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

[Steven]

in addition to:
AzBar.Default fg=xxx

i have also added:
AzBar.Lowlight fg=xxx

that overrides the year values that display between decades on the a-z bar

[Bee-liever]

sorry bee-liever but although this is a loss of functionality, its also a non-trivial change to implement it so i am going to leave things as they are ie. the highlight image for the volume button is no longer supported. I admit it was a neat effect you had there

Thanks anyway, I suppose.
I don't mean to sound ungrateful, it's just that I can't understand how all the other highlight image implementations can come over from 2.5 but not this one.
Not being a programmer, I can only assume the code has changed quite dramatically and that is why it has become "a non-trivial change to implement".
Oh well, it is what it is and I'll just have to deal.

[KissCool]

 - Dropdown Menu Checkbox
Since we have "Menu.DropDownCheckBoxImage", a highlight state would be usefull, imo. eg.:
"Menu.DropDownCheckBox.Default" bg="magenta"
"Menu.DropDownCheckBoxImage" fg="white"
"Menu.DropDownCheckBox.Highlight" bg="white"
"Menu.DropDownCheckBoxImage.Highlight" fg="black"

 - Could we get rid of most of the "automatic choice of color", plz?
The one that annoy me the most is the 2nd row of the Thumbnail Browser (eg.: the "albums count" row of the "Album Artist" filter). A fg element skin for this would be awesome.
This one has already been requested, so count it as a +1: please, allow us to skin the expanded panel when "auto-pick panel colors" is unticked. "PlayingIcon.Default" doesn't works here, is it intended?

 - Sidebar player bitmap skin
Since we can get rid of the top/bottom player, sidebar player becomes a nice alternative to save some precious vertical space.
A bitmap skin tool would be great (like the one we have for the top/bottom player).
But I guess it's a lot of work. So, in the meantime, could the sidebar player get the same options as the top/bottom player, please?
And/or having more settings would be nice too:
Progress Bar on Top/Middle/Bottom/Hidden
Text on Top/Middle/Bottom/Hidden
Controls on Top/Middle/Bottom/Hidden - Show all player controls
Using Metro buttons could use a different layout:
   ->   

1st picture: Relugar layout  with "show text, progress bar and all controls" ticked.
2nd picture: quick mockup using only existing MB buttons (player controls of the top player, menu button of the titlebar). Show text, progress bar and all controls unticked, volume control moved to the menu button.
I don't say that the 2nd picture look better. My point is just to give more layout options to the user.

[Steven]

i am not planning to make any further skinning changes for v3 unless the request is trivial to do

[psychoadept]

This all-white editor in the tag inspector is happening in both DarkREDFlat3 and Mellon Remix 3.0, but not in the default skin:

[endeavour1934]

This all-white editor in the tag inspector is happening in both DarkREDFlat3 and Mellon Remix 3.0, but not in the default skin:

If you look at the XML I removed a lot of elements that I thought were no longer used (& reordered the rest), maybe I deleted something that was still used.
BTW: DarkRedFlat3 is not the latest version, this one is: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10773406/DarkRED%20Flat.xml


EDIT: It also happens using my 2.5 skin in 3.0.

[Steven]

i forgot to reply to this one this morning - it is a bug and is already addressed for the next update

[Steven]

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

[psychoadept]

i forgot to reply to this one this morning - it is a bug and is already addressed for the next update

Yep, fixed.  Thank you!

[redwing]

Could we have overrides for tabs bar skinning elements when header bar is hidden?
If not for all, at least for three highlight elements: TabsBar.Tab.Highlight & TabsBar.TabInCaptionBar.Highlight & TabsBarPTop.Tab.Highlight
I'd also like to have overrides for those when "show icons" option is disabled.

[Alumni]

i am not planning to make any further skinning changes for v3 unless the request is trivial to do

I noticed some rather small skinning issues, involving the track layout with medium sized artwork (tracks with thumbnails).

- i'm not sure if this is intentional or not, but when selecting multiple files there is a visible gap between each highlighted track, I imagine it's just for padding but it might look neater if the highlighted area was extended vertically to hide any gaps.
- there is a visual glitch when deselecting a track that was previously selected from a stack, the topmost border of the track directly below that one disappears until the panel is refreshed.

This screenshot demonstrates both points;

[Steven]

I noticed some rather small skinning issues, involving the track layout with medium sized artwork (tracks with thumbnails).

the gap should just be the border line. Which skin is this or send me a link if its in development

[Steven]

- Could we get rid of most of the "automatic choice of color", plz?
The one that annoy me the most is the 2nd row of the Thumbnail Browser (eg.: the "albums count" row of the "Album Artist" filter). A fg element skin for this would be awesome.

for the thumbnail browser, there are several "FilterPanel..." overrides
i have enhanced it so if you provide a fg2 colour, that will be used
  <element id="FilterPanel.Default" bg="245,245,245" fg="0,0,0" fg2="255,0,0" />
  <element id="FilterPanel.ListAlternating.Default" bg="245,245,245" fg="0,0,0" fg2="255,0,0" />
  <element id="FilterPanel.Highlight" bg="245,236,172" bdr="227,216,152" fg="0,0,0" fg2="255,0,0" />
  <element id="FilterPanel.Lowlight" bg="232,232,232" fg="0,0,0" bdr="225,225,225" fg2="255,0,0" />

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

[Alumni]

the gap should just be the border line. Which skin is this or send me a link if its in development

http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17484.0

[KissCool]

i have enhanced it so if you provide a fg2 colour, that will be used

Awesome. Thank you very much!