a.rating],4,2),4.5,if(isequal([a.rating],3,2),4,>[Album]<//b><//font>if(isequal([a.rating],2,2),>[Album]<//b><//font>,if(isequal([a.rating],1,2),>[Album]<//b><//font>,)))))

And my thumbnail text as of now is

[#Grouping-1] - [Disc Type]
[#Font.album] - [Year]
Style - [Style]
Publisher - [Publisher]
Date Imported - [Date Imported]

So the colour of the Album changes depending on what rating it has :) this makes me happy..

Thanks

oops my code isn't working as good as i thought need to iron out some creases
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: locust on November 08, 2011, 08:58:07 pm: Thanks for implementing this again, I'm having so much fun with it

This is what I've managed to do so far..

(http://thumbnails30.imagebam.com/15827/a9b256158262136.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/a9b256158262136)

In the image from left to right the albums have a rating of 1-5

1=Purple
2=Blue
3=Green
4=Dark Orange
5=Red

If no rating is set the album stays black..

I also have a Flag Artist field with the value of Favourite Artist..

If an artist is my favourite, it now turns pink..

I think it will look much better with a darker theme..

;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: dtc on November 10, 2011, 05:50:09 pm: Works great. Thanks.
Title: Re: Thumbnail Text Suggestion..
Post by: dtc on November 27, 2011, 08:34:04 pm: Any chance these options can be extended to the Playing Mode display at the top of the screen?