This has been discussed before, in order to make a button to execute multiple commands you will need to stack multiple buttons on top of each other. This way when you click on the spot all buttons are clicked. Example:

How were you planning on minimizing the window after you'd hidden the titlebar?

I run WinXP and don't use a shell. However, I still want a cool looking titlebar so I have made my own titlebar complete with pretty buttons and I'd love to give it the normal windows functionality, but I can only find a command to exit... so my exit button works, but the other three (system, minimise and maximize) do not. Any idea how to make a button minimise or maximise a window?

Then for my undying gratitude, any idea how to replicate clicking on the top left button (Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize)?



Cheers,
Rukh

Clicking it's area in the taskbar.

The command to minimise is "Hide"
The command to restore is "Activate"
There is also a combination command "Activate or hide"
These commands are available as keyboard shortcuts or button command (though I dunno how you would click a button when foobar is minimized)

I was unable to find a command for maximize, what do you mean by "system" ?

Hey there, I'm trying to get some code using pvars (makes sense to me) that will take a set number, and add that number together each time its used.

For example, I have the number 20. I use that as a buttons 'X' position from the left of the screen. I want the next button to be 40 from the left of the screen. Then the next one to be 60 from the left, and so on.

I was trying to make some code that will take the 20 pvar, and add 20 to it (using the $eval() function). Then take that previous answer (which would be 40) and add another 20 onto it. Then it would take that answer (which would be 60) and add 20 more onto that. And so on.

Does that make sense? Is this possible with $eval() and/or PVARs? If so, could someone possibly help ?

Thanks .

$eval() will use any will solve any mathematical expression inside the parentheses. That expression can contain any title formating functions or variables.
In the same way, the fields of $setpvar() can contain anything.

You should be able to do this yourself. (and even then, if you know the 2nd button is going to be at 40, a variable is pointless)

I hate to add yet another suggestion, but the new grouping system made me think of it and I think it would pretty useful (and hopefully not too difficult), and would solve several outstanding issues.

Currently there is a single row size and single group rows, implemented in the main SCPL config window. This wouldn't change that. However, in addition I think it would be really useful to have an additional place to set these parameters. The ideal place, in my opinion, would be in the new Sort/Group Criteria Config windows (the one where you code the primary sort, secondary sort, and group parameters).

I would add a fourth section. This section would have a duplicate of the "Row Height", "Group Rows" and perhaps "Background Color" input fields that would apply only to that grouping criteroa. Also, right below the "Group By Sort" check box there would be an additional "Use Default Row/Group Height" check box. If that box is checked, as it would be by default, the settings from the main config window will be used. If it is unchecked, the settings for that particular grouping method will be used when you are grouping by that criteria. This would allow you to change the size setting based on the grouping method.

You would also be able to have duplicates of your grouping criteria but with different row and/or header sizes (and different names obviously). This would solve the problem of changing row and header size on the fly. You could just switch between otherwise identical grouping presets in order to change those settings. It would not be entirely on the fly but it would be close enough I think. And the new ability to detect what grouping method is used would supply a built-in method for programmers to specify different settings depending on what row and header size is selected.

Unfortunately, this would lead to conflicts if you are grouping in more than one way. Those settings could probably only be used if that particular grouping method is used as the highest-level grouping method or the lowest-level (I am not sure which). That may be a bit complicated to code, and is the main drawback from my (very limited) perspective.

I think this would pretty useful. For instance, if you are grouping by album you might want enough room for album art. On the other hand, if you are grouping by the first letter in the song title you would likely only want a single line for that one letter. But as far as I can tell there is no way to dynamically change this, you either need to use a less-than-optimal size for one or more grouping methods or change it manually every time in the config window.

This would become even more important if you implement the "Minimum group size" option. The minimum group size could change considerably depending on which grouping method you use. So having this option in the same places would be critical IMO.


I also have a much, much more minor suggestion. I think it would be nice if the "Group By" text box changed color (maybe a gray background) when the "Group by Sort" check box is checked, just so people can easily tell that the code in that box will not be used. You would still be able to type, the background would just be a different color. Same for the above suggestion if you implement it. I think this might preemptively solve numerous technical help requests that otherwise might be hard to diagnose. This is more of a "nice thing to have if you are ever bored" sort of idea as opposed to something pressing, but I thought I might as well add it.

Maybe I'm just a little dumb when it comes to this lol.

I have about 30 buttons.
$puts(buty,350)
$button2(20,$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'1','1',TAG:SET:tracknumber:1,)
$button2(40,$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'2','2',TAG:SET:tracknumber:2,)
$button2(60,$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'3','3',TAG:SET:tracknumber:3,)
etc.

