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New user tips

You may never see the light of day if you try and read the entire Columns UI thread, so this most of the useful information for new users will slowly be filled in here.

FIXME Actually add some useful content here

Formatting tips

Understanding titleformatting

Rather than blindly using someone elses config, it is best to get a grasp of the titleformatting language, so you can create personalised configs yourself. The language used in titleformatting is tagz; for more information see the articles below:

Filesize in MB

$div(%_filesize%,1048576).$num($div($mul($mod(%_filesize%,1048576),100),1048576),2) MB

Filesize in KB

$ifgreater($div(%_filesize%,1024,1000),1,$div(%_filesize%,1024,1000)',',)$right($div(%_filesize%,1024),3)' KB'

Alternating track colours

In your colour string, use this code for the colour you wish to alternate:

$ifequal($mod(%_playlist_number%,2),0,<colour a>,<colour b>)

replacing <colour a> and <colour b> with your desired colours.

Making groups of alternating colours

To create alternating colours for groups of three songs (three dark, three light), use the following code:

$ifgreater($mod($add($playlist_number%,1),6),2),<colour a>,<colour b>)

Again, replace <colour a> and <colour b> with your desired colours. The number '1' above may be replaced with a different value (say, 4) to align the desired colour with your first list item.

columns_ui/tips_and_tricks.1218734852.txt.gz · Last modified: 2008/08/14 17:27 by 68.90.42.210