Changes to the OSMC Skin

v20.2.0 - December 2023

New

add new setting to adjust select action of album, TV show and movie set main menu widgets
add consistent reminder icons for v20 PVR reminder feature
add genre colours to TV/radio guide

Improved

improve live TV and radio related localizes
improve pre-playback behaviour of now playing information section in the top right corner of each window/dialog
improve consistency between PVR windows and dialogs (feature parity as well as cosmetic appearance)
improve media flags behaviour during window transitions and when encountering edge cases
improve progress feedback of confirm dialog as well as the extended progress notification

Fixed

fix focus cover animation in wide views
fix media flags transition glitch
fix radio button control text width
fix behaviour when the correct view type or content type is not yet ready (especially related to addons loading new pages)

v20.1.0 - August 2023

New

add composer info to fullscreen music playback window and music info dialog

Improved

rework seek indicator and button behaviour

Fixed

fix watched indicator background in wide and wall views
fix episodes image to properly react to hide thumbs for unwatched episode setting

v20.0.0 - June 2023

New

Support Nexus skin engine features
remove Skin Helper Service ColorPicker support
add new video OSD audio and subtitle selection
add missing PVR guide controls dialog
use new OSMC specific video width and height info for media flags
add new default widgets to movies, tv shows and music home screen items

Improved

improve inital info dialog button focus behaviour

Fixed

fix view type button supression behaviour in video media window while video addon force view setting is enabled

v19.1.4 - May 2023

Improved

improve background overlay rendering
improve media flags spacing and positioning
improve rendering of all progress bar, scroll bar and slider controls
improve non-focus fanart behaviour

Fixed

fix seek slider mouse control

v19.1.3 - September 2022

Improved

improve window draw performance
rework home screen widget animation and heading/details behaviour

Fixed

use proper localize for Player settings entry
fix default (non-skinshortcuts) home menu widget headings

v19.1.2 - March 2022

New

reset textboxes to top scrolling position during dialog or window switches

Improved

improve inital window/dialog focus fix (only apply where needed)

Fixed

always show OSD playlist button when expected

v19.1.1 - December 2021

New

add new video/music OSD seek slider button functionality (also adds frame advance feature)
add settings level button and settings description to addon settings dialog

Improved

improve behaviour of OSD bookmarks dialog while other OSD dialogs are open (similar to previous OSD animation improvements)
streamline addon settings and skinshortcuts customization dialogs

Fixed

fix initial focus in all windows and dialogs

v19.1.0 - August 2021

New

add ENABLE option for new skinshortcuts version
add playback mode (shuffle and repeat) buttons to video OSD
add comment tag line to music visualisation
add new menu/OSD opacity/colour settings
add new plain colour background overlay style option matching the new skin design

Improved

improve background overlay colour management of new skin design
streamline secondary information and widget detail labels
improve weather widget
add warning to add-ons currently not available from Kodi repo
allow jumping from top to bottom of video playback settings dialog
adjust list views to change depending on secondary label status
improve settings window with new description and better list behaviour
update translations
handle movie set/collection indication more seamlessly
improve dialog animations
improve OSD animations
change focus of info dialog button lists to extended info button

Fixed

fix skinshortcuts management dialog
add missing views to programs section for addons that set content type
fix dialog select icons for movies and TV shows
fix movie set information in media library views
fix seek indicator

v19.0.0 - August 2021

New

add new v19 features (music library, movie sets, PVR additions and chapter/EDL markers in video OSD)
add channel sort by and sort order toggles to PVR guide side menu
add artist, album and radio now/next/RDS information to fullscreen music/radio playback window
add new info button to video and music OSD
add trackt.tv ratings information to video info dialog
add first WebLate translations
new skin design

Improved

rework look of default fullscreen music playback screen to match general skin look
refine video fullscreen OSD and info dialog behaviour
improve behaviour of weather widget when no weather information is available
improve widget headings and general secondary label information
improve localize consistency
add missing custom colour settings
improve skin setting select process for settings with a lot of options to choose from
use translatable labels for skin setting options
improve media flags positioning and edge case handling
move My OSMC link from home menu to settings window

