Author Topic: Yet Another Plea for Help  (Read 2134 times)

phred

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Once again I'm trying to identify a couple of elements and I'm not having any luck. Even using hiccup's magnificent XML Comparison Tool, I am coming up empty.

The two elements are highlighted in the screenshot below. The white vertical line/bar and the blue arrow/slider.

Thanks.

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hiccup

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You have spotted an omission in my semi-magnificent tool ;-)

These elements are not skinnable due to Windows limitations.
I have now added them to the latest version.
(same download link)

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You have spotted an omission in my semi-magnificent tool ;-)
Yes, I have downgraded my review to semi-magnificent.

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These elements are not skinnable due to Windows limitations.
I have now added them to the latest version.
(same download link)
WHAT?!?!?! Windows has limitations??? I've never heard of such a thing.

[serious]Thanks for the explanation.[/serious]
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hiccup

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WHAT?!?!?! Windows has limitations??? I've never heard of such a thing.

[serious]Thanks for the explanation.[/serious]

To be fair to Windows; as a completely uneducated guess it's probably some basic api or .net functionality that imposes this restriction for MusicBee. (and foobar2000 too I believe)
There is a plethora of Windows applications and VST plugins that have beautiful sliders and rotary controls for graphic and parametric equalisers.

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MB uses the windows controls - i expect the other applications have written their own controls that perform the same function.
Its possible for MB to do that as well but so far I havent thought of it as being worth the effort as no one has really complained and it would be some effort involved

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As far as I can remember this has been raised only two or three times in MB's existence, so it's probably not worth the effort.

phred

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MB uses the windows controls - i expect the other applications have written their own controls that perform the same function.
Its possible for MB to do that as well but so far I havent thought of it as being worth the effort as no one has really complained and it would be some effort involved
@Steven - please don't expend any effort for this on my behalf. I was tweaking some things on a skin and noticed those elements weren't tweakable.
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