[mythtv-users] Guide Genre Colours/Labels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/24/2012 08:34 AM, Joey Morris wrote:
> "Michael T. Dean" wrote on Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 06:31:48AM -0400:
>> On 08/24/2012 04:44 AM, Stephen Robertson wrote:
>>> Is there anyway other than using a different theme/editing a theme to
>>> remove the genre category colours and labels?
>>>
>>> Two reasons:
>>>
>>> First is just my personal taste, I find it makes the program guide
>>> harder to read, and
>>> Secondly my guide data (UK EIT) doesn't seem to provide good enough
>>> information (e.g. One example that made me laugh was an NCIS episode
>>> Description:"Gibbs is called to meet shady CIA agent Trent Kort, to
>>> whom he owes a favour, and upon his arrival he discovers two men shot
>>> dead and is soon on the trail of one of NCIS's most wanted."  is
>>> categorised as "Music/Ballet/Dance"
>>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development#The_guidegrid_widget
>> (see showcategorycolors)
> Is there a way to specify a theme setting globally so that it
> overrides the setting in the current theme, whichever theme that
> happens to be? Like the OP, I want to set showcategorycolors to "no"
> regardless of the theme. Another example is wrapstyle for buttonlists.
> I consider wrapstyle more of a "behavior" setting than an "appearance"
> setting, and I generally don't want behavior settings to change from
> theme to theme.

No, these are things that affect the design of the theme, so they can 
only be controlled by the theme.  Changing them may affect functionality 
or usability of the theme, so you'll have to edit the themes definition 
itself (and if things break, live with it or continue to fix the theme 
to work your way).  For example, changing wrapstyle could prevent you 
from easily accessing some content with some screen designs/layouts.

Mike