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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1291978" data-attributes="member: 141969">The skin engine does provide this information, but with quirks. The following screen shot is for the &quot;Recorded Radio&quot; panel in my &quot;Clarity&quot; skin (the &quot;Recorded TV&quot; panel is the same, as I use common code for both panels):[ATTACH]211371[/ATTACH]However, the quirks are that the values are sometimes unset, and sometimes set incorrectly. So to get a sensible outcome in all cases, it is necessary to use some complicated logic. This is what I use:[code]&nbsp; &lt;control&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;description&gt;Number of items in a list&lt;/description&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;type&gt;label&lt;/type&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;posX&gt;0&lt;/posX&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;posY&gt;#cw.nlist.count.y&lt;/posY&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;width&gt;#cw.panel.w&lt;/width&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;height&gt;#cw.nlist.count.h&lt;/height&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;align&gt;center&lt;/align&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;font&gt;#cw.nlist.count.f&lt;/font&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;textcolor&gt;#cw.nlist.count.c&lt;/textcolor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;description&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The built-in variables &quot;#selectedindex&quot; and &quot;#itemcount&quot; are unset&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; or incorrectly set in certain situations.&nbsp; To avoid bad labelling&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; appearing on the panel, we display the values shown below, where&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;(null)&quot; represents the zero-length string, and &quot;n&quot; and &quot;m&quot; are&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; integers:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; #selectedindex&nbsp; #itemcount&nbsp; label shown&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (null)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (null)&nbsp; &nbsp; (none)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (null)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0 items&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (null)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1 item&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (null)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; n items&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (null)&nbsp; &nbsp; (none)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0 items&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1 item&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; n items&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (null)&nbsp; &nbsp; Item n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Item n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Item 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; m&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Item n of m&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In addition, when the context menu is on the screen, &quot;#selectedindex&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is the index of the highlighted item in the context menu, and not the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; index of the item in the list.&nbsp; So when the context menu is visible&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (language string: 102012), we display the null string or &quot;n items&quot;,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; as appropriate.&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/description&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;label&gt;#(switch(&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and(eq(#currentmodule,L(102012)),eq(#itemcount,'')),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; eq(#currentmodule,L(102012)),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; string.formatcount(&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; #itemcount,'{0} items|{0} item|{0} items'),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and(eq(#selectedindex,''),eq(#itemcount,'')),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and(eq(#selectedindex,'0'),eq(#itemcount,'')),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; or(eq(#selectedindex,''),eq(#selectedindex,'0')),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; string.formatcount(&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; #itemcount,'{0} items|{0} item|{0} items'),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; or(eq(#itemcount,''),eq(#itemcount,'0')),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'Item #selectedindex',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; eq(1,1),&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'Item #selectedindex of #itemcount'))&lt;/label&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/control&gt;[/code]Note that some of the text constants are hard-coded English, so if you wanted&nbsp; to enable your skins for other languages, you would need to modify those parts of the code.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1291978, member: 141969"] The skin engine [i]does[/i] provide this information, but with quirks. The following screen shot is for the "Recorded Radio" panel in my "Clarity" skin (the "Recorded TV" panel is the same, as I use common code for both panels): [ATTACH]211371[/ATTACH] However, the quirks are that the values are sometimes unset, and sometimes set incorrectly. So to get a sensible outcome in all cases, it is necessary to use some complicated logic. This is what I use: [code] <control> <description>Number of items in a list</description> <type>label</type> <posX>0</posX> <posY>#cw.nlist.count.y</posY> <width>#cw.panel.w</width> <height>#cw.nlist.count.h</height> <align>center</align> #cw.nlist.count.f <textcolor>#cw.nlist.count.c</textcolor> <description> The built-in variables "#selectedindex" and "#itemcount" are unset or incorrectly set in certain situations. To avoid bad labelling appearing on the panel, we display the values shown below, where "(null)" represents the zero-length string, and "n" and "m" are integers: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ #selectedindex #itemcount label shown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ (null) (null) (none) (null) 0 0 items (null) 1 1 item (null) n n items 0 (null) (none) 0 0 0 items 0 1 1 item 0 n n items n (null) Item n n 0 Item n n 1 Item 1 n m Item n of m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ In addition, when the context menu is on the screen, "#selectedindex" is the index of the highlighted item in the context menu, and not the index of the item in the list. So when the context menu is visible (language string: 102012), we display the null string or "n items", as appropriate. </description> <label>#(switch( and(eq(#currentmodule,L(102012)),eq(#itemcount,'')), '', eq(#currentmodule,L(102012)), string.formatcount( #itemcount,'{0} items|{0} item|{0} items'), and(eq(#selectedindex,''),eq(#itemcount,'')), '', and(eq(#selectedindex,'0'),eq(#itemcount,'')), '', or(eq(#selectedindex,''),eq(#selectedindex,'0')), string.formatcount( #itemcount,'{0} items|{0} item|{0} items'), or(eq(#itemcount,''),eq(#itemcount,'0')), 'Item #selectedindex', eq(1,1), 'Item #selectedindex of #itemcount'))</label> </control>[/code] Note that some of the text constants are hard-coded English, so if you wanted to enable your skins for other languages, you would need to modify those parts of the code. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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