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Frogg theme 2.0.2

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Here is my Launchbox theme, imaginatively titled "Frogg".

This is a rework of the default theme, as there were a number of things I wanted to change. See the second screenshot for a list of the changes made. Most of the changes were to the game details pane. I also removed the rounded edges from the boxes in the main grid view. The platform tree is the same.

Overall I wanted to maximise the use of available screen area and show as much metadata as possible, minimising the necessity to scroll. Some scrolling is still required to view the retroachievements and related games, but for general game browsing often no scrolling is required to see the banner, images, metadata and notes. The very latest default them has returned to having the related game in a separate tab; I might update this theme at some point to incorporate that (now done with version 2 of this theme).

I have an ultrawide monitor and this theme makes good use of the extra screen real estate. If your monitor isn't quite as wide you can resize the game details pane to your satisfaction. Also, I have a separate marquee screen on which the banner is displayed. That's why I kept the scratched arcade marquee aesthetic with the clear logo in the game details pane. It probably fits the theme better than the marquee anyway.

A few things I'd like to change with updated versions (any help with these would be appreciated):

- the height of the image preview area; videos fill the space well, though for the images it only uses around 80% of the available height. It looks OK but it's something I want to improve

- I'd like to have Retroachievements in a separate tab, like "related games" has; same for MAME high scores

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What's New in Version 2.0.2   See changelog

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Version 2.0.2 of this theme brings the following updates and improvements:

1. The theme has been updated to incorporate the "related games" section appearing in a separate tab

2. Fixed the issue where the videos for vertical games were taking up far too much space vertically

3. The game year displayed in the game banner has altered slightly to match the other buttons in the banner

4. The code has been tidied up in a number of areas

5. I have tried to label all changes made in the code, in case anyone wants to change things (and to make it easier for me to update)

Any issues or suggestions please let me know!

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Did you use Custom Theme Creator to build this? I'm trying to change resolution down to 1080 for my other machine. -Thanks

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I wish! Unfortunately Dave has limited the theme creator to BigBox only - there is no equivalent for Launchbox at present. No, I just edited the .xaml files myself. 

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Thanks for the update.  That is some sweet work!     That xaml formatting is badass. 

 

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11 hours ago, Retrofrogg said:

I wish! Unfortunately Dave has limited the theme creator to BigBox only - there is no equivalent for Launchbox at present. No, I just edited the .xaml files myself. 

That's too bad...i searched to see on regular LB themes doesn't exist for creation with out having to edit xmal ...Theme creation is about money not the hobby.. 

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On 1/30/2025 at 10:52 PM, rexryan said:

That's too bad...i searched to see on regular LB themes doesn't exist for creation with out having to edit xmal ...Theme creation is about money not the hobby.. 

If I understand you correctly - yes, to edit Launchbox (as opposed to BigBox) themes you have to edit the theme .xaml files. Without any knowledge of coding it's possible to do this and to make the more straightforward changes, but there's a lot of time and trial-and-error involved!

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