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[DeVante]

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false                   fontb     fontn     -4     -7     5000     true     0xFFFFFFFF     0xFFC0C0C0     0xFFC0C0C0

... and here is the original portion of my skin menu section:

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0     5     3     True          titlefont                        0xFF000000     0     left               descrfont     0     left               0xFF76BA00     0xFF000000     true

Also, here is the entire mxm_skin.xml file that I'm using (modified "BlackBox").
And here is the entire DemoX mxm_skin.xml.

You may have to right-click and choose "Save target as..." to view them.

Thanks a lot of any help.

[geniusalz]

Basically, its
<LayoutElement Type="Menu" Source="MXM">

as opposed to:
<LayoutElement type="menu" source="menux">

They are two different types of elements, and have different settings.  MenuX doesn't have smooth scrolling among other things, and MXM doesn't have a moving cursor.

It's up to you what you want to use.

[geniusalz]

Another thing: The up/down arrows can be triangle elements, with "ItemNext" and "ItemPrev" conditionals
It is detailed in the skinning document

[DeVante]

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[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (DeVante @ Sep 27 2003, 04:32 AM)

Well wouldn't you know I figured that out not two minutes after posting this? ;> I wonder why BenJeremy took away the non-scrolling menu, scroll arrows, and description offset (to make the descriptions appear slightly over to the side of titles) from the new MXM style menus. These are really neat features that make sense to keep. :/ I tried messing around with creating my own arrow images, then using conditionals to display them, but they just wouldn't show. :/ I wonder what I'm doing wrong. Anyway, I'd be fine using MENUX style menus, but there is no way to turn off that huge selection box and just make the text change color instead! Arggh! '

Well, technically, "MenuX" was the later version of code.

I will make improvements on the gadgets down the road. For now, all of the functionality is there. I'm not sure what you are having trouble recreating, but if I can get a break from coding, maybe I'll be able to better define the menu block setup in greater detail.

AFAIR, everything, all attributes, are changeable in the MenuX style. It's just a matter of using the correct node/element/attributes.

[DeVante]

BenJeremy, do you ever get tired of getting praised for such a a great dashboard? ;>

Basically for my menu I'd like to have the selection move around and the menu stay still until you get to the bottom/top like in MenuX.

I can pretty much do this with MenuX style, but I can't seem to figure out a way to disable the selection box (<MENUCOLOR>) and just have it change the color of the selected words.

With MXM, I can't figure out a way to get it to show arrows when there are more items offscreen. Also, I can't get the menu to stay where it is until you get to the bottom like in MenuX.

Also, I like the way you can offset the descriptions by a pixel number instead of just "left, right, center." If I have to use MXM I wouldn't be able to do that.

Anyway, I'm definately not complaining. :>
I just post this as a feature request, I suppose.
Also, if someone knows of a way to do what I want, they can post it here. :>

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (DeVante @ Sep 27 2003, 04:59 PM)

BenJeremy, do you ever get tired of getting praised for such a a great dashboard? ;> Basically for my menu I'd like to have the selection move around and the menu stay still until you get to the bottom/top like in MenuX. I can pretty much do this with MenuX style, but I can't seem to figure out a way to disable the selection box (<MENUCOLOR>) and just have it change the color of the selected words. With MXM, I can't figure out a way to get it to show arrows when there are more items offscreen. Also, I can't get the menu to stay where it is until you get to the bottom like in MenuX. Also, I like the way you can offset the descriptions by a pixel number instead of just "left, right, center." If I have to use MXM I wouldn't be able to do that. Anyway, I'm definately not complaining. :> I just post this as a feature request, I suppose. Also, if someone knows of a way to do what I want, they can post it here. :>

I'll look up the tags tomorrow (busy day, today...)

[geniusalz]

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m_iTextOffset(0),    m_iScreenOffset(0),    m_iDisplayCount(4),    m_iTitleSquash(-4),    m_iDescrSquash(-7),    m_iTitleXOffset(6),    m_pFolderEntry(NULL),    m_iDescrXOffset(16),    m_iMinHeight(1),    m_bThumbnails(false),    m_bLeft(true),    m_dwMenuColor(0xFFFFFF00),    m_dwArrowColor( 0xFF0000FF),    m_dwSelColor(0xFF000000),    m_dwCurrentAlpha(0xFF000000),    m_dwThrobPeriod(9000),    m_bFolderLoad(false),    m_bFolderEntryDynamic(false),    m_bPassLoad(false),    m_bPassEntryDynamic(false),    m_iCurEntry(-1),    m_bDrawDescr(true)

This is MXM

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m_imgBackTexture;    m_iNumItems(5),    m_iLastPos(0),    m_iMinHeight(1),    m_bThumbnails(false),    m_bLeft(true),    m_iSelPos(2),    m_iScrollOffset(0),    m_bSmoothScroll(true),    m_pMenuFont(NULL), //   m_dwSelTextColor(0), //   m_dwSelBackColor(0), //   m_dwSelBorderColor(0), //   m_dwSelShadowColor(0), //   m_dwTextColor(0), //   m_dwBackColor(0), //   m_dwBorderColor(0), //  m_dwShadowColor(0),    m_bFolderLoad(false),    m_bFolderEntryDynamic(false),    m_bPassLoad(false),    m_bPassEntryDynamic(false),    m_iCurEntry(-1),    m_iTopSquash(-2),    m_iBottomSquash(-2),    m_iItemHeight(-1),    m_iItemWidth(-1),    m_iScrollFactor(3),    m_dwMenuHash(0)

You can sorta make out the tag names, though they are not explicitly stated here.

[DeVante]

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false                       0xFF0000FF     0xFF00FFFF                                       false                                                  false                             false                        0     5     10     True     True          titlefont                        0xFF000000     0     left               descrfont     0     left               0xFF76BA00     0xFF000000     true

[geniusalz]

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<LayoutElement Type=”Triangle” Direction="Left">

Sometimes if you copy from Word, you get funny quotes ( ” as opposed to " ).  Fixing them should make the triangle work.  " is normal.

[DeVante]

QUOTE (geniusalz @ Sep 28 2003, 10:29 AM)

QUOTE <LayoutElement Type=”Triangle” Direction="Left"> Sometimes if you copy from Word, you get funny quotes ( ” as opposed to " ).  Fixing them should make the triangle work.  " is normal.

That was it. Thanks!

I wonder if I would have noticed that if it were not 4am. ;>

Anyway, everything is working and I tell you, an arrow image (PNG) that appears on the screen on a conditional is a lot better than the <ARROW> tag!