On 27/08/2012 19:16, Yeechang Lee wrote:
(I am speaking strictly for myself.)
John Veness <[email protected]> says:
1, At least on my TV with my brightness and contrast settings, when
the cursor is in the right column, it is very hard to see what the
selected item is in the left column. That is, the fact that one
entry is slightly whiter than another is not clear. Could instead a
more obvious marker stay in the left column when the cursor moves to
the right? E.g. an hollow outline around the entry, or an arrow?
I considered doing so when modifying the theme, but Mythbuntu's look
and feel is one that eschews lines in favor of subtle shapes and
shades. That's why the fan art, for example, doesn't have borders.
You may prefer to force the left pane to always center the
selection. In Mythbuntu/recordings-ui.xml, uncomment line 62 by
removing the <!-- and -->. The right pane can be similarly adjusted at
line 105.
Thanks for the reply, Yeechang. If an outline doesn't suit the theme,
then maybe a more dim background shading of the selected left-hand item
would do?
2, I don't like the way that the previously selected item in the
right column retains a partial highlight when the cursor moves
left.
This is to indicate that when a recording-specific action is performed
in the left pane (Pushing PLAY, for example, or pushing MENU twice for
Recording Options) that the highlighted recording will be the target.
Hmm, personally I never press Play while the cursor is in the left
column, I would always move to the right to select a specific item
before pressing Play. Similarly, I never press Menu twice, I would
instead move into the desired column and then press Menu. I would go so
far as to be in favour of *removing* those "features", although that
would probably need MythTV code changes rather than just in the theme.
3, (Less important). I don't particularly care for the overall
brightening of the left or right columns when the cursor is in the
column. It makes the lists too bright for my eyes. In my opinion,
the fact that the cursor moves should be sufficient for the user -
we don't need anything extra to tell the user where to look.
This restores the behavior of an earlier version of the theme. The
brightness is the default one (i.e., the grey text is set grey, as
opposed to the white text being set white/bright) and is no greater
than of the title, description, and other text below. The fan art is
often bright enough that using non-dim text to indicate the current
pane is desirable.
For the record, I don't use fanart, so that may effect my opinion.
That said, I am testing a reversion of the above. Stand by.
Cheers,
John
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