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Wide List view mode - yukky - 2015-02-24

Hello,

Would it be possible to have a Wide List mode? Similar to the regular list mode, but instead of showing the icon to the right, will use a larger horizontal space?

This would be very useful for showing sporting events which have long titles but not a unique icon.

RE: Wide List view mode - braz - 2015-02-25

No plans to add another view. Someone would need to create a mod to do this.

RE: Wide List view mode - yukky - 2015-02-27

Any tips on where I should look to adding a new view? I notice that in my video add-ons, i'm not able to change to a different view than List View for example.

RE: Wide List view mode - braz - 2015-02-28

(2015-02-27, 03:28)yukky Wrote: Any tips on where I should look to adding a new view? I notice that in my video add-ons, i'm not able to change to a different view than List View for example.

It is up to the video addons to set the correct content type. I use YouTube, Sports Illustrated, etc and have multiple view modes available. Which video addons don't have any views other than List?

To add a new view, you have to create the viewtype xml. Easiest way to create a wide list would be to make a copy of the existing list view and modify it. Then you have to add the new view to Includes.xml and MyVideoNav.xml.

RE: Wide List view mode - smartcodier - 2015-07-18

(2015-02-28, 00:53)braz Wrote: Which video addons don't have any views other than List?

Hi,

In the "Video Addons" menu section (which shows me all video addons i have installed) there is only list view available. But I want "symbols" or other views.

When i change the skin to confluence it's possible and i can change the views of the video addons section. But back to mimic I can't.

Any idea how to activate other views in the Video Addons menu section?

The list view ist not very comfotable when you have more than 4 or 5 items in the video addons menu.

Thanks a lot in advance!

RE: Wide List view mode - braz - 2015-07-19

(2015-07-18, 12:24)smartcodier Wrote:
(2015-02-28, 00:53)braz Wrote: Which video addons don't have any views other than List?

Hi,

In the "Video Addons" menu section (which shows me all video addons i have installed) there is only list view available. But I want "symbols" or other views.

When i change the skin to confluence it's possible and i can change the views of the video addons section. But back to mimic I can't.

Any idea how to activate other views in the Video Addons menu section?

The list view ist not very comfotable when you have more than 4 or 5 items in the video addons menu.

Thanks a lot in advance!
Which version of Mimic are you using, 1.x? The latest version (2.2.0) for Isengard has List, Icon, Shift, and LowList available for addons.

RE: Wide List view mode - smartcodier - 2015-07-19

(2015-07-19, 02:53)braz Wrote: Which version of Mimic are you using, 1.x? The latest version (2.2.0) for Isengard has List, Icon, Shift, and LowList available for addons.

Thanks for the fast reply. I use the latest openelec - there is mimic version 1.1.1 included (kodi helix). So I have to wait for new openelec releases...

But there is another issue with the views: When I change the view for some sources/folders these changes will not be remembered - when I later come back to the folder it shows again the view I changed before.

Is this solved in the newer mimic versions too?

Thanks again Wink

RE: Wide List view mode - braz - 2015-07-19

There are a lot of improvements in Mimic 2.2.0. Skins don't have any control over how views are remembered though, that is handled by Kodi.