Edit default views

[alfi33]

What's the recommended way to edit default views? Just about all of the default views are great and work well for my needs but I prefer to ignore leading articles in all views.
Do I need to copy all views to the userdata folder and add this line to each view?

<option name="ignore-all" value="true"/>

Or is there a better way?

[MeInMaui]

That is the recommended method so that your views will not be overwritten in future updates.

Aloha,
Mike

[alfi33]

Ok, I seem to have it working for Movies but I can't get it working for TV.

I've copied the x-vfs.xml file to userdata\vfs and edited the "TV Shows" view to look like this:

<view name="phoenix.view.default.TV" label="TV Shows" flat="true">
			<tag value="tv" />
			<tag value="default"/>
			<view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtv"/>
			<view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.importedtv"/>

			<presentation level="1">
				<group by="show">
					<option name="prune-single-item-groups" value="false"/>
				</group>
				<sort by="title">
					<option name="folders-first" value="false"/>
					<option name="sort-order" value="asc"/>
					<option name="ignore-all" value="true"/>
				</sort>
			</presentation>		
			
			<presentation level="2">
				<sort by="originalairdate" />
			</presentation>
		</view>

I reload the Reload the views from the GUI (have also restarted SageTV) but the view does not seem to change within Sage. However, it does change it in BMT web UI. What am I doing wrong? Am I editing the wrong view?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by alfi33

Ok, I seem to have it working for Movies but I can't get it working for TV.

I've copied the x-vfs.xml file to userdata\vfs and edited the "TV Shows" view to look like this:

<view name="phoenix.view.default.TV" label="TV Shows" flat="true">
			<tag value="tv" />
			<tag value="default"/>
			<view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtv"/>
			<view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.importedtv"/>

			<presentation level="1">
				<group by="show">
					<option name="prune-single-item-groups" value="false"/>
				</group>
				<sort by="title">
					<option name="folders-first" value="false"/>
					<option name="sort-order" value="asc"/>
					<option name="ignore-all" value="true"/>
				</sort>
			</presentation>		
			
			<presentation level="2">
				<sort by="originalairdate" />
			</presentation>
		</view>

I reload the Reload the views from the GUI (have also restarted SageTV) but the view does not seem to change within Sage. However, it does change it in BMT web UI. What am I doing wrong? Am I editing the wrong view?

While you can replace our views by duplicating them, it may lead to this type of confusion, where you think you are editing/changing the right view, but turns out your are not. Plus if we change the view id again, then it will stop working for you as well, since you'll no longer be "duplicating" our view.

A better approach, which wrems has documented in examples quite well, is to create your own views with your own ids/names. ie,

<view name="alfi.default.TV" label="Alfi TV" ...>

You can then test the view in BMT (and since you've given it a unique label, you'll know you are hitting the right view). Once you have it right, then create a new menu entry that references that view, and then using the Phoenix menu editor you can hide our view, and position your view where you want it.

This takes a little more effort, but the good news is that you'll be better protected against issues that crop up because we change things.

[MeInMaui]

We will likely be adding some additional options to modify views from within the UI such as ignoring leading articles and grouping folders at the top of the list. That should help alleviate some difficulties.

Aloha,
Mike

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

We will likely be adding some additional options to modify views from within the UI such as ignoring leading articles and grouping folders at the top of the list. That should help alleviate some difficulties.

Aloha,
Mike

I think another good idea might be to update the menu editor with a "Insert View MenuItem" that would allow you to select the view name, and display type (ie, banner, grid, etc), and it would build the menu item and insert it at the given location.

[MeInMaui]

I agree.

[alfi33]

Thanks for all the help. I'm really loving this VFS and custom menu stuff! Great work!

Alfie

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by alfi33

Thanks for all the help. I'm really loving this VFS and custom menu stuff! Great work!

Alfie

Glad you like it... and it's only going to get better from here on in