label color change

[slaygun]

hey can u lmk how i could change the color of the label text which gets displayed

[Batwam]

hi,

we don't currently have an option for this but you can update _setText() in extensions.js manually around row 485 as follows (example here with red font using hex code):

    _setText() {
        try{
            if(this.player == null || undefined)
                this.label.set_text("")
            else {
                this.label.set_text(buildLabel(this.players,this.settings));
                this.label.set_style('color: #FF0000');
            }
        }
        catch(err){
            log("Mpris Label: " + err);
            this.label.set_text("");
        }
    }

Then logout/ log back in:

[slaygun]

omg thank u so much im not well versed with javascript so i was having a pretty hard time

[slaygun]

it works!

[Batwam]

No problem, it's a good suggestion and I was actually thinking this weekend about an option to change the font.

I'll see if I can integrate an option in the Preferences to allow the user to pick a colour easily.

[Batwam]

@slaygun could you please test the solution in #94 ?

[slaygun]

@Batwam what is the command to get that branch

[Batwam]

Sorry, first git clone the other repo: git clone https://github.com/Batwam/gnome-mpris-label-batwam then change to the testing branch by doing git checkout font_colour

or directly git clone -b font_colour https://github.com/Batwam/gnome-mpris-label-batwam

the rest of the installation instructions is the same

[slaygun]

yes its working!

[Batwam]

ok, that's great. This should allow you to try different colours without having to manually change the code and without having to restart the extension all the time.

Let me see if I can integrate a nice button to select a colour more easily...

[Batwam]

@slaygun I have updated the Preferences to include a button to select the colour. Would you be able to download the latest code and try it?

[slaygun]

i did and its working :+1:

[Batwam]

Ok, that's great to hear.

i'll give it a couple of days to let things settle and merge if all goes well. Let me know if you face any issues. Are you using gnome 45?

[slaygun]

Okaaay will do. Yes, I'm using gnome 45

[Batwam]

Closing this as the requested feature has now been implemented in #94