Enhancing UI Experience While Using A Mouse? (1 Viewer)

[tackyjan]

Hello All!

I am brand new to MediaPortal, I just found out about it today and installed it on my Win 8.1 PC about 1 hour ago (the latest version 1.8). I have been messing around with it and I have one question and the Windows 8 user interface and using a mouse.

I am having an issue with trying to select a menu item and the mouse causing the menus to move (like on the home screen). If I use my keyboard L/R/Enter keys it's easy to navigate and select a menu it. With the mouse, however, it's a different story. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's like the menu moves when you move the mouse but it doesn't really "line up" with the mouse pointer making it hard to click an item. For example, lets say the menu item I want to select is on the left side of the GUI and my mouse is on the right. I start to move my mouse towards the menu and this in turn causes the menu to move and the closer I get the further away the menu gets! It's almost like a game trying to click the menu.

Is there a way to make the GUI more "mouse friendly"? Perhaps a skin/plugin that enhances or adds more mouse capability?

Thank you!

Jan

 

[mm1352000]

Hello and welcome!

Quick question: have you set the font scaling/size on Windows to be higher than 100% (96 dpi)?
If so, that would probably explain the offset between the mouse pointer and the menu focus.

mm

 

[morpheus_xx]

Hello @tackyjan,

if you can't get MP1 working reliable, you should consider to test MP2 for various reasons:

• modern architecture with central media database
• support for multiple concurrent players(PiP, image+audio etc)
  
• all skins are designed to be (fully) controlable by mouse
• I recently started to add touch support for MP2 and expect a prototype in the next public release (which will come soon)

 

[azzuro]

I recently started to add touch support for MP2 and expect a prototype in the next public release (which will come soon)

this is really great
with all new tablet, we can have only one software on all computer

 

[Vasilich]

DO you use titan skin? it is known to be not mouse-friendly, so try to do the same with default skin.

 

[tackyjan]

Hello @tackyjan,

if you can't get MP1 working reliable, you should consider to test MP2 for various reasons:

• modern architecture with central media database
• support for multiple concurrent players(PiP, image+audio etc)
  
• all skins are designed to be (fully) controlable by mouse
• I recently started to add touch support for MP2 and expect a prototype in the next public release (which will come soon)

I just downloaded MP2 and installed it. I went to the skins section of the settings menu. I can change skins (there are 4 to choose from):

But I don't see where I can add skins??

MP1 came with a separate program to install skins/configure MP/etc. Does MP2 have this as well?

 

[morpheus_xx]

At the moment there are unfortunately no more skins available yet. We still hoping for skinners to step more into MP2.

All configuration of MP2 is done inside the GUI, no need for external programs.

On the feature of extension (plugin) management we are working hard at the moment. We plan to have a inbuilt solution at end of the year when MP2 goes BETA.