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Haven't had a lot of time lately but I will get back to this soon. Nature of my life at the moment.

That's great, should help a lot. I am going to get as far as I can with the views that I am working on and put together a list of requests. Fyi I am a c# guy but on the other end of the spectrum, web forms and mvc, I dont have a lot of experience with wpf but it's not much of a learning curve. So you are welcome to get technical with me. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk

I verified that this has something to do with my theme. Switching to an unaltered view displays the recent and favorite list box correctly.

Yes I am actually using some of those selectedplatform properties you exposed, the only issue with that at the moment is I can't apply a transition to them or to anything else custom for that matter, unless it is in one of the shared views such as filterdetailsview. I definitely have a wish list going. [emoji4] Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk

Progress I have made on the Pillar view so far, I changed it up a bit of course. Not sure if its a bug in the latest beta but the recent and thumbnail images are not scaling with the grid, same thing happens with the default theme.

Not sure i am following, the OOB view just has one textblock bound to Details <TextBlock Name="Details" Text="{Binding Path=Details}" Width="{Binding ElementName=DockPanel, Path=ActualWidth}" FontFamily="Calibri" Foreground="White" TextWrapping="Wrap" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Visibility="{Binding DetailsVisibility}" />. That returns both the details such as manufacture, plus the notes. If I want the detail fields and the notes in separate textblocks, you have add a new textblock and bind it to "Notes", but if you leave it that way, the notes actually display in both the new textblock and the existing textblock bound to "Details" so in order for it not to duplicate you have to go to settings and turn off display notes under platform details, this will hide the notes in the one bound to "Details". Hope that makes sense.

Using these two textblocks works, but it forces you to turn off display notes in platform details.

Cid, For #1, perfect that should work great. #3 I am less concerned with disabling the font scaling which, Jason shared the same information a little while back and it works fine, being able to control the font scaling calculation is really what i am looking for. #4 I don't see any problem with it per say, its more the programmer in me, even though the cover flow control is "hidden", it will still run all the logic that it needs to which is unnecessary for the type of view I am attempting to build. So the only disadvantage is the overhead (although small) having that control there and hidden on the view.

Alright so here is what i have so far for the "pillar" view. Got a lot of it squared away. Not sure why but the latest beta is not resizing the recent and favorite box images. Now for some feature requests It would be nice to have the details textblock in FilterDetailsView.xaml split into two, one having the notes and the other just the details. Considering we are probably a little ways away from custom theme setting storage and such, some way of building dynamic image paths would be huge. I am looking for pretty much a String.Format so I can do something like /Images/Platforms/Custom/{SelectedPlatform.Name}_custom1.png A way to turn on and off font size scaling as well as control how much the font is scaled. As you mentioned before, currently this is being done in code behind and is bound to the textbox name. Transitions for custom objects like images, textblocks, rectangles, etc. A separate view that allows for platform navigation without a coverflow or listview control. For the view I am working on now, I am setting the VisibleCount to -2 on the coverflow control so only one is visible, -4 will also essentially give me what i am looking for however, its really just a workaround.

So that worked Cid. Even better, setting it to -2 only displays one. It doesn't have a transition (expected) but it will do for now.

Thanks Cid. I'll try that. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk

Thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look after the kids are in bed. For me the blur thing is pretty low priority, it might be useful to have that sort of effect compiled into big box but I wonder if there is a way to allow custom effects like this that don't need to be compiled into big box. I more need the views to not require coverflow or listbox controls in order to switch between platforms. Or maybe just a separate platform view all together. Either way, I'll be patient, I have more views to mock up to keep me busy. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk

@Jason Carr looks like i am going to need a view or something that does not require a Cover Flow or List Box control in order to get to the next/prev platform. The pillar view i am working on really has no need for either control. Also, need someway of doing this: <transitions:TransitionPresenter Grid.Column="1" TransitionSelector="{Binding DetailsTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding Path=SelectedPlatform.ClearLogoImagePath}" />

I actually found a pretty promising solution using the ShaderEffect class but it would require a new class for this custom effect and a custom HLSL shader to go with it. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33570639/apply-blur-to-everything-behind-a-chosen-container

Sweet. I am trying to figure out a good way of applying basically a blur mask onto the background image/video. In my research the basic blureffect can only be applied to an entire object and not part of it. It seems the only way to do this would be using Expression library from what I understand.

