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| jasonbar:
Thanks yet again! |
| jasonbar:
OK, I'm getting into making my MaLa layout & notice a little weirdness with the game list that I wanted to inquire about. I've got my game list going down the left side of the screen, & I'm using the Round option in the Layout screen (with a value of -45) to curve the game list, as I plan on using a spinner to go browse through the game list, putting a slight curve in makes it obvious which spinner direction will make the list scroll up vs. down. MaLa is truncating the name of the Selected Game in the list much more than it needs to--you can compare the outline of the field vs. where it truncates & see that there's a huge difference. Is this because I'm using the Round option, and is there a way around this? Thanks, -Jason |
| Dmod:
I don't know the answer to your question, but it looks to me like it's giving all game text lines the same width before truncation. The fact that it's shifted to the left doesn't appear to result in a wider text width. You can try widening the entire gamelist box. The fact that you're using a smaller font on the other games should help to prevent them from extending too far ot the right. |
| jasonbar:
Yah, as you say, it appears to draw the centerline of my curve, place all the names along that line, & determine a constant width of name that can fit on *each* of the lines regardless of which vertical position it's in. That is, the truncation of a long name doesn't change as I scroll it through all the possible positions on that list. I've already extended the name list box far to the right such that it's underneath the other field and above my "Infernolab" title (which is in the .png background image), and it looks funky when the game names are overlapping the "Infernolab" title--I'm trying to avoid that. I think I just need to do some more futzing & get it how I like it--in my final MaLa gamelist, I'm using shorter names (none of the "set" or "rev" or country/continent labels in the names), so that helps, but there are always the obnoxious games like "Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters" that go & ruin it for everybody! :] -J |
| Dmod:
Just one other thought... I think the MaLa layout editor gives you some control over the order in which layers are drawn. You might be able to find a way to have the InfernoLab logo be in a box on the top layer that is redrawn each time the game scrolls. If that works, it will give a neat effect where the game list is scrolling behind the logo instead of overwriting it. |
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