Fixed

add missing "play recorded programme" button to PVR info dialog
fix cut-off text of plot/description text boxes

v18.5.0 - November 2020

Improved

add videos and music root directory to home menu entry and submenu customization dialog
add picture and addon browser directory to home menu entry and submenu customization dialog

v18.4.0 - October 2020

New

add channel group switching buttons to OSD PVR channels list
add Library Node Editor support
new square versions of existing views for video addons and music
add automatic masking for scope skin version
add second dialog page to music, PVR and addon info dialog
add setting to force a specific view for video addons
add missing PVR seek slider

Improved

improve wording in skin settings
improve watched/listened to indicator for all views/widgets
adjust media window view positioning and size
adjust wall and wide view for music
improve spacing of wall low view
improve PVR descriptions
rework now playing information and fullscreen music playback information
add missing detail labels to PVR and music info dialogs
show TV show episode thumb in video info dialog
use the more extended list view for more content types (addons, games, files and pictures)
improve second label of more extended list view
add wide view support to games and programs
harmonize non-focus animations
improve scrollbar size relative to their controls
add favourites to home menu entry/submenu and widget customization dialog

Fixed

fix default view music and video navigation
fix PVR channels window heading label
fix widget icon fallback
fix PVR OSD dialogs

v18.3.0 - May 2020

New

add standard Kodi 'Menu' key functionality to access side menu in all windows
add new Wide low info view
add support for Up Next addon
add playlist button to video OSD
add 3D depth information to GUI elements
add new widget layouts (square and square small)
add new 2.33:1 scope masking option

Improved

make Wide low view accessible for music views
make disabled text colour more readable
improve widget details and window headings
improve debug overlay
improve overall handling of music videos
improve playlist window
add missing scrollbars
rework most dialogs for consistency
improve widget positioning and widget icon size
improve skinshortcuts management dialog
improve video info dialog button behaviour
remove unnecessary song and picture list view

Fixed

fix settings button labels for 21:9 and 4:3 modes
fix music playlist editor window
fix side menu return button behaviour
fix edge alignment of dialogs and windows
fix watched/listened to status for a play count higher than 1

v18.2.0 - March 2020

New

add new pre-defined widgets
add setting to change whether video info dialog shows details or plot first
add setting to set a solid colour instead of background images
add audio and subtitle language information to media flags
add setting to toggle media flags information shown (first)
add new seek indicator to audio and video player
add new scope version
add new scrolling label
add new never hide music information during playback setting
add skin settings explanations
add setting to hide item count

Improved

rework home menu customization dialogs
improve sort by and sort order toggles
improve video info dialog (animations and buttons)
improve alignment and positioning of item count and media flags
show view toggle only when more than one view is available
improve info dialogs (more information/layout with video and addon info dialogs)
update Artist Slideshow integration (v3 update)
improve OSD animations
show item count with empty containers
improve music player during radio playback
improve visible window elements when busy dialog is active
let live TV and radio OSD listen to Kodi OSD settings

Fixed

move hide scrollbars setting to skin settings window
hide MyOSMC home menu entry and widget on non-OSMC systems
fix overlapping in views with big horizontal titles
add scrollbar to music album info dialog (if details list is too long)
fix now playing dialog for radio and live TV playback
fix kiosk mode behaviour

v18.1.0 - November 2019

New

add 21:9 and 4:3 modes
add option to show lock icon for encrypted PVR channels (show encrypted channel icons by default)

Improved

use OSMC busy spinner for widget loading
add Disabled option to Adjust OSD on-time during video pause button
rework skin structure for Transifex localization
improve widget icon animations
rework dialog animations to prevent bright transition