Now I want the 'X' variable to increase by 20 for all the buttons (so 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 etc)

I have tried:

$eval(20+20) --> gives me 40 for everything
$eval(20+{20+20}) --> gives me 60 for everything

And a few other combinations of numbers, signs, and brackets. I have had no luck trying to figure this out myself with help from the title formatting in the wiki, or the panels_ui wiki entry. Which is why I asked here .

Thanks Kiteroa! Just what i waned. One more thing.. Is there a way to change display options through console for splitters between panels?

Keiko, try this:



$puts(incrx,0)
$button2($put(incrx,$eval($get(incrx)+20)),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'1','1',TAG:SET:tracknumber:1,)
$button2($put(incrx,$eval($get(incrx)+20)),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'2','2',TAG:SET:tracknumber:2,)
$button2($put(incrx,$eval($get(incrx)+20)),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'3','3',TAG:SET:tracknumber:3,)
etc.



Basically this stores a variable "incrx" with a value of zero (the variable name does not matter as long as it is consistent across the buttons). Each time you make a button it retrieves the value, adds 20, then stores it again (sending the new value to the button function in the process). The next button then retrieves this new, larger value and the process repeats. Each successive button retrieves the value stored by the previous button then increments it for its own use and for later buttons. Hopefully this gets the job done for you.

Have you tried something like this?:
$puts(butx,20)
$puts(buty,350)
$puts(butwidth,20)

$button2($get(butx),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'1','1',TAG:SET:tracknumber:1,)
$button2($add($get(butx),$get(butwidth)),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'2','2',TAG:SET:tracknumber:2,)
$button2($add($get(butx),$mul($get(butwidth),2)),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'2','2',TAG:SET:tracknumber:3,)
$button2($add($get(butx),$mul($get(butwidth),3)),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'2','2',TAG:SET:tracknumber:4,)
$button2($add($get(butx),$mul($get(butwidth),4)),$get(buty),0,0,12,12,'2','2',TAG:SET:tracknumber:5,)
etc.

i'm not sure but are you sure there isn't error in $button WINDOWSIZE?

according to wiki:
$button(DstX,DstY,X,Y,W,H,IMAGE,IMAGE HOVER,COMMAND,OPTIONS)

it should works something like this:
$button(30,20,0,0,18,18,arrow.png,arrow2.png,TAG:SET:rating:1,WINDOWSIZE:200:400:LEFT:TOP)

but it isn't!!! for me is it working only when:
$button(30,20,0,0,18,18,arrow.png,arrow2.png,WINDOWSIZE:200:400:LEFT:TOP,)

i tried to swap OPTIONS and COMMAND position but it didn't help.
anybody noticed this?

Thanks! Halfway there... Anyone know a command or a way to get a button to Maximize?

By system I mean (and I don't know what this should be called), the icon in the top left of the screen, the icon at the left of the titlebar that has a menu - Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, Close.

While updating foo_ui_panels to the newest version (though, I only use it for SCPL) I ran into a problem: when I start foobar it doesn't group the songs at first. It only groups the songs when I switch to an other playlist.

yes, the layouts are dependent on the grouping/sort mode, which is why there is the layout selector. It should automatically match the appropriate layout (or probably "Singles" if the appropriate one doesn't exist), to the current group/sort mode. So, if you're grouping by album, the "Album" layout will be used. Likewise, if you're grouping by artist, the "Artist" layout will be used. The layout selector probably needs better defaults, so I'm open to suggestions. Also, the layout names will need to be standardized (so "Album" is designed around grouping albums instead of something else).

I think what you're trying to do is probably use one layout to handle both artist and album groupings, and while this could be made to work, I think it would be better to split them into two.



It would probably be better to have a button that applies preset 1 (maybe something like "Sort by $presetname(1)", although this function doesn't exist yet...). This way the user would get always get something useful and appropriate for them.



no, they would never see a messed up playlist because the layout selector should always choose a correct layout based on the current sort/group mode. If you have a preset called "foo" that sorts/groups by album, then when you hit "foo" you will see the "Album" layout. If someone else has a preset called "foo" that sorts randomly, then they will see the "Singles" layout.

As for including images in the item display, using item index instead of track number should handle most of the problems. If you want to do something like group/sort by artist, then sort by album and display album covers in the item display, the layout selector should make sure that all the correct criteria are applied before calling that layout.

