[mythtv-users] theme question - spacing between menu items

[Craig Tinson]

Donavan Stanley wrote:

>On 7/5/05, Craig Tinson <craig at 8010.co.uk> wrote:
>  
>
>>how do I go about changing the spacing between menu items? I have them
>>placed where I want them to match my background.. I've tried various
>>combos but nothing yet..
>>    
>>
>
>The background section of the theme.xml can use several tag to control
>the layout of your buttons.
>
>buttonarea -  Controls the physical area for the buttons. (Required)
>buttonspread - Controls whether myth spreads out the buttons to use
>all of the available space.  (Optional, defaults to yes)
>buttoncenter - Controls whether or not buttons are centered.
>(Optional, defaults to yes)
>columns - Controls the maximum number of columns. (Optional)
>image - The background image to use (overrides the one in the qtlook file)
>visiblerowlimit - Controls the number of rows that can be on screen at once.
>
>So...  In order to position a series of buttons over a background
>image so that they appear to be part of it you would need something
>like:
>
><background style="normal">
>    <image>button_background.jpg</image>
>    <buttonspread>no</buttonspread>
>    <buttoncenter>no</buttoncenter>
>    <buttonarea>27,117,1200,600</buttonarea>
>    <visiblerowlimit>6</visiblerowlimit>
>    <columns>1</columns>
>  </background>
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ok.. fixed!

thanks  for the suggestion that the buttons being used were too large :)

Craig