[mythtv-users] Change highlighting in "Videos"

Randy Evans revans42 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 23:26:18 UTC 2015


On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote:
> On 23/12/15 01:37, Randy Evans wrote:
>>
>> Wondering if it is possible to make the highlighting more visible in
>> "Videos" when using the tree view.
>>
>> I recently moved my existing MythTV from 0.24 (5 year old install)  to
>> 0.27 [ad97d24].
>>
>> I changed the "Videos" view type to "Tree" but it is very difficult to
>> tell where you actually are in the tree since it seems to always show
>> a full "path", not just where you are in the tree but also where you
>> will "go" if you just use the right-arrow. There appears to be a very
>> slight increase in brightness in the text where the "cursor" actually
>> is in the tree but it is very difficult to see at any distance from
>> the TV.  I am using the MythBuntu theme and tried modifying many of
>> the settings
>> both in base.xml and video-ui.xml but I have not found any that affect
>> the highlighting.
>>
>> Appreciate any clues about whether this can be changed.
>>
>> As a side note I'll mention I bought a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2255
>> to use on the new box and after updating the Linux Kernel to
>> version 4.2 and installed the NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw firmware
>> the HVR2255 card works fine (I am using Debian 8.2)
>>
>>
>> Extremely happy with all the improvements since version 0.24.
>> Thanks to all who provide this tremendous program.
>>
>
> Looks like the tree view is using basebuttonlist for the definition of the
> lists in the tree so you will have to change that in base.xml.
>
> https://github.com/MythTV-Themes/Mythbuntu/blob/fixes/0.27/base.xml#L210
>
> Not sure if it is the background or the text you are talking about but the
> 'active' state is the one you want to change.
>
> Note: base.xml is loaded only once at startup so you will have to restart
> the frontend to see the changes.
> Note2: that buttonlist definition is almost certainly used elsewhere in the
> theme so check other screens still look OK
> Tip: If you don't want to keep restarting the FE you can define the 'Reload
> Theme' jump point to say Ctrl-R that can save a little time when making
> changes in base.xml. Most other *.xml files can be edited and you just need
> to back out of the screen and in again to reload the screen to see changes.
>
> Paul H.
> _______________________________________________


That was exactly it.

 <state name="selectedactive" from="active">
                <shape name="buttonbackground">
                    <type>roundbox</type>
                    <fill color="#00ff00" alpha="100" />  <!-- changed
this entry -->
                    <cornerradius>22</cornerradius>
                </shape>
                <textarea name="buttontext">
                    <font>basesmall</font>
                </textarea>
            </state>

Now it's a very easy to see green.

Thank you Very much!!!


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