splashscreen.sh "enable/disable" wording

sleve_mcdichael

Is it just me, or is the wording on this confusing and bad?

Disable splash screen on boot (enabled)

This could be read to imply that the option to disable is currently en-abled (meaning the splashscreen itself, is dis-abled.)

I'm not the only one who thinks this: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/uq10sk/splash_screens_not_working/i8ohxio/

I feel it would be less ambiguous if it just said what the option did ("enable on boot"), and then said whether it was enabled or disabled:

Enable splashscreen on boot (enabled)
Enable splashscreen on boot (disabled)

What do others think?

BuZz

@sleve_mcdichael I'm happy for this to be changed to something clearer.

mitu

Yes, seems confusing. How about

Show splashscreen on boot (Enabled)
vs
Show splashscreen on boot (Disabled)

sleve_mcdichael

@mitu ah, I just put this in a minute ago. I had also considered that but figured this was less change from the original (only changing "disable" to say "enable" vs. changing both of them to say "show"), but I can change it if you want.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3529

mitu

@sleve_mcdichael You change doesn't reflect the re-wording you had in mind.

sleve_mcdichael

@mitu said in splashscreen.sh "enable/disable" wording:

@sleve_mcdichael You change doesn't reflect the re-wording you had in mind.

What do you mean?

mitu

@sleve_mcdichael said in splashscreen.sh "enable/disable" wording:

What do you mean?

I thought it was missing Enable splashscreen on boot (disabled) when disabled, but it was already there.

Seems to be ok, but I'd rather not repeat Enabled and use Show splashcreen.

sleve_mcdichael

@mitu yeah I'm good with "show splashscreen." How about for the randomizer? "Show randomizer" doesn't really fit; how about "toggle"? (Edit: or "use"?)

mitu

@sleve_mcdichael said in splashscreen.sh "enable/disable" wording:

"Show randomizer" doesn't really fit; how about "toggle"? (Edit: or "use"?)

Randomize image order or Shuffle images ?

sleve_mcdichael

@mitu I had a few more ideas which turned out to be relatively easy to implement. What do you think of this:

edit: https://github.com/s1eve-mcdichae1/RetroPie-Setup/commit/7620baa1dcd8226f2998f60c509284f2cb60e892

mitu

@sleve_mcdichael said in splashscreen.sh "enable/disable" wording:

What do you think of this:

I'd rather have the UI code stay the gui_ function instead of splitting it into separate functions - the actions behind the menu options are simple enough to be added inline in the menu's case handler so that are easy to follow.

sleve_mcdichael

@mitu said in splashscreen.sh "enable/disable" wording:

I'd rather have the UI code stay the gui_ function instead of splitting it into separate functions

The randomize_ code was already largely a separate function; I suppose that could all be rolled into gui_ as well, but in either case I feel it's more intuitive to have "disable randomizer" merely as one of the options instead of a separate action that's invoked automatically when it's enabled; for instance it makes changing the source easier, as you no longer have to disable first & then scroll back down & re-enable to change your selection, just enter the menu once and make a different choice.

I rolled the other UI stuff back into gui_ though:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/compare/master...s1eve-mcdichae1:splashscreen-redux?expand=1

mitu

The randomizer change is ok, but the separate sub-menu for enable/disable is redundant - just clicking on the entry should toggle it, like most menus in RetroPie-Setup.

sleve_mcdichael

@mitu said in splashscreen.sh "enable/disable" wording:

The randomizer change is ok, but the separate sub-menu for enable/disable is redundant - just clicking on the entry should toggle it, like most menus in RetroPie-Setup.

Yeah okay. This had felt clunky to me as a toggle (which is why I changed it to a choice, initially), but I think that by adding "currently:" to the descriptor (á la runcommand configuration) it feels fine now, as a toggle still:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/compare/master...s1eve-mcdichae1:splashscreen-three

mitu

@sleve_mcdichael Looks good !