Skin- and visual errors related to, and skinning requests for MusicBee v3

[Steven]

thanks - i can reproduce the flashing as you describe using your settings so i should be able to fix it

[Bee-liever]

the NotificationIcon and DownloadIndicatorIcon are out of alignment with the other panel icons.

NotificationIcon is 1px up
DownloadIndicatorIcon is 1px down

(I'm not really nit-picking, I can't help it, my OCD is showing)

[Steven]

i will try and look at the skinning issues raised before the end of the weekend

[Steven]

However, there is no Controls.SearchBoxPTop.NotActivated (bg, bdr) element. BTW, after using the searchbox and clearing it, it never returns to the NotActivated state. I don't remember if this happened on previous versions. You can see in DarkRED why I'm asking for both these things: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10773406/DarkREDFlat3.xml
(I chose to use a "highlight" bg for the activated searchbox because in some panels search is activated by default, and without the highlight sometimes I don't notice it, but I'd prefer if it returns to NotActivated when it loses the focus.)
Of course if this implies too much work I can go back to use a uniform background (but I will still need Controls.SearchBoxPTop.NotActivated bg, bdr).

for the next v3 update:
Controls.SearchBoxPTop.NotActivated bg=XXX bdr=XXX

i have also changed the search box behavior so that when its empty and loses focus it reverts to the not activated state

[Steven]

Therefor this is a request for an image overrule element for that.

for the next v3 updated i have removed:
Controls.WebLink
and added:
Controls.WebLinkIcon (16x16px)

[Steven]

This is a bit weird, and before I dive into this further, maybe somebody can confirm this. (I checked this with a few skins)

I have set <element id="Panel.HeaderButtonOverride.Highlight" bg="2,254,6" />
But this doesn't have any effect at all when I click, or hoover over a self-created toolbar button (text button, no icon).

that should be fixed for the next v3 update

[Steven]

fixes and changes as described above:
http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V3_0/MusicBee3_Patched.zip

[Bee-liever]

@ Steven
Have been trying the new icon overrides, but I can't work out where PlayingIcon.Highlight & PausedIcon.Highlight appear.
Default ones show up fine in all the right places, but highlight ones don't show on mouse-over or anywhere I can see.

[Steven]

Highlight was probably not the best name. Its when the row the playing track icon displays is selected

[Alumni]

its working fine here so i wont be able to help you with that
<element id="MenuIcon" fg="250,10,70" />

Figured it out - I was confused because the element doesn't give you a 'true color', maybe because of the gradient effect.

i probably wont do a bitmap override because there is special handling for aligning to the fonts used and for dpi scaling that needs special treatment

Oh ok, fair enough. I was hoping to give the menu icon a sharper appearance to match the rest of my layout, like this:



PS: Can this missing element be added? It's a lowlight override for the preferences scrollbar.

Code

<element id="Controls.ScrollBar.Lowlight" />

[Steven]

http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V3_0/MusicBee3_Patched.zip

i have added:
  <element id="MenuButtonSharp">true</element>
  the colour override will also be a true colour with this setting
and
Controls.ScrollBar.Lowlight (not tested)

[Alumni]

http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V3_0/MusicBee3_Patched.zip

i have added:
  <element id="MenuButtonSharp">true</element>
  the colour override will also be a true colour with this setting
and
Controls.ScrollBar.Lowlight (not tested)

Thanks! Really happy with the way those look.

[Bee-liever]

Highlight was probably not the best name. Its when the row the playing track icon displays is selected

It only changes in Track Detail view. 
Bug or by design?

[hiccup]

As soon as I click that button, suddenly for the other 'text' toolbar button the above highlight element coloring is activated.

To illustrate,
When I press the toolbar button (1) for 'show thumbnail browser', then toolbar button (2) gets the highlight color. (But the other button (3) doesn't)


edit:

And after the MB window loses focus after that, the button gets to look like this:

The first issue seems to be fixed.
The second is still present:

To replicate:
Have a toolbar command button for "show artwork", and press it without having any files selected:

[Bee-liever]

Therefor this is a request for an image overrule element for that.

for the next v3 updated i have removed:
Controls.WebLink
and added:
Controls.WebLinkIcon (16x16px)

Thanks for this one.  Looks much better