Ahh ok. That worked. Thanks! FYI if you try to open BigBox with the pdf open, you get an exception saying that the file is in use.

Thanks Jason! I just downloaded the beta and I am not seeing the documentation pdf in the themes folder? I will check out that video to figure out the horizontal cover flow. Appreciate the help.

Ya same basic layout, little more eye candy theme wise tho [emoji3] Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk

Ya. I mean in general it just has that retro vibe to it which some people love, but like anything not for everyone. See how it goes. Yes being able to store and bind custom stuff would be huge. Theme could have an xml file or something. Ultimately you would also want to have the custom options configurable in big box, setting custom colors, transitions, etc. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk

Thanks veg. I am moving over as well, kinda feel this is the place to be. I love HyperSpin, put a lot of hours in both my setup and into the community there but...its just not doing it for me anymore, the frontend itself needs some love and is what it is but bbb doesn't have the time which I totally get. The community is HS, has been for years, they have some very talented redraw and all around Photoshop guys over there that put out amazing themes and box art, most of them emumovies contributors as well. Can't deny what HS and the community has done for the scene but again I am looking for more these days. Jason does this for a living and that alone is reason enough to switch. Its pretty clear to me, going through youtube and forum history, Jason and team understand that software like this is nothing without a community and that it is an essential factor in growing this type of business. Anyways, we will see what i can do. Still stumbling my way through xaml, learning launchbox functionality and such. I will probably start on the pillar view tonight and see what i can figure out.

LOL. I loved that emulator and the interface was a big part of it, think it was for a lot of people.

Thanks! I know i never got around to fixing that.

Thanks Jason. I will definitely upload to the downloads section sometime soon. I actually decided to go in a different direction with my theme (pretty typical of me). After watching the recent custom theme demo I was inspired to get a little more creative. I have mocked up 3 platform views so far that I plan on building out. Forgot the author of the theme in the video, but I used the scanlines idea in my views, love the way it looks. On two of the views I mocked up two different platforms to give an idea what i am trying to do. I would like to change colors of certain elements per-platform. For example, in the pillar view below, SNES uses purple while Genesis uses blue across many elements. I want to figure out a way to store a color or two specific to a platform, in one variable/style that all these elements will look to for its background/forground/drop shadow color. I might need some help Jason on how to accomplish this, preferably without making the xaml a mess. I am also not sure how the pillar view will transition, I guess I will try to use the coverflow control and configure it so only one clear logo is visible? not sure... I have to figure out how to do a blur mask on the video in the background, you may notice in my mockup in the pillar view, the background is blurred behind the pillar. Assuming the transparent clear logos in the horizontal cover flow probably isnt feasible at the moment? Jason? I decided I wanted to do something different with the text list view so I came up with a ZSNES UI look to it and I am really happy with how it came out. Probably could be a theme in itself, I plan on carrying this over to a game list and game details view as well. Pillar View Horizontal View ZSNES Text View

You can grab my RL bezels and fade media if you like https://github.com/nosh01. Here is the thread on the forums http://www.rlauncher.com/forum/showthread.php?1026-New-Bezels-and-Fade-media-in-the-works.

I've decided to call this theme simply "Nosh". I am still working on the different platform views but wanted people to try it on for size. I know the large console thing is not a new idea but I have used that trend in most of the artwork I have done in the past for rocket launcher bezels and loading screens. Anyways let me know what you think. I am attaching the theme and the cropped consoles separately which will need to go in your platform images banner folder. I think this theme is best with the platform video background. You might notice the drop shadow on highlighted recent games and favorites, let me know if it stands out enough to catch your eye. I would like to maybe do an inner glow as well or even better animate the outer glow in and out. Might need some help with that however. Nosh.zip Nosh-Consoles.zip