Advanced theming documentation - carousel bar

matchaman

It appears that advanced theming documentation for ES has been incomplete for a while.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/EmulationStation-Advanced-Theming

I would like to see some documentation regarding system carousel, its theming capabilities and hardcoded limitations.

Could anyone please expand that article or provide information here? The video support section is also empty but at least it's pretty straightforward by checking carbon's code.

herb_fargus

@matchaman it's a wiki. Feel free

matchaman

Unlike videos, it's a bit more confusing for me since I mostly see radical changes in other themes and my attempts to copy parts which I assume that change something particular, give unwanted results.

That's the reason I'm asking for some guidance regarding the carousel bar. Maybe someone could contribute in that part of the wiki? It will sure help many users.

EctoOne

Another good file to look at is https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/blob/master/THEMES.md

herb_fargus

@matchaman said in Advanced theming documentation - carousel bar:

Maybe someone could contribute in that part of the wiki? It will sure help many users.

Why can't that someone be you? figure it out and provide the contribution. There was no documentation when I started with the project, and the current documentation is mostly derived from notes I made while troubleshooting. Look at the pull requests implementing the carousel change as they often have notes on their functions, test it out with your theme, and when it works update the wiki accordingly.

matchaman

I'll be more than happy to contribute once everything becomes more clear.

For now I'm experimenting with some input from THEMES.md. It's still unspecified what I initially wanted to get rid of: the bright (white) glow around the carousel bar.

I have changed my carousel bar into a darker colour and a bright glow seems a bit out of place for my new theme...

I'm looking at other themes that don't feature this but it doesn't seem to be within the carousel element (or anywhere else for that matter).

herb_fargus

@matchaman if you have your theme up on GitHub or have codeblocks/screenshots showing examples of what you're trying it might be easier for others to help troubleshoot