Button disappear out of area

clausthomsen · 21st May 2006, 05:19

Hi

I am new to winamp design, so I have downloaded the winamp test file skinsampel and tried to play around with this. however I hav now a problem that I can not solve. I have tried to make some big buttons but when I move them around the screen it seems that they disappear out of the showing area, I can see the whole background area but it is like I only have the original size window to show the buttons and text filed in.
I have enclosed a zip file containing the whole project (not big) I assume that I need to insert something in the player.xml file but I am not sure what. the zip file also include a screen dump of how it looks now.

Hope some one can help out, so I can continiue to learn.

ciao
Claus

Mr Jones · 21st May 2006, 08:31

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TheElusiveMelon · 21st May 2006, 09:32

You can only place objects on the main background unless you add the parameter sysregion="1". That should mean the buttons will show up anywhere on the screen.

<button id="button1" ....

...button code here...

...sysregion="1"

</button>

NickMikh · 21st May 2006, 10:01

I'm not sure, but I think that groups have some default width and height.
Try to use relatw

<group id="player.normal.playbuttons" x="12" y="85" relatw="1" w="0"/>

21st May 2006, 11:00

Yes groups have a default width/height, but most of the times the defaults suffice. I believe it's 300×200 but I'm not sure since I rarely use groups. This skin is so large that you need to set a w and h value on the <groupdef>.

Example:
<groupdef id="player.normal.playbuttons" name="Player buttons" w="558" h="478">

Relatw will indeed also work, if you know how to use it.

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21st May 2006, 08:31	#2
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,098	Moved from classic skin forum Moved to Modern skin forum

21st May 2006, 09:32	#3
TheElusiveMelon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kent, England Posts: 350	You can only place objects on the main background unless you add the parameter sysregion="1". That should mean the buttons will show up anywhere on the screen. <button id="button1" .... ...button code here... ...sysregion="1" </button>

21st May 2006, 10:01	#4
NickMikh Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Russia Posts: 90	I'm not sure, but I think that groups have some default width and height. Try to use relatw <group id="player.normal.playbuttons" x="12" y="85" relatw="1" w="0"/>

21st May 2006, 11:00	#5
Guest232 Guest Posts: n/a	Yes groups have a default width/height, but most of the times the defaults suffice. I believe it's 300×200 but I'm not sure since I rarely use groups. This skin is so large that you need to set a w and h value on the <groupdef>. Example: <groupdef id="player.normal.playbuttons" name="Player buttons" w="558" h="478"> Relatw will indeed also work, if you know how to use it.