New Layout of BasicHome Menu Buttons? (3 Viewers)

[2BitSculptor]

I'm looking at messing with the Old Eyes theme for DefaultWideHD. I'd like to create a new Layout in the skin editor, maybe called "Horizontal text - Stack", that uses stacked buttons for the sub menus, rather than the horizontal buttons. Do you think it is possible? I've never liked the wraparound repeat of the buttons across the screen, if you've got fewer than 7 sub menu items.

some example mockups:

 

[catavolt]

This already in PVHD, theme Horizon Up
Maybe we could possibly consider that for DWHD as well

 

[2BitSculptor]

Beginning to get my thoughts into code. Using parts of the Horizon Up theme from the PurevisionHD 1080 skin. It's just a layout idea for my OldEyes-Stack theme, I haven't figured out displaying the actual sub-menu or functions yet, like proper visability. I'm still deciphering catavolt's code.

 

[2BitSculptor]

I've inserted the Horizon Up theme's "BasicHomeEditor.sub.static.xml" group code into my Old Eyes Stacked2 - test theme's "BasicHomeEditor.sub.text.xml". I removed the frame image and created button images that fit the "BasicHomeEditor.main.text.xml" look. Navigation works for up-down-left-right. But ... the unfocused buttons do not disappear, the menu text doesn't change, the menu items don't display properly (in this case, only two item buttons should be displayed). The Menu arrow displays even on buttons it's not intended to. I re-sorted the 8 button controls to display bottom to top sequence. When, for example, the recently added media panel displays, then disappears when a button is focused, as it should. And at this point I'm thinking I'm over my head.