this has the support for the new layout:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/w37hzh4o95mlptj/MusicBee_Exe_Patched.zip- for existing skins you should see no difference at all (for now), other than the Panel Layout button menu is enhanced to support more layout handling, and the various right click Configure Layout menus consolidated to the Panel Layout menu
- also note that web browsing is no longer supported, other than when automated links based off tags eg. Wikipedia artist lookup in the Playing Track panel
- the new layout is triggered from a setting in the skin. I have included an updated MusicBee Default skin so you can easily see the layout changes
- there are no new configuration settings - all the existing tab orientation settings are supported
- for skin developers these are the new elements (so far - i will add a couple more)
<element id="UseModernLayout">true</element>
<element id="CaptionBar.HeaderControl.Default" fg="190,190,190" />
<element id="CaptionBar.HeaderControl.Disabled" fg="120,120,120" />
- in summary the layout changes are:
- when tabs are docked in the caption bar, the search box and panel layout/ toolbar buttons are also docked in the header and the Now Playing header doesnt show. No location bar displays. This is to increase the vertical space available
- when tabs are docked horizontally, the tabs now span the left and main panel. No location bar displays
- when tabs are docked vertically the layout is more or less the same as now
- the status bar no longer shows buttons and extends from the left panel into the main panel
- if the player is docked down the bottom, the status bar doesnt show in the right panel
planned to do:
- support separator bars in the tabs bar like in mikebo's screenshots
- remove the buttons in the status bar for the skins not supporting the new layout
- in the artwork layout, fully show the panel configure button wven when the artwork header bar is hidden