Fixed

don't show parts of weather widget during widget loading
localize all labels

v18.0.1 - October 2019

New

add new video player OSD settings (show OSD after beginning of playback and before end of playback)
add new second video info dialog screen (with extended rating, audio and subtitle information and bigger plot text box)
add new wall info view (based on wall view)
add new adjust representation of video duration setting
add new multi-image (folder) background option
add new individual background option for home menu entries
add new options for music OSD to automatically show
add user rating to music and video library
add new side-menu player controls
add new options to hide watched indicator in video library and listened to indicator in music library

Improved

add audio information to video info dialog
use font type for bold, light and italic instead of label formatting (where possible)
prevent stacking of window/dialog text during background video playback
show special watched indicator icons for videos watched more than once
add listened to indicator for music

Fixed

only offer rip CD feature when an audio CD is present

v18.0.0 - May 2019

New

add new subtitle selection to match v18 requirements
add new games section to match v18 requirements
add new resolution select button/dialog in video player
add player icon to now playing dialog
add new dependency button in addon info dialog to match v18 requirements
new colour options (colour sets, background gradients, adjustable opacity)
add PVR channel number input dialog
add PVR timeshift status dialog
add welcome dialog on non-OSMC devices
add director button to video info dialog
add new views (wide low, wall small, wall low, wall info, list info)
add new sub-menu indicator icon
add "Random TV shows" widget as new standard for TV shows home menu entry
add new dialog navigation indicators
add ratings toggle for IMDb, Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes and TVDb
add new video player OSD settings (show OSD after beginning of playback and before end of playback)

Improved

adjust syntax, values, labels and infobools to match v18 requirements
adjust PVR section to match v18 requirements
highlighting colour now adjusts according to text color
streamline OSD animations
add missing adjustable plot fonts
let favourites dialog behave like a normal window
add file path and name to refresh button in video info dialog
add song/album year to music player
add wide list as music view
add music OSD album art size switch
adjust widget headings to always show and adjust animations to match widget animations
add option to change widget labels

Fixed

show proper game widget title when not using skinshortcuts script
highlighting is now more consistent
fix current position/time remaining and current time/end time for PVR playback
hide deprecated previous/next channel buttons in PVR playback OSD
fix background of subtitle settings window
fix layout of PVR playback dialogs
fix dialog list navigation
change font size of media tags to prevent overlap with titles/details
only offer rip CD feature when an audio CD is present

v17.0.5 - June 2018

New

add option to adjust dim factor of unfocused art
add option for additional text highlight
add channel icon to PVR info dialog
add new widget options (through skin.helper.widgets script)
add AURO media flags (based on file naming)
add new cover art highlighting (size change depending on focused state)
add new movie collection indicator

Improved

add more weather information to weather window
refine music icons
remove watched status for music items (in views and widgets)
adjust representation of object based audio codec tags
refine positioning and scaling of media tag icons
adjust viewtype 55 for music and add-ons to match viewtype 53 for movies and TV shows
improve highlight colour of selected text
change appearance of all progress icons to round shape
add no dimming of cover art
dim watched and collection indicator depending on cover dimming setting
update watched overlay icon to match appearance of new movie collection indicator
add current control ID to debug overlay
change overlay colour setting to match appearance of background colour setting

Fixed

fix scrollbar in music navigation
fix item widths in various windows
fix weather window
fix focused items in addon list view (e.g. YouTube)
fix PVR views to add scrolling and adapt season/episode representation
fix widget details label for PVR items (when using skinshortcuts script)
fix scrollbar in file browser

v17.0.4 - March 2018

New

music track duration added to music info dialog
3D label shown under media flags now (after first playback and/or if named according to Kodi wiki)
Atmos/DTS:X label shown under media flags now (if named according to Kodi wiki)
show codec information in music “now playing” window
show current audio/subtitle stream in info dialog during full screen video playback
add file size label next to duration label in file view
add adjustable font sizes/styles to plot/description texts (addon info, music info, full screen info, PVR info and video info dialog) – font sizes 27 (S), 30 (M), 33 (L) and 36 (XL) available in normal and light
add option to show date above system time
add option to adjust OSD on-time during video pause
add option to hide thumbnail art of unwatched TV show episodes