The reason for not including the sort / group strings in the pui is that each person has a different way of sorting/grouping. For example, how do you define what is a single and what is part of an album? do you prefer to sort by artist/date/album or by date/artist/album? do you even use the %rating% tag? Including this stuff in the pui makes it work to the pui creators preference, but for others there will always be the need to edit each pui for their preferences. With the current way, you only need to set up your sort/group settings and layout selector code once and it will work across all puis.




hmmm, I'm not clear on what you're trying to do... maybe a screenshot?



no, it would working differently under columns ui vs. panels ui.



no, it is stored in the .cfg. I am looking for better defaults though.



the grouping/sorting criteria code don't take any other functions other than the stock foobar ones (to remain as fast as possible). you can, however, use the layout selector to select a different layout base on playlist name (eg singles), although you can't (currently) remove the groupsl.



not in the near future



with albums vs singles, you would group by album for the former and not for the latter, and let the layout selector pick the appropriate layout. but you want to switch layouts with the exact same grouping/sorting pattern? In that case the best way is to add a dummy group/sort criteria and use that in the layout selector to force one or the other. eg add a criteria called "Force Single Layout" and in the layout selector check if $isgrouped(Force Single Layout) and set the singles layout. The reason for this step instead of directly being able to select a layout is that this will make your selection "stick", otherwise it would be reset to something else each time the layout selector is run.

No, there really isn't any need to manually set the playlist type. Just have the ability to set different presets, and let the layout selector handle the rest.



$button2 doesn't have a "hot spot" area. its $button2(x,y,-,-,w,h,,,,) (the - are not used).



please don't upload older versions to a publicly accessible location. if you need to send an older version to somebody, use pm.



that's a good idea.. I'll implement something like this in the future.



use the tray icon to minimize / resotre.



I can change / add defaults. What kind of sort/group strings were you adding?



no, you can have multiple row heights / group rows with different layouts. I'm pretty sure you can get the functionality you want by using different layouts and using the layout selector.

For standard layout names I'm come up with the following:

• Album: Designed for grouping by album. Use item index instead of track number to display album art in the item display. Also check "isSingle" user global to see if the file is part of an album or not, and display headers and art, if any, appropriately.
• Artist: Designed for grouping by artist.
• Artist-Album: Designed for sorting/grouping by artist, then sorting by album and tracknumber. Should handle "isSingle" appropriately.
• Rating: Designed for grouping by rating.
• Singles: Default. Assumes no grouping or sorting.

If you have any more suggestions or alterations, let me know. I will incorporate these into the new default layout selector code.

For user globals:

• coverPath: the cover file
• isSingle: "1" is the file is a "single" or "0" if it's part of an album.
• artistPath: the artist image file.

any others or any changes?

I'm also interested in any new sort/grouping criteria people are adding or changing, and if appropriate can add them to the defaults. so let me know what changes you've made to your sorting / grouping criteria.

Sorry, but
$button2(694,$get(yOffset),19,,38,24,'$font(Webdings,14,glow-209-208-210 glowblur-10,249-248-250)'YY,'$font(Webdings,14,glow-209-208-210 glowblur-10,40-40-40)'YY,TAG:SET:Rating:2,context-selected TOOLTIP:"Set rating to 2")
and
$button2(694,$get(yOffset),,,38,24,'$font(Webdings,14,glow-209-208-210 glowblur-10,249-248-250)'YY,'$font(Webdings,14,glow-209-208-210 glowblur-10,40-40-40)'YY,TAG:SET:Rating:2,context-selected TOOLTIP:"Set rating to 2")
show up very different despite the only difference is the 19 in the third input.

yeah, the 19 actually subtracts from the 38. It should just be either left blank, or 0.

Awesome. Sounds great. Can't wait for the next release.

Is it possible to change the background of panels with this component?

I know it isn't right now, but would it be possible to be added in as a feature?

I'm mainly interested in setting background images for SCPL and album list.

For SCPL, Trackinfo panels and the main panelsUI:
if you want a solid bg, use $drawrect()
if you want to use an image as BG, use $imageabs2()

all other panels are drawn by their own component.

bugs?

using version 0.9.2

a couple of things

1)when the foobar2000 window is showing(not minimized to tray), the ram usage is around 60,000 K which has been normal for me, i guess all the images i have, but when i minimize to the system tray, the ram usage drops down to 880 K, is there some intentional clearing going on?
2)everytime i close out of the program, the desktop flickers wildly for about 2-3 seconds, the icons all blink, it's like the desktop is refreshing repeatedly at a rapid rate

great component, thanks for all the hard work

oh and in response to:


i have been adding to my presets -a sort/group by disc entry, since i include the disc number in the info displayed in the group display, also it allows for displaying unique album art for the individual discs of a multi-disc album

I still have one request. When hiding the titlebar click and dragging anywhere in the foobar window will move the window.
This destroys my alignment with my background. Could you make an option to turn of this easy move?

thx

@Terrestrial: regarding how I would like to see some of these things work, ultimately...

