Playlist Editor upper case

goublabba · 24th February 2006, 14:35

I've noticed in 5.2 that the song title is now upper-cased when you put the Playlist Editor in windowshade mode. I thought there would be an option to disable this, but I can't find one.

I don't like the title being in uppercase for two reasons. First, since the font used is a proportional font, you can't see as much of the song title since uppercase letters are wider than lowercase letters. And the second reason is that much like in email or in forums, ALL UPPER CASE MAKES IT LOOK LIKE I'M BEING SHOUTED AT, WHICH IS JUST UNPLEASANT.

When you look at the Playlist Editor in non-windowshade mode, the titles are correctly displayed using both upper and lower case letters. Why is everything forced to be upper case in windowshade mode?

Benski · 24th February 2006, 15:01

Upper casing was the only way to make sure that these three requirements are met:

1) Chinese characters are displayed correctly
2) latin characters with underhang (e.g. "g") are displayed correctly
3) letters do not go onto the surface of the 'skin'

Capital letters with a wide separation was the only choice.

You can go back to the old behavior by checkmarking:
"Use skinned font for main window title display" in Preferences -> Classic Skins.

Of course you lose the ability to display non-latin characters (and it only displays undecorated latin characters, at that)

goublabba · 24th February 2006, 15:25

Well, I have to apologize for complaining in the first place. I just discovered that the windowshade mode was already using uppercase letters in older versions like 5.13. It's just that the letters are now wider in 5.2, and that really stuck out to me.

BastardKidKris · 25th February 2006, 04:12

good "fix", totally made the track display look out of place with the classic skin im using

spacefish · 25th February 2006, 06:37

Quote:

Originally posted by BastardKidKris
good "fix", totally made the track display look out of place with the classic skin im using

I have to agree, the fix is not very elegant. I don't understand how the fix affects classic skins. I can guess how it affects modern skins if the Font Rendering tab is any indication but I never use modern skins and I always use classic windowshade mode. Why CAPS is necessary, I have no idea. I understand the explanation, I just don't understand the implementation.

DJ Egg · 8th March 2006, 17:50

Quote:

Originally posted by Benski
You can go back to the old behavior by checkmarking:
"Use skinned font for main window title display" in Preferences -> Classic Skins.

24th February 2006, 14:35	#1
goublabba Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	Playlist Editor upper case I've noticed in 5.2 that the song title is now upper-cased when you put the Playlist Editor in windowshade mode. I thought there would be an option to disable this, but I can't find one. I don't like the title being in uppercase for two reasons. First, since the font used is a proportional font, you can't see as much of the song title since uppercase letters are wider than lowercase letters. And the second reason is that much like in email or in forums, ALL UPPER CASE MAKES IT LOOK LIKE I'M BEING SHOUTED AT, WHICH IS JUST UNPLEASANT. When you look at the Playlist Editor in non-windowshade mode, the titles are correctly displayed using both upper and lower case letters. Why is everything forced to be upper case in windowshade mode?

25th February 2006, 04:12	#4
BastardKidKris Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 222	good "fix", totally made the track display look out of place with the classic skin im using ThinkPad T61, C2D @ 2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, Win7x64Pro

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24th February 2006, 15:01	#2
Benski Ben Allison Lead Developer Winamp Dev Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 1,018	Upper casing was the only way to make sure that these three requirements are met: 1) Chinese characters are displayed correctly 2) latin characters with underhang (e.g. "g") are displayed correctly 3) letters do not go onto the surface of the 'skin' Capital letters with a wide separation was the only choice. You can go back to the old behavior by checkmarking: "Use skinned font for main window title display" in Preferences -> Classic Skins. Of course you lose the ability to display non-latin characters (and it only displays undecorated latin characters, at that)

24th February 2006, 15:25	#3
goublabba Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	Well, I have to apologize for complaining in the first place. I just discovered that the windowshade mode was already using uppercase letters in older versions like 5.13. It's just that the letters are now wider in 5.2, and that really stuck out to me.