dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

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dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby citizenkeys » 23 Jul 2007 05:38

It would be very nice to be able to dock the main window, the playlist, and any video window to each other and/or the corner of the screen, a'la the way winamp handles this.

In Winamp, when the main window is within (say) 10 pixels of the corner of the screen, winamp goes ahead and docks itself perfectly to the corner of the screen in a very "clean" and simple way. In Winamp, the same feature applies when moving the playlist/video window near the main "control" window.

Why do I need to use a separate/specific skin with VLC to get this basic feature?

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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby CloudStalker » 23 Jul 2007 09:12

I agree, this would be nice. Oh and by the way, I requested this too. :)

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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby 3breadt » 26 Jul 2007 17:22

Why do I need to use a separate/specific skin with VLC to get this basic feature?
Because not all skins use anchors, which define where the points of the window are that can dock to another anchor or to a screen edge. This feature already exists in VLC, just some skins don't use it.
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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby citizenkeys » 30 Jul 2007 23:21

ok, but is it too much to ask that the wxwidgets skin use it?

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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby 3breadt » 01 Aug 2007 10:07

wxwidgets is not a skin?! It's a normal window and behaves like all other application's windows. If it doesn't stick to your screen edges its not a problem of vlc but of your OS.
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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby citizenkeys » 01 Aug 2007 11:59

okay then, the next practical question would be....

why is the anchoring feature in the "skin" code instead of in some sort of general interface code?

it would seem that anchoring would be something that ALL skins could take advantage of, and therefore be in some general interface code instead of left up to skin designers.

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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby yookoala » 08 Oct 2008 21:13

Hello,

I'm using VLC player 0.9.4 on Windows XP.
And I'd like to have a docked playlist.

Is there any suitable skin for me?
Which skin should I look at?
Or how do I know which skin support docking?



P.S. I'm also a Linux user. What skin should I use on Ubuntu 8.10 so I can dock my playlist?

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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby VLC_help » 09 Oct 2008 18:55

I think he/she meant skins2 interface. Not particular skin.

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Re: dock window and playlist when using wxwidgets skin

Postby dafallus » 03 Apr 2009 19:01

How do I dock the playlist window when using the default skin in Windows? I have looked through all the options and I find it kind of irritating that it a) doesn't just do it automatically and b) there is no simple option to enable it. Any help is appreciated.


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