[DEV] available text elements

[johnsonx42]

Is there a list somewhere of the available text elements? Maybe elements isn't the word I want... like this (from the tv guide skin):

Code:

<DrawText text="[color=Red]@showTitleSubtitle[/color]" loc="2,2" size="60,25" textStyle="GeneralTextHeaderStyle" align="Left" />

The bit in red... that text element includes the Title and the Subtitle of the show. What I'm looking for is the title alone and the subtitle alone. I tried the obvious such as @showTitle and @showSubtitle to no avail.

So, a) is what I want available, and b) more generally is there a list somewhere of those various @ elements?

[Fatman_do]

Many times there are no variations, the plugins are written to display that variable, which is something the plugin author provides. Only sub would know if there are other variable accessible in the tvguide. There is no list of other variables, since those can vary depending on plugin author. Usually the 'blue" skin xml's from various authors list optional variables, and that is what I go off of.

[sub]

For that particular graphic, @showTitleSubtitle, @showDescription and @duration were the only parameters available.

Just now I've added @showTitle and @showSubtitle for the next build.

[johnsonx42]

wow, very nice. thanks sub!

[Jaggy]

For that particular graphic, @showTitleSubtitle, @showDescription and @duration were the only parameters available.

Just now I've added @showTitle and @showSubtitle for the next build.

Sub,

Any chance of adding @subtitle & @Description as well as the default @subtitleDescription to the ShowDetailsPopup.xml? I would like to be able to display the subtitle in a contrasting colour to the description.

[sub]

Sub,

Any chance of adding @subtitle & @Description as well as the default @subtitleDescription to the ShowDetailsPopup.xml? I would like to be able to display the subtitle in a contrasting colour to the description.

I just checked, and this popup already supports these. Names on this popup's composite image are:

@channelName
@channelNumber
@channelIcon@title
@airingTime
@subtitle
@description
@rating
@genreRating
@genre
@subtitleDescription
@subtitleDescriptionGenreRating

[Jaggy]

Thanks sub, I didn't realise it supported all those formats in that popup & I must have never tried it out & just assumed it wouldn't work...you live & learn all the time :o

[Jaggy]

sub,

I got some time to have a play with the ShowDetailsPopup while I was waiting for the Boss to do whatever it is women do when they are getting ready to go out, I tested all the formats you listed & found out that most work fine apart from :

"@channelNumber" stops the popup displaying at all & pressing "OK" again on the remote starts the recording playing
"@subtitle" returns "title" not "subtitle"

I can't test "@rating" as none of my recordings have ratings.

I also realised I have been relying on the commented out bits you have included in your blue skin to know what formats are available as apart from those I haven't seen anywhere/way we can find out, so maybe you would like to include

<!-- variables that can used include: channelName, channelNumber, channelIcon, title, airingTime, subtitle, description,
rating, genreRating, genre, subtitleDescription, subtitleDescriptionGenreRating -->

in the ShowDetailsPopup for your blue skin?

I am now wondering what other formats I don't know about that are available in other parts of the skin files :confused: