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[Old Dog]

For consistency...

Think of screen output in chunks or blocks. There would be a block for buttons, maybe a block for a file list, a block for the date, etc.

Every block has a <SpecialElement> in the xml file. Each block's <SpecialElement> has name, loc, & size; always. If it is a list or a grid it also has NRows and/or NColumns.

With this info one can calculate the location of all list/grid items. Spacing attributes aren't needed.

My 2 cents.

-Old Dog

[McBainUK]

With this info one can calculate the location of all list/grid items. Spacing attributes aren't needed.

How? You don't know how big the list items are!

[Old Dog]

How? You don't know how big the list items are!

Just the number of visible rows & columns, for layout purposes. The plug-in would need to track the item number at the origin.

As a skinner, I see lists and grids specified a few different ways (one per plug-in ). Once I saw rows, columns, x-spacing, and y-spacing! It would be nice if everyone used the same approach, that's all.

-Old Dog

[Old Dog]

Any interest in this new skin?
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[Old Dog]

New glass buttons for the new Plain Jane skin...
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