[mythtv-users] 0.27 mythcenter theme: cannot scroll up from the top any more

[paul]

Well all I can say as a very long term Myth user, reverse scrolling was 
sorely missed by me having years of recordings.

Not kept up with this thread too well, did someone say they were taking 
on a modified theme? If so, the I would be happy to try and help, just 
to keep that feature.




On 10/12/13 19:42, Zig wrote:
> On 12/8/2013 7:26 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>> IMHO, scrolling backward from A to Z is a UI no-no: and it's no wonder
>> any well thought-of UI doesn't allow you to do so...
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>> It's even worse in myth theme showing the media in a grid format.
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>> You never know where you are in the list, and you can find yourself
>> moving to the top of the list when it "appeared" you were right in the
>> middle.
>>
>> confusing as!
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> I agree that scroll wrapping is confusing in the grid formatted 
> themes, especially when the highlighted entry stays put (centered) and 
> the list is what moves sideways - you don't get any feedback that 
> you've reached the end and wrapped around.
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> In the Mythcenter-Wide theme that I modified, there is feedback that 
> the wrap around is occurring.  When scrolling upwards (backwards) the 
> highlight moves to the top of the list (top of the screen) and stays 
> at the top while scrolling upwards.  When the top (beginning) of the 
> list is reached and you do one more scroll, the highlight jumps to the 
> bottom of the screen, and if up-scrolling is continued the highlight 
> marches up with the list standing still, until it is back to the top 
> of the screen, then the list starts moving again, under the highlight.
>
> When scrolling down the same jump occurs when the end of the list is 
> reached, the highlight jumps from the bottom of the screen to the top 
> of the screen, indicating a wrap has occurred.  As long as one is 
> aware that the screens are wrapable, the wrap is obvious.
>
> One scenario where this is useful is when you are trying to avoid 
> using "Live TV".  Say you automatically record the news every night 
> and want to start watching it shortly after it starts.  The "watch 
> recordings" screen is normally set up to display the oldest shows 
> first, so you can watch a series in the correct order, but this 
> doesn't work for near-liveTV where you want to watch the most recent 
> stuff.
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> So you enter the "watch recordings" screen, which you have set to open 
> up to "All Programs". All you  need to to is arrow once to the right 
> to get to the list of _everything_ you have ever recorded (oldest 
> first) then arrow up once (to wrap to the end) and you're at all of 
> the most recent recordings - which are the three in-progress network 
> news shows (or any other near-live show that you are recording).  
> That's all it took, two clicks.  No scrolling down to try and find NBC 
> Nightly News or ABC or CBS. All the current stuff is right there.
>
> I find it quite useful.
> Ziggy
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