Problem with subtitles in programme descriptions

[MattG]

I'm having a trouble with the popup descriptions as shown in the screenshots below. If it doesn't have a sub-title such as seen in the top picture it's all fine but if the is a sub-title such as "Episode 4 of 6" as seen in the bottom picture then it gets jumbled. Is there any way to get around this?

[sub]

Does the blue skin do the same thing?

[MattG]

Does the blue skin do the same thing?

Just checked and no it doesn't, here's the XML code for the tv guide in the skin, is there anything that looks like it could have caused it?

PHP Code:

<settings>
    <!-- name colors --> 
    <NamedColors>            
        <NamedColor name="NormalListing" color="Vertical:#004411-#005522"/>
    <NamedColor name="ReminderListing" color="Horizontal:#000022-#000088"/>
    <NamedColor name="ScheduledListing" color="Horizontal:#220000-#880000"/>                                
        <NamedColor name="SelectedListing" color="Vertical:#002200-#004411"/>        
    <NamedColor name="SelectedReminderListing" color="Horizontal:#000044-#0000BB"/>
        <NamedColor name="SelectedScheduledListing" color="Horizontal:#440000-#BB0000"/>
        <NamedColor name="ConflictListing" color="Horizontal:#442200-#AA5533"/>        
        <NamedColor name="SelectedConflictListing" color="Horizontal:#664422-#CC8844"/>
        <!-- the surrounds must be solid colours for now -->
        <NamedColor name="ListingSurround" color="DarkGray"/>        
        <NamedColor name="ChannelIconSurround" color="Transparent"/>
        <NamedColor name="ChannelNameRectangle" color="#111133"/>    
        <NamedColor name="SelectedListingSurround" color="White"/>        
    </NamedColors>                
    <!-- text style -->
    <TextStyles>
        <!-- TextStyle name="ScreenName" color="LightGray" typeFace="Tahoma" size="17" style="bold"/ -->        
        <TextStyle name="Guide" color="White" typeFace="Segoe UI" size="9" style="none"/>
        <TextStyle name="ChannelNames" color="White" typeFace="Courier" size="12" style="bold"/>
        <TextStyle name="TimesPeriods" color="White" typeFace="Decker" size="13" style="bold"/>        
        <TextStyle name="SelectedProgrammeTitle" color="#CCFF00" typeFace="Frutiger Linotype" size="15" style="bold"/>
        <TextStyle name="SelectedProgrammeDesc" color="White" typeFace="Frutiger Linotype" size="8"/>
        <TextStyle name="CurrentTime" color="White" typeFace="Decker" size="12" style="bold"/>                
        <!-- popup -->
        <TextStyle name="ProgrammePopupTitle" color="#CCFF00" typeFace="Frutiger Linotype" size="15" style="bold"/>
        <TextStyle name="ProgrammePopupDescription" color="White" typeFace="Verdana" size="8" style="normal"/>
    </TextStyles>
    <!-- Composite Images -->    
    <CompositeImages>
      <CompositeImage name="Background" size="720,480">
      <DrawCompositeImage name="ScreenBackground" loc="0,0" size="720,480" parameters="@ScreenName=TV Guide"/>
      <DrawRect loc="-4,-1" size="730,48" borderWidth="0" fillColor="Vertical:#004411-#005522" />
<!--      <DrawImage filename="..\_CoreImages\ListView_Wide.png" loc="-10,376" size="740,110"/> -->
      <DrawRect loc="-4,376" size="730,110" borderWidth="1" borderColor="LightGray" fillColor="Vertical:#004411-#005522" />
      <DrawRect loc="0,45" size="720,25" borderWidth="0" borderColor="Transparent" fillColor="PopupBackground" />
            <Element name="TimelineStatus" loc="120,45" size="540,25"/>            
            <!-- <Element name="InsetRect" loc="13,340" size="150,110"/>    -->
        </CompositeImage>

    <CompositeImage name="StatusPendingIndicator" size="22,22">
      <DrawEllipse loc="1,1" size="18,18" color="DarkRed" borderColor="LightGray" borderWidth="1"/>
    </CompositeImage>

    <CompositeImage name="StatusConflictIndicator" size="22,22">
      <DrawEllipse loc="1,1" size="18,18" color="Yellow" borderColor="LightGray" borderWidth="1"/>      
    </CompositeImage>

    <CompositeImage name="StatusReminderIndicator" size="22,22">
      <DrawEllipse loc="1,1" size="18,18" color="Blue" borderColor="LightGray" borderWidth="1"/>
    </CompositeImage>

    <!-- popup -->
        <CompositeImage name="DetailsPopupBackground" size="720,480">
<!-- DrawImage filename="..\_CoreImages\Popup.png" loc="30,115" size="670,225"/ -->    
            <DrawRoundedRect loc="30,115" size="670,225" radius="@PopupCornerRadius" borderWidth="@PopupBorderWidth" borderColor="PopupBorder" fillColor="Vertical:#004411-#007744"/>  
        </CompositeImage>                                            
    </CompositeImages>
  
    <!-- special elements -->
    <SpecialElements>
        <SpecialElement name="Guide" loc="50,80" visibleChannels="7" channelRowHeight="40" guideWidth="540" showNavigation="false" borderWidth="1" rounded="false" showChannelIcons="true" showStatusColor="true" showStatusIcon="false" brightenCurrentShowsPercent="16"/>
        <SpecialElement name="GuideSelection" borderWidth="1" borderColor="SelectedListingSurround"/>
        <SpecialElement name="TimePeriods" loc="50,48" showStatus="true"/>
        <SpecialElement name="SelectedProgrammeTitle" loc="50,385" size="540,20"/>
        <SpecialElement name="SelectedProgrammeDesc" loc="51,408" size="620,50"/>
        <SpecialElement name="CurrentTime" loc="605,10"/>                        
                
        <!-- popup -->
        <SpecialElement name="ProgrammePopupButtons" loc="40,125" spacing="0"/>        
        <SpecialElement name="ProgrammePopupTitle" loc="194,122" size="470,45"/>
        <SpecialElement name="ProgrammePopupDesc" loc="200,150" size="480,149"/>
    </SpecialElements>
</settings> 


[sub]

Unfortunately I think its probably happening because of some really old hardcoded stuff in the TV Guide, expecting fonts to be certain sizes etc. I dont think there is a setting you can tweak to correct it.

I am intending to do some changes in this area in near future though, so I'll take care of it then.

[MattG]

Thanks sub, i'll have to use the same font settings as the blue skin for now

[MattG]

Hi Sub, just to let you know I tried the exact same font settings as the blue skin and it still happened so after some mucking about I found it was linked to the size of the ProgrammePopupTitle, the default size as in the blue skin (470,20) and it's fine no matter what the font or font size but as soon as you start increasing the height that's when it goes wrong.