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[2BitSculptor]

Is there an xml display utility that will allow graphically checking of dialog and osd text and graphics element placement?

or

Is there a way to fool MP to display those xmls, even the ones for plugins and events that occur in extensions I don't use, but are in the base install of DefaultWideHD skin?

I hate when I have only my imagination to guide me ... and I'm uncomfortable sharing my OldEyes DWHD skin variation, without checking all the boxes. I have it to a point, for my own use, where I can put up with some last minute rearrangements not being done.

Finished (until further inspiration): Basic Home (Text only), MyMusic (List), MyVideos (List), MyTVGuide (no genre colors)/RecordedTV (List)/ScheduledTV/SearchTV, TVSeries (List), MovingPictures (List), TuneIn (List), a few Settings screens, only a few OSDs, a few Dialogs and a few overlays. Nearly all the List displays, including TVGuide, are set at 8 lines. I don't know all the changes needed to recognize 8Lines in the settings selection for TVGuide, so it is a just a modified mytvguide.10Line.xml. And nearly all displayed fonts are at least 3 points taller than DWHD, so I had to reorganize element placement, as well as make a few new texture files, to allow for the larger fonts.

 

[ajs]

Is there an xml display utility that will allow graphically checking of dialog and osd text and graphics element placement?

No

Is there a way to fool MP to display those xmls, even the ones for plugins and events that occur in extensions I don't use, but are in the base install of DefaultWideHD skin?

No