Slightly more Please Wait Bar information...

[ehuonder]

I was viewing my old PleaseWaitBar scroll, and realized that it wasn't smooth like I wanted it. So, I checked the forums to get more details on it. I was unable to find a complete enough answer for myself on how the scrolling occurred, so I did a bunch of trial-and-error to try and figure it out. In case others are looking for PleaseWaitBar information, here's what I found.

1) As stated in other posts, use the same sizes for the pleasewait.png (256x154) and pleasewaitbar.png (695x23).

2) In operation, the pleasewaitbar image will initially show the left 200 columns (0-199). It will scroll right within the image until displaying columns (450-649). Then it will jump back to displaying columns (0-199).

For any of you theme editors, this should help if you want a smooth transition, as columns 650-695 do not appear to ever be displayed.

 

DISCLAIMER: The above numbers are a best guess based on experimentation. I do not have access to the source code, so this could be slightly off. Also, this was tested on a 1600x1200 theme. So, if the SW does different scalings for different resolutions, your actual numbers may be slightly different as well. But this should give you a better starting point than the 695x23 does.

Good Luck!

[Tom Speirs]

Maybe a video would help out my aging brain here!? Or where you just providing a tip?

[ehuonder]

Sorry for any confusion Tom. I was just providing a tip. Evidently, not a very well described tip  at that!

When I searched the forums, I did not find the displayed portion of the PleaseWaitBar described in detail. Those subject threads were closed, so I had to create a new one instead of just replying to them.

 

[tthurman]

I'm don't recall this, but it's been a while based on what I found.  Can you link to one of the old threads?

 

Thanks!

[ehuonder]

@tthurman,

Here is the main thread that I was referring to: Please Wait Bar - General -

It has some information about the PleaseWaitBar. This post simply adds more information.

Since I wanted more information about it, I figured that someone else might want more information about it, so I tried to add what I found here. It might have been better if I had added [TIP] to the subject line or something, but at least a simple search will show this thread as well now.

[tthurman]

 

1 hour ago, ehuonder said:

Since I wanted more information about it, I figured that someone else might want more information about it, so I tried to add what I found here.

Gotcha, thanks for following up with additional info!