1) I often group by codec. It is more of a matter of avoiding multiple audio tracks in different formats, and for informational purpose (visual). Things like that. However, I am not really sure why it should be terribly important to have just the right default presets. Anyone who takes the time and effort, can create a layout.

2) Following on that, I agree (I think) quite a bit with FofR, regarding... if not in the .pui file, then in another PanelsUI file, would be a nice place to keep the code for layouts, etc. I made a few yesterday, and unfortunately my computer crashed without me having done the 'save all'. But, it seems to me that aside from PanelsUI, the individual setups for SCPL, if kept in cfg/pui/ini/whatever... files, could be distributed separately from full configs, etc. Also, maybe an 'auto-save' feature. Actually, I feel that separate files for SCPL all alone, is best.

Thanks a LOT for all your efforts

My code for both would be exactly the same with the exception of two lines, one showing only the artist in group header and one switching the image shown from album cover to artist picture. Splitting them up has two problems: 1. If I make a change to one set of code I have to go through and make that change to the other set. 2. There's a lot of redundant code.

Idea: Maybe it could be beneficial for a PUI button to be able to define its own sort/group by/scpl layout code then apply it, something that can be used by the layout but does not override a users default sort settings. I think this feature would come in handy for adding functions to a layout that are not included or required by default. I guess, for instance, imagine Chronial's Last.fm script adds tags to sort by popularity - not everyone would need a default setting as not everyone would have the component, but for those that did have it a method of switching layouts and creating sort by code is needed - I believe this should be achieved in some sort of distributable manner that does not override a users settings, for instance in a button's code. The button code would be separate and unobtrusive whilst giving layout distributors free reign.

I think the problem is balance between a power user's requirements and a new user's desired simplicity (i.e. install a pui and it just works). Capable defaults will solve most problems but not all.


Predominantly sorting by path and grouping by folder is the sort I use most:
Primary sort:
(Secondary sort: %tracknumber%)
Group by:
I find that most people group their music into folders, usually one folder per album - this allows correct grouping even when the tags are nasty.

When I sort by folder I use the album scpl code.

A default random mode would be great too:
$rand()
I can use fb2k's "randomize" but this will not change the SCPL layout accordingly.

I also use Title sort to sort alphabetically by title name, and instead have Tracknumber sort to sort by disc and tracknumber.

When I sort or group by album/artist I use $upper(%artist%) to prevent case differences from breaking up a group.

I haven't implemented these yet but I see a need for them - Sorting by track format e.g. mp3, flac, etc., Sorting by Track Length, Size, Rating, "%ALBUM ARTIST%" (to separate VA albums from the rest?)

Keep up the great work Terrestrial.

Well, I can't use $imageabs2() to set a background image to the ENTIRE SCPL panel, that's what I want.

@Terrestrial

I wrote a pm to you about a problem concerning the playlist switcher and panel ui 8.1. the problem is very similar to that one with playlist tree [showing up when shouldn't]. You fixed this problem with playlist tree so maybe you can fix that problem too.

How about changing mouse cursor to the link/hand cursor when hovering $buttons?

I have a couple suggestions for additional default sort strings:

album artist is a must, I use that more than artist since I have a lot of soundtracks I want to keep together. It should probably be similar to artist:

Primary:


Secondary:


Grouping:
Group by Sort


Another useful one is group by first letter of track (all tracks that start with "A" together, all tracks that start with "B" together, etc). If you want track title as your primary sort, there is really no other good way to group things. This is an instance where I think NOT using "Group by Sort" would be good, since you could sort by the Title but group by the first letter of the title, or sort by title and not use title for grouping at all. So this code is identical to a basic "Title" grouping except it uses the first letter of the title as the Grouping criteria instead of "Group by Sort".

Primary:


Secondary:


Grouping (Group by Sort off):



Here is a proposed Title grouping that does not group at all (or rather it puts all tracks in one group). This would be identical to the previous but would not have a heading at the top of each letter group:

Primary:


Secondary:


Grouping (Group by Sort off):


"a" or "blah" or anything that does not change with each track could go in the grouping criteria.

Edit: I was an idiot problem was not panel ui but the peerson in front of the screen couldn't read the code.

NowI know why the authorin my c++ books prays to have a good organized code

Pleased I could help.

