Horizontal Main Menu

[Ted the Penguin]

sub,
Is there any hope of the horizontal menu coming back any time soon?

cheers!

[sub]

You can already do the horizontal menu. Try a menu\skin.xml containing something like:

Code:

<settings>
    <!-- name colors -->
    <NamedColors>            
        <NamedColor name="StandardFill" color="Black"/>            
    </NamedColors>        

    <!-- Menu type-->
    <MenuType type="Horizontal"/>
  
    <!-- text style -->
    <TextStyles>
        <TextStyle name="MenuStyle" color="White" size="14"/>
        <TextStyle name="SelectedMenuStyle" color="Yellow" size="14"/>
    </TextStyles>

    <!-- placements -->
    <Placements>
        <Placement name="MenuButtonOrigin" loc="-13,45" offset="18" alpha="200"/>
        <Placement name="SelectedTaskDescription" loc="10,89" alpha="150"/>
        <Placement name="TaskImage" loc="10,25" alpha="90"/>
        <Placement name="CurrentTime" loc="10,4" alpha="150"/>
        <Placement name="InsetRect" loc="7,5" size="22,22"/>
    </Placements>

    <!-- Animations -->
    <Animations>
        <Animation name="SwitchScreen" type="FadeThrough" duration="300"/>    
    </Animations>
  
    <!-- Composite Images -->    
    <CompositeImages>

        <CompositeImage name="SelectedTaskDescription" size="80,10">
            <DrawText text="@description" loc="0,0" size="100,100" textStyle="GeneralTextStyle" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
        </CompositeImage>

        <CompositeImage name="CurrentTime" size="80,5">
            <DrawText text="@currentTime" loc="0,0" size="100,100" textStyle="GeneralTextStyle" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
        </CompositeImage>

        <CompositeImage name="ButtonNormal" size="17.5,30">    
            <DrawCommonImage name="ListViewNormalItemBackground"/>    
            <DrawImage filename="@taskImage" fixedAspectRatio="true" loc="0,0" size="100,70"/>            
            <DrawText text="@buttonText" loc="0,70" size="100,30" textStyle="MenuStyle" align="Center"/>
        </CompositeImage>

        <CompositeImage name="ButtonSelected" size="17.5,30">        
            <DrawCommonImage name="ListViewNormalItemBackground"/>    
            <DrawImage filename="@taskImage" fixedAspectRatio="true" loc="0,0" size="100,70"/>            
            <DrawText text="@buttonText" loc="0,70" size="100,30" textStyle="SelectedMenuStyle" align="Center"/>                
        </CompositeImage>

    </CompositeImages>            
</settings>

[Ted the Penguin]

As I remember it was not nearly as flexible as the vertical menu, cant specify the number of buttons, etc.

However, I will give it a shot and see what I can get working

Thanks.

[sub]

Yeah, its not very flexible.

[MixMan]

I did this Theme with Dottores images in march 2008, so the function has been there for a while. (but I did the screenshot now)

[MixMan]

...and this around the same time.

[MixMan]

....and this. But I dont think I have posted them. I dont release all Themes I make.

[steeb]

I really like this horizontal idea and Mixman your screenshots look v interesting. With the advent of PVRX2 etc is it possible to expand the selected icon as with the vertictal?

Cheers

Steeb

[Ted the Penguin]

yeah... so I guess the main problem with it is that horizontal menu does not support the background mask

[MixMan]

To my experience I would say no to both questions about larger selected button and no overlay. The skinning options are very limited.
You can download my ring theme from my home server. It works with the basic skin and perhaps also with blue skin.
http://startop.homeftp.net/mcs/themes/_T...zontal.zip