Improved

show resolution with “p”-suffix (global)
show 4K resolution as 2160p (global)
adjust playback time and finish time in “now playing” dialog to match representation in full screen video playback window
show media flags in a two-line textbox
translate video/audio codecs in media flags to more understandable labels
add scrolling of long titles in “now playing” window for music
add scrolling of long album titles/artist tags in music list view
show more specific channel layout information (2.0, 5.1, 7.1, etc.)
replace “Aired on” in details of TV show episodes (in list view) by translatable “First air date”
adjust representation of season/episode titles to one syntax everywhere: S01E01
replace "Loading…" upon widget loading at startup of mediacenter by translatable "Please wait…"
add cycling of controls highlight in context menu

Fixed

window heading and system clock moved slightly down and reduced width of “now playing” dialog to avoid overlaps
adjust height of plot textbox in list view to avoid overlap with new media flag representation
use titles when available instead of item labels
recognize TV show specials and show them correctly (no season, just episode S1)
adjust width of scrolling titles in wall view and wide list view to avoid overlap with new media flags
“now playing” dialog now shows album/artist tags correctly even when one of them or both are not present in the currently playing music file
fix custom background colour option
bring back current playlist button in music OSD functionality

v17.0.3 - July 2017

v17.0.2 - March 2017

v17.0.1 - March 2017

v16.9.3 - January 2017

v16.9.2 - November 2016

Fix crash in PVR guide window; Font updates

v16.9.1 - November 2016

Library image fixes and now playing information

v16.9.0 - September 2016

Release

Changelog v20.1.1

rename default live TV home menu items to use new heading localize ID

strings.po:

add localizes for new adjust select action of album, TV show and movie set main menu widgets settings (31438, 31439, 31440, 31441, 31442, 31443)
remove deprecated live TV localize and replace it with new favourite content label (31015)
remove deprecated search result and timer localizes (31293, 31433, 31434)
add new localizes for TV/radio guide genre colour setting (31293, 31433)

textures.xbt:

update textures file with new TV/radio guide genre colour assets

mainmenu.DATA.xml:

replace live TV home menu item localize to use the new localize ID

overrides.xml:

rework TV and radio nodes for home menu item and widgets sections using the new localize ID for the TV section

template.xml:

add new widget onclick controls
add new recording, timer and reminder icons to the widget template

Coordinates_Custom_DialogMasking.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_DialogAddonSettings.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_DialogExtendedProgressBar.xml:

add coordinates includes for new progress bar busy spinner icon

Coordinates_DialogKeyboard.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_DialogPVRChannelGuide.xml:

add new reminder icons and rework recording and timer icons for consistency

Coordinates_DialogPVRChannelManager.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_DialogPVRChannelsOSD.xml:

add missing recording and timer and new reminder icons

Coordinates_DialogPVRGroupManager.xml:

add missing channel icons to lists

Coordinates_DialogPVRGuideSearch.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_DialogSettings.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_Includes_SubMenu.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_Includes_Time_NowPlaying.xml:

add coordinates includes for new dialog confirm busy spinner icon

Coordinates_MyPVRChannels.xml:

rework coordinates includes for more consistent window look
add missing recording and timer and new reminder icons

Coordinates_MyPVRGuide.xml:

fix colours of timer and reminder icons
adjust position of recording, timer and reminder images to prevent overlap with added highlighting textures
adjust TV/radio guide background textures for new TV/radio guide genre colours

Coordinates_MyPVRRecordings.xml:

rework coordinates includes for more consistent window look
add missing recording and timer and new reminder icons

Coordinates_MyPVRSearch.xml:

rework coordinates includes for more consistent window look
add missing recording and timer and new reminder icons

Coordinates_MyPVRTimers.xml:

rework coordinates includes for more consistent window look
add missing recording and timer and new reminder icons

