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    Hex
    last edited by 19 May 2017, 18:12

    I noticed that the theme I am using doesnt theme the Menu and Options accessed through Start and Select. How can I achieve this?

    Sent from 20,000 leagues under the sea.

    Powersaver Emulation station : https://github.com/hex007/EmulationStation
    ES dev script : https://github.com/hex007/es-dev/blob/master/es-tests.sh

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      DarkWolf @Hex
      last edited by 19 May 2017, 19:22

      @Hex These menues are hardcoded (the style of them) and are not themeable!

      System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
      Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
      Theme: Updated NBBA

      Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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        backstander @Hex
        last edited by 19 May 2017, 20:53

        @Hex
        Here is some more discussion on this subject:
        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5591/how-to-change-button-icons-done

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          Hex @DarkWolf
          last edited by 20 May 2017, 01:14

          @DarkWolf That is what I was afraid of. Time to dive into code

          Sent from 20,000 leagues under the sea.

          Powersaver Emulation station : https://github.com/hex007/EmulationStation
          ES dev script : https://github.com/hex007/es-dev/blob/master/es-tests.sh

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            Hex @backstander
            last edited by 20 May 2017, 01:16

            @backstander I am talking about the menu/options windows that open. not the help bar

            Sent from 20,000 leagues under the sea.

            Powersaver Emulation station : https://github.com/hex007/EmulationStation
            ES dev script : https://github.com/hex007/es-dev/blob/master/es-tests.sh

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              DarkWolf @Hex
              last edited by DarkWolf 20 May 2017, 07:26

              @Hex Good luck with this

              Edit: If your code is stable and clean make sure to submit a PR to the main branch

              System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
              Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
              Theme: Updated NBBA

              Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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                EctoOne
                last edited by 20 May 2017, 08:43

                Someone mentioned in another thread that he cloned the main branch and changed the colors in the code. And i think someone else said that they have it on their ToDo list to make it themeable with themes. But i can't find the threads and don't know how far progress is made yet.

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                  Hex @EctoOne
                  last edited by 20 May 2017, 08:50

                  @EctoOne said in How to theme Menu and Options?:

                  Someone mentioned in another thread that he cloned the main branch and changed the colors in the code. And i think someone else said that they have it on their ToDo list to make it themeable with themes. But i can't find the threads and don't know how far progress is made yet.

                  Changing colors of Menu text is actually easy. Font is difficult as it originates from theme while color is hard coded

                  Sent from 20,000 leagues under the sea.

                  Powersaver Emulation station : https://github.com/hex007/EmulationStation
                  ES dev script : https://github.com/hex007/es-dev/blob/master/es-tests.sh

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                    EctoOne @Hex
                    last edited by 20 May 2017, 10:40

                    @Hex Yeah, but like I said someone was able to change the hardcoded colors. And from what I remember it was pretty easy to do. It was some sort of Xbox style theme where the menu was blackish with green text I think. At the time there was so much work done on different versions of Emulationstation so I never tried it myself (because I hate the white menu too) and I forgot to bookmark it. And like I said, I can't find it now, because I'm to stupid or the search function is bad.

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                      Hex @EctoOne
                      last edited by 20 May 2017, 16:37

                      @EctoOne, @backstander posted the link above. I guess this is the one you are looking for.

                      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5591/how-to-change-button-icons-done

                      Sent from 20,000 leagues under the sea.

                      Powersaver Emulation station : https://github.com/hex007/EmulationStation
                      ES dev script : https://github.com/hex007/es-dev/blob/master/es-tests.sh

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                        EctoOne @Hex
                        last edited by 20 May 2017, 20:02

                        @Hex No, it isn't. Your question was asked before in another thread and someone posted an answer with a screenshot of his build with the black options menu.

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                          AlexMurphy Banned @EctoOne
                          last edited by 20 May 2017, 20:32

                          @EctoOne Is it this guy you are thinking of? https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8977/xcade-revived/2

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                            EctoOne @AlexMurphy
                            last edited by 21 May 2017, 00:11

                            @AlexMurphy Yes, but the wrong thread. I looked through his posts and found the right one. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9171/xcade-custom-theme/20

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                              lilbud
                              last edited by lilbud 21 May 2017, 00:32

                              Someone actually managed to theme the help and options menu. @jacobfk20 did it a few months ago.

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                              He got it to be a themeable element and merged it into his ES fork, which also contains grid view.

                              Here it is: https://github.com/jacobfk20/EmulationStation/tree/Release-beta

                              But sadly he hasn't been active in a while, and the last thing he did on this fork was in December

                              Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                              Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                AlexMurphy Banned @lilbud
                                last edited by 21 May 2017, 01:36

                                @lilbud Jeez, that font really annoys me for some reason... but I'm liking the grid- view. Might be a pain scrolling through hundreds of mame titles but would work well on systems with a compact library.

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                                  TMNTturtlguy
                                  last edited by 21 May 2017, 01:52

                                  Here is a link to the code in that build for changing font. I don't know how to implement this, but if someone is up to the challenge it could be interesting:

                                  menu font

                                  I could only find a hard code change from 2012 that changed the color of the menu.

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                                    EctoOne @lilbud
                                    last edited by 21 May 2017, 01:53

                                    @lilbud Huh, interesting. I've seen this before but never noticed that it had the themeable menu. Probably because at that point I wasn't interested in that feature and the lack of updates. Maybe someone of our other great coders can adapt his changes.

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