Not sure what you mean by "change display options through console for splitters between panels?".

I second that.

A couple people have asked about this already, but I am also having the problem and would like to know if there is anything I can do about it. I am using columns UI, but I want to use the SCPL, so I installed panels UI only to use the SCPL. However, I am having the same problem that others are having with this configuration: When starting foobar, the SCPL has no grouping, so each time we start foobar we have to reload the sort/group by and then it works fine (but quite annoying to have to do each time). I have also had some crashing occur when starting foobar after trying to create new layouts from the SCPL settings.

Would it be terribly difficult to allow the SCPL in panels UI work with Columns UI? Is there a reason why we can't have an updated version of SCPL separate from panels UI? Is the SCPL so integrated with panels UI that it would be tons of work to also have a columns UI version? I know there is still the old version of SCPL that does work with CUI, but I like to have the most updated version.

Any chance of getting some backwards compatibility so that older PUIs still work in newer panelsUI releases?

Can anyone provide a copy of the old panels ui .8? I'm trying to install fooblog, but it is not possible without that version and since .9 released I've been unable to find it.

Thanks for the help in advance!

Look an page 34
There was a downloadlink

Version 0.8

I use the following option to save my old versions in case the new version leads to crashes or is very buggy.
I rename the old .dll to .old so that foobar won't recognize it anymore and than I install the new version.
In case the new version crashes you can always reactivate the .old by renaming it to.dll and delete the newer version.

If your more paranoid you can create a hole new foobarfolder which get the newest versions while keeoing a stable foobarversion.

I just keep the zip files which come with a nice txt file and version number

Any chance this component can change the scrollbar colors/design of panels?

If not, any chance that feature could be added to SCPL?

I'm having some odd problems.


Shouldn't this, theoretically, go to the Single Artist Layout when I change the playlist to Albums, and go to the Now Playing layout when I change the playlist to Now Playing?

It's not for some odd reason.

The code should be:
$if($strcmp($playlistname(),Now Playing), (or something like this)

But Layout selector doesn't support $playlistname()

Is it possible to switch on/off certain DSP filters with $button? how to do that?

It's not possible.

Is it possible to use foo_run with &button? how?

iElectric: To execute a foo_run service with a button, specify the name of the runservice as the command of the button. For example:

$button2(x,y,offsetx,offsety,width,height,normal,hover,Album Art Downloader,)

Could someone help me out?

Hey:

I need some help with some code. Right now my panels playlist displays a star when a song is rated anything other than a 5. For songs with a 5 rating, it displays a heart.

This is the code now:



I would like to have a smile for songs with a 3 rating. I added the location in the global theme settings but I don't know how to edit the code so that it displays the image.

So in conclusion I want songs with ratings of 5 to give a heart image, 4 a star, 3 a smile... and anything else would get this icon (anypic) (I'll add it later).

So if anyone could tell me how to properly word the coding that would be awesome. I haven't been able to figure out a working string.

how about this?

CODE

$if(%rating%,

$ifequal(%rating%,5,$imageabs2(blah blah blah),)
$ifequal(%rating%,4,$imageabs2(blah blah blah),)
$ifequal(%rating%,3,$imageabs2(blah blah blah),)
$ifgreater(%rating%,2,,$imageabs2(blah blah blah))

)

what i'm trying to do is have one group of panels when any song is playing, and then another group of panels the rest of the time when nothing is playing

code is in the PanelsUI main configuration window

CODE

$if(%isplaying%,
$panel(album art,Album Art,,25,200,200,)
$panel(track display,Track Display,200,25,600,200,)
,
$panel(track display top,Track Display,,25,800,25,)
$panel(track display last played,Track Display,,50,500,175,)
$panel(playlist switcher,Playlist switcher,500,50,150,175,)
$panel(playlist tree,Playlist Tree Panel,650,50,150,175,)
)

the problem is that if i select any track(in SCPL) that is NOT the one currently playing, the display reverts to the second grouping of panels(because of the code $if(%isplaying%,...)

this is the case no matter what the Mode(follow cursor or now playing) is set to, because the above code sort of overtakes that behavior

the question seems to be how do i tell PanelsUI to always display the first grouping of panels when any track is playing, no-matter which track is selected and/or focused

since %isplaying% belongs to a single file and not the state of the application itself, i have no clue how to do this or if it's even possible

thx for the help, if i need to explain better please let me know

I think you missed this one, terrestrial Or have I just missed the solution somewhere in this thread..?

This Thread:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=482734
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=481818
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=483282

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http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=482112

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http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=482652
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