Coordinates_script-skinshortcuts.xml:

add new coordinates includes to add textwidth tags for radio button control

Coordinates_SettingsCategory.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_SettingsProfiles.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_SkinSettings.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_SmartPlaylistEditor.xml:

rework coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

Coordinates_Viewtype52.xml:

fix focus cover animation

Coordinates_Viewtype521.xml:

fix focus cover animation

Coordinates_Viewtype522.xml:

fix focus cover animation

Coordinates_Viewtype523.xml:

fix focus cover animation

Coordinates_Viewtype524.xml:

fix focus cover animation

Coordinates_Viewtype525.xml:

fix focus cover animation

Defaults.xml:

adjust textwidth tag of default radio button control

DialogAddonInfo.xml:

adjust textwidth tag of radio button control

DialogConfirm.xml:

adjust time include for new progress busy spinner icon

DialogExtendedProgressBar.xml:

add new busy spinner icon

DialogFavourites.xml:

rework item count visibility condition and animation

DialogKeybard.xml:

replace coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

DialogPVRChannelManager.xml:

fix defaultcontrol
replace coordinates includes of edit, button, spincontrolex and radio button controls

DialogPVRGroupManager.xml:

fix defaultcontrol
add textwidth tag to radio button control

DialogPVRGuideSearch.xml:

replace coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

FileBrowser.xml:

add textwidth tag to radio button control

FileManager.xml:

rework item count visibility condition and animation

Includes.xml:

add new onload conditions for new adjust select action of album, TV show and movie set main menu widgets settings

Includes_DialogSettings.xml:

replace coordinates include to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button control

Includes_MediaFlags.xml:

add fade animation during on next and on previous transitions to hide media flags glitch
adjust media flags animations for more consitent behaviour
rework duration only label to incorporate MyPlaylist window more seamlessly
rework item count visibility condition and animation

Includes_SubMenu.xml:

adjust addon browser submenu onleft, onright and onback tags for now utilized view types 50 and 51
replace PVR & live TV settings sub menu item localize to use the new localize ID

Includes_Time_NowPlaying.xml:

adjust now playing labels conditional visibility for better pre-playback information (before streams or network resources are available)
adjust time include for new dialog confirm busy spinner icon

Includes_Windows_Dialogs.xml:

add new background transition fallback when media window view type controls are not yet visible

MyPrograms.xml:

adjust scrollbar visibility condition to remove never used control

MyPVRChannels.xml:

rework window for more consistent look

MyPVRGuide.xml:

rework item count visibility condition and animation
add new colour diffuse variable to guide grid progress timeline

MyPVRRecordings.xml:

rework window for more consistent look

MyPVRSearch.xml:

rework scrollbar position for more consistent look

MyPVRTimers.xml:

rework scrollbar position for more consistent look

script-skinshortcuts-static.xml:

add new widget onclick controls
add new recording, timer and reminder icons to the widget template

script-skinshortcuts.xml:

replace coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button control

Settings.xml:

replace PVR & live TV settings section localize to use the new localize ID

SettingsCategory.xml:

replace coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls

SettingsProfiles.xml:

replace coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button control

SkinSettings.xml:

add new adjust select action of album, TV show and movie set main menu widgets settings
replace coordinates includes to add and adjust textwidth tags for radio button controls
add setting for new TV/radio guide colours

Variables.xml:

add new value condition to HeadingLabelSecondary variable for new PVR & live TV settings section localize ID
rework PlayerIcon variable for better pre-playback player icon
add new epggridunfocusdim variable for unfocus dimming of TV/radio guide grid progress timeline

Variables_Settings.xml:

add new variable values to SkinSettingsExplanation for new adjust select action of album, TV show and movie set main menu widgets settings
add new variable value for TV/radio guide colour setting explanation text

Variables_Skinshortcuts.xml:

add new WidgetOnClickAlbum, WidgetOnClickTVShow and WidgetOnClickMovieSet variables for new widget onclick controls

Viewtype50.xml:

rework view type for better content type related icons and instances where the content type is returned empty

Addon.xml:

bump version to 20.2.0
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