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Hi, I'm trying to create a theme where I have some auto sizing for the width of several things. The problem is I can't figure out how to use auto size and be able to have my column start at specific spot no matter the resolution it's being displayed on (scaling). All I can figure out is how to have it start at an absolute spot, so it won't scale properly. Does anyone know how I can get around this? <!-- RELEASE DATE/PLAYMODE/GENRE/RATING GRID --> <Grid Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}"> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="310" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="auto" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="30" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="auto" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="30" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="auto" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="30" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="auto" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="30" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="auto" /> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition Height="1025*" /> <RowDefinition Height="20*" /> <RowDefinition Height="35*" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions>

These look great! Do you happen to have the .psd still? I might want to try creating a few myself.

Thanks! I'll upload the new views when everything is ready. The switch theme isn't using wallgamesview, which is what I'm using. It's using boxesgamesview. They are not the same. Boxesgamesview only shows one row of games, while wallgamesview shows 3.

Awesome! One quick note. I'm picky. For all the console and playlist icons, I like to have the logo width take up 75% of the square/banner that it's on. It seems to be what works the best with this theme.

Here are some images of a few new views/modifications.

That PSP image looks great! I'd love to include that style artwork with this theme. I think your artwork and my theme compliment each other well.

Thanks! I can always send you a version where there's an image file instead of video. It isn't hard to do. Also, if you know a way to be able to highlight the selected game in WallGamesView that would be awesome. As far as I know it's not currently possible to do. But if you know of a way, please let me know and I will include it.

Did you switch views? Can you post a screenshot?

I'm in the process of working on two new games views and one platform view. Here is the first --

Thanks Adu. It's currently not possible to do what you asked. You can hide the video for three seconds and show a screenshot, but the video still loads and plays. So, that kind of defeats the purpose of what you're asking. I actually wanted to do the same thing on another of my themes.

@Sath -- Right now I pretty much have everything updated and just need to put it all together. I like your platform background ideas and might do those in future versions. I'm not a big fan of the "wheel." So when I make themes I try to get away from that, to a certain extent.

Thanks! I plan to update it in the next month or so.

Old or new, sports games are always fun.

All good ideas.

@fromlostdays -- First you want to install the font Teko SemiBold, it's located in the fonts folder. If you press enter or whatever button you use on your controller in the screen that you showed me, you will open the game. If you go to the BigBox home screen and select Options/Game Menu and enable "show play" you'll see the option in the top left of the screen to play the game.

@isilkin -- I think the box covers idea is great. I just messed around with it for 10 minutes or so, and I think it works really well. My only question right now is, what replaces the box cover that is currently in the top left corner? Also, the platform view that @Cookz718 did is very cool. I'd like to add that at some point.

@Retro808 @Cookz718 -- I fixed the 'Total Games' alignment issue in Platforms view. I did some snooping around and figured out what appears to be a good fix. Could you try the latest version, 1.0.1, and let me know if it looks ok. I have a low resolution monitor at work (where I am right now) and can't see if it scales correctly. Thanks

I'm a bit confused since the Game Count Grid Row 1 height is 40. Did you change it from 40 to 47?

Huh... Let me try. I might need to update the theme. Thanks for letting me know.

Is that without disabling the show emulator option?

Thanks! I hear what you're saying about the list view. I beat myself up over how I wanted to do that for a while. I just couldn't come up with a way that I liked other than what I settled on. I'm pumped to hear you want to create some custom images! Also, I couldn't test this theme on a 4k display. I think the way it's written it should translate well. But please let me know if there are issues.

I see what it is. I guess this is a limitation of the current theming options. If you have BigBox/Options/Platform Details/Show Default Emulator checked, that will cause the issue. It shouldn't but does. Maybe I can request that get fixed. So for now if you want it to look correct you'll have to disable -- Show Default Emulator. To expound a bit, this was the only way I could do it to include Playlists in the game count.

Could you post a fullscreen screenshot

Thanks! What resolution are you running at?