On Jul 4, 2011 7:55 PM, "Nils Wallménius" <nils.wallmen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Jonathan Gordon <jdgo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm hoping to have this patch in git ( :) ) before the next release so > > I want to get some feedback on how this patch works and what more > > needs to be done. > > > > This patch allows themers to draw the all the lists with the skin > > engine instead of using the inbuilt standard list (and with some magic > > you can draw different lists with different skins, or even with the > > inbuilt code.) > > Basically how it works is you define a set of viewports (all with a > > single label) which will be drawn once for each list item, these are > > all drawn as children in a specified rectangle. > > > > example from the tracker: > > > > =======%======== > > %Lb(a,100,20) # This says to draw viewports labeled > > 'a' in a rectangle 100wide x 20 high > > %Vi(-,0,0,-,-35,1) # Setup the UI viewport, nothing special here > > %Vl(a,5,5,-,12,1) # Setup the viewport to draw for each > > item, x,y,width,height here are relative to the position of the > > rectangle it is drawn in. > > %?Lc<%>%>%>>%ac%LT # Stuff to actually draw, in this case it is the > > list text centered and show ">>" if it is the current selection. > > =======%======== > > > > Now, because the same viewports are drawn more than once per screen > > currently no scrolling works. I'm going to fix this by drawing the > > selected item Last (so the viewport doesn't move again) and by > > allowing you to specify a different viewport label to draw for the > > selected item *which doesn't need to have the same rectangle size* > > (which should make some nice themes). > > > > Does it work with the "Screen Scrolls Out of View" setting which can > cause all items in view to scroll? > > Nils >
Not yet, but if this is an important setting then it can be made to work
