[mythtv-users] Change highlighting in "Videos"

[Paul Harrison]

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.