Default Plus

[faeran]

Default Plus

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The newest version of this theme requires version 13.3, or higher.

An alternative to the LaunchBox Default theme. This theme's main difference is the Game Details. Providing an alternative layout, with an image border at the top, and smooth animations upon load.

 

The theme also has icon support on the side bar. Around 90 controller images have been added to the theme to showcase how it works, but the images can be changed out to anything you'd like (icons must be in png format).

The icons can be replaced in the following location (restart of LaunchBox is required).

• LAUNCHBOX\LBThemes\Default Plus\Images\Icons

 

Installation

• Extract the Default Plus folder into LaunchBox\LBThemes
• In LaunchBox, open Options, under Visuals > Main Window Theme and select Default Plus from the dropdown.

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• Submitter
  faeran
• Submitted
  01/31/2022
• Category
  Custom Themes

 

[Krakerman]

Just copy the GameDetailsView over to the Old Default theme and you can have the same look for the old default theme. 👍 I modified mine to make the clear logo just transparent behind it.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Krakerman

[emul8]

Hi,  Great theme!

But I have a problem; I don't want the game title to appear in my banner; how do I disable it?

[faeran]

On 7/19/2022 at 3:34 PM, emul8 said:

Hi,  Great theme!

But I have a problem; I don't want the game title to appear in my banner; how do I disable it?

Hi @emul8. Are you able to take a screenshot of what you are referring to?

[emul8]

Hi @faeran,

Sorry for late reply; a lot of studying lately.  If you look in the game details section of my screenshot below.  It shows my banner for Doom, but I already have the name in the banner image.  So I don't want it appearing again with the title, which appears in the game details sections too.

I found a workaround offered by @Zakiu 

 

Edited August 2, 2022 by emul8

[denmiclaw]

Good day @faeran,  I wanted to thank you for this theme, I've started using it myself.  I wanted to ask, if I may, where you got the sidebar icons from?   Would like to see if I can find matching ones for the systems not represented.  

Thank you very much!

[Drybonz]

Is it possible to turn off the icons and reclaim that space on the platform sidebar, or they have to be always on?

[faeran]

13 hours ago, Drybonz said:

Is it possible to turn off the icons and reclaim that space on the platform sidebar, or they have to be always on?

You would have to remove that code from SideBarView.xaml

[Drybonz]

11 hours ago, faeran said:

You would have to remove that code from SideBarView.xaml

Thanks for the help.  I took a look at it, but kept getting errors.  I think I would be better suited to more configuration options in the interface, as the theme coding is a bit beyond me.

[Retro808]

5 hours ago, Drybonz said:

Thanks for the help.  I took a look at it, but kept getting errors.  I think I would be better suited to more configuration options in the interface, as the theme coding is a bit beyond me.

Taking a quick look you will want to find this section of the code.

1. Delete all the lines from 467 through 473. That will remove the icons.

If you want to shift the text left some:

1. Play with the margin of the TreeView (line 456). Adjust the Margin="20,20,20,20". Changing the 1st value smaller will adjust the margin left. (Left, Top, Right, Bottom) is how the order reads.

2. Then play with the "ColumnDefinition Width" in line 463. Reduce the number until you get where you want. 

Making those few tweaks got this look. If something like this is what you are after these steps should help.

[faeran]

This is all true what @Retro808 posted.

You could also just grab the SideBarView.xaml from the Default theme, and copy/paste it over the one in Default Plus.

[Drybonz]

I'm not able to get the "text on all games" to work for the default plus theme, even after I repair it.  Just wondering if this is hard-coded into the theme not to be a working option, or a general bug?  Thanks for the help.

[faeran]

18 hours ago, Drybonz said:

I'm not able to get the "text on all games" to work for the default plus theme, even after I repair it.  Just wondering if this is hard-coded into the theme not to be a working option, or a general bug?  Thanks for the help.

This theme is essentially identical to the Default theme, in this regard, and does work.

The setting you are referring to will place text overtop the box on all boxes, like this:

[Drybonz]

Thanks... I was trying to get the text under the thumbnails.  I didn't realize it had to be coded in the theme for that to work.  Sorry for the confusion.

[faeran]

23 hours ago, Drybonz said:

Thanks... I was trying to get the text under the thumbnails.  I didn't realize it had to be coded in the theme for that to work.  Sorry for the confusion.

Yup, that's just theme specific. You could always just grab the BoxesContentView.xaml file from the theme you like, and replace the one within Default Plus.

[Merovingio]

Is there a way to make the video play instantly? It seems like it waits a second after the game bezel appears

[Drybonz]

56 minutes ago, faeran said:

Yup, that's just theme specific. You could always just grab the BoxesContentView.xaml file from the theme you like, and replace the one within Default Plus.

Thanks... I did that actually.  There were a few conflicts, but I think I got them worked out.  At least I'm learning a few small things about how these work.

[mcfilmmakers]

I've been trying to figure this out in Default and was hoping Default Plus made this easier but I haven't had much success... How do I set a fixed minimum height for each game in the view? Everything is variable depending on the height of the logo and that makes it very hard to select a title with the mouse. Ideally, I'd like for each game title to line up in each row like how Lambda does it... 

Default


Lambda beta 1.1


Is this something that requires a custom theme or am I overlooking something in the options?

[C-Beats]

How you click on the item and where you have to click are all in how the theme is setup and requires altering the theme files to change. Beats grid does the automatic row sizing still but does allow you to click anywhere in the box the logo sits in. Another alternative option is for you to just make a theme mashup using the two themes you like. Copy Default Plus folder to a new one, then copy the BoxesContentView.xaml file from Lambda's folder to the new one you just created.

[faeran]

For people that might be interested: Lambda uses a slightly modified version of the old box grid from the old default theme where it sets a set height for everything, and you are beholden to that size. Default Plus is simply just Default with some minor changes, so it works just like current Default which dynamically reduces white space on a per-row basis. Beats uses a hybrid that takes on the dynamic reduction of white space, but vertically centers the images, and aligns the rest of the elements (like text) evenly on a per-row basis. All of this is theme specific and requires changes to the code.