How do I make this such that the album name (bottom) is always sticking close to the title of the song. For example the title could go on to the next line and then the album name is just below it there because Y=0R (Note that the light red box is the bounded area of the text) . But it should also be close together to it when the title is just one line long as well. Please help.
thefallenyogurt wrote:Thank you for the reply.
Can you explain the Text=%1#CRLF##2 part.
Sure, when you use MeasureName, MeasureName2 ... you can then use "tokens" of %1, %2... in the Text option of the meter to represent those values. This allows you to concatenate multiple measure values into a single String meter. The #CRLF# is simply a built-in variable that represents a "carriage return / linefeed".
jsmorley wrote:Sure, when you use MeasureName, MeasureName2 ... you can then use "tokens" of %1, %2... in the Text option of the meter to represent those values. This allows you to concatenate multiple measure values into a single String meter. The #CRLF# is simply a built-in variable that represents a "carriage return / linefeed".
Sorry for the typo before. It should be:
Text=%1#CRLF#%2
I copy pasted your code without understanding it too much as I haven't dived deep into Rainmeter yet. But now to just complete this, I am confused as where to set the ClipString option to for the top and the bottom text. What do I do that the Title remains within the light red bounding box? I want the top text to be clipped at a Width of 235 and a height of 50. And the album text to be clipped at 235 as well and height of 25.
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However, to have distinct ClipString settings on each part of the values, the song title and album title, then you would need separate meters, like you had before. Then it gets trickier to get them to position relative to each other. If you simply use ClipString=1, a W (width) but no H (height) the value will display on a single line clipped at W. Then using Y=0R on the next meter would position it right under. If you want it to "wrap" though, then you have to set an H, and that won't be variable. It will always be H tall, and any meter under it will have extra spacing between if the first value isn't long enough to wrap to fill the height.
However, to have distinct ClipString settings on each part of the values, the song title and album title, then you would need separate meters, like you had before. Then it gets trickier to get them to position relative to each other. If you simply use ClipString=1, a W (width) but no H (height) the value will display on a single line clipped at W. Then using Y=0R on the next meter would position it right under. If you want it to "wrap" though, then you have to set an H, and that won't be variable. It will always be H tall, and any meter under it will have extra spacing between if the first value isn't long enough to wrap to fill the height.
Okay, What if I apply the clip string option to the Single meter you just showed me? and also how do I use multiple formatting options for a single line for InlineSetting?
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