Cutting off new msg indicator?

JB Designs · Thread Author #1 06-20-2011, 06:13 AM

I'm not sure what is causing this issue and I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

The other day I made a 9650 OS6 custom theme with mini-icons and posted it in the forums for free. At that point there were only two bugs that I could not address myself. Aside from those two issues, the theme worked perfectly on my 9650 OS6.

The other day I had someone report to me that they tried the theme on their 9700 and the new message indicator (*) is cut off on all their apps. But this makes no sense to me as I modified the * and it displays correctly on my 9650 (except for one app which it is apparently embedded into as the * would not reflect my changes).

So why is it that these devices have the same screen dimensions, yet the * works perfectly on the 9650 and not on the 9700?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

berrygoodthemes · #2 06-23-2011, 10:11 AM

if you use smaller icon size than normal then the astrix will be cut off on the home screen as this is a known bug since tb6 beta was released.
the easiest way to fix is to have the astrix on the left hand side rather than the right hand side and it will always show properly then

molson0 · #3 06-23-2011, 10:23 AM

Just make sure the icon is sized wider than high in your svg.

ie:

Code:

<g id="normalImage_93">
<image id="img_1_1_226"
	x="0" y="0" width="52" height="48"
	xlink:href="Images/normalImage_img_1_4.png"/>

As you see, it works fine.

IE: I used 52X48 here.

TB exports icons at 90X68 **torch**

JB Designs · Thread Author #4 06-23-2011, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by berrygoodthemes

if you use smaller icon size than normal then the astrix will be cut off on the home screen as this is a known bug since tb6 beta was released.
the easiest way to fix is to have the astrix on the left hand side rather than the right hand side and it will always show properly then

Thanks for the reply berrygoodthemes!

I did attempt to move the * to the left, but it didn't resolve the problem. So I centered it (the *) to get a better idea of what exactly the problem is.

The first * on the left, on the messages folder, is what it should look like.

The * to the immediate right of the messages, on the BlackBerry News Feeds, is apparently embedded into the app itself. Therefore I'd like to keep the * on the same side in the event it is also embedded into other apps I don't know about.

Lastly, the * on the far right is on a user created folder and it appears much larger than it should for some reason.

But when this was originally brought to my attention, I was told all the * (even on the IM) were being cut off. That was on a 9780. But they seem to work fine on my 9650, aside from the News Feeds which I obviously can't do anything about as far as moving and/or modifying it. But of course I would like to get this figured out as I don't want any device having issues displaying my themes.

Unfortunately, as for what is causing the * to become larger on the user created folder it something that is beyond me and while I didn't notice it before, I would imagine its going to be even more so of a problem when the * is back where it is supposed to be

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson0

Just make sure the icon is sized wider than high in your svg.

ie:

Code:

<g id="normalImage_93">
<image id="img_1_1_226"
	x="0" y="0" width="52" height="48"
	xlink:href="Images/normalImage_img_1_4.png"/>

As you see, it works fine.

IE: I used 52X48 here.

TB exports icons at 90X68 **torch**

Thanks for the reply molson0!

I would attempt to try this, but all the icons I've used are perfectly square (52x52, 68x68 etc). So at the risk of sounding stupid, how do I try this with square images without having them distorted?

Also, if it helps any, for my 85xx series themes I use a 40x40 mini icon and I use the original 52x52 icons for the 96xx series mini icons.

Thanks again to you both for your replies!

molson0 · #5 06-23-2011, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JavaBrat

Thanks for the reply molson0!

I would attempt to try this, but all the icons I've used are perfectly square (52x52, 68x68 etc). So at the risk of sounding stupid, how do I try this with square images without having them distorted?

Also, if it helps any, for my 85xx series themes I use a 40x40 mini icon and I use the original 52x52 icons for the 96xx series mini icons.

Thanks again to you both for your replies!

I notice zero distortion in the icons when changing width.

The picture it calls wont change. Just the space alocated will.

JB Designs · Thread Author #6 06-23-2011, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson0

I notice zero distortion in the icons when changing width.

The picture it calls wont change. Just the space alocated will.

Ah, ok. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

JB Designs · Thread Author #7 07-07-2011, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JavaBrat

I'm not sure what is causing this issue and I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

The other day I made a 9650 OS6 custom theme with mini-icons and posted it in the forums for free. At that point there were only two bugs that I could not address myself. Aside from those two issues, the theme worked perfectly on my 9650 OS6.

The other day I had someone report to me that they tried the theme on their 9700 and the new message indicator (*) is cut off on all their apps. But this makes no sense to me as I modified the * and it displays correctly on my 9650 (except for one app which it is apparently embedded into as the * would not reflect my changes).

So why is it that these devices have the same screen dimensions, yet the * works perfectly on the 9650 and not on the 9700?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

Well whatever caused this issue before has gotten even worse somehow because I started a new theme yesterday morning and spent the rest of the day and this morning trying to figure out why it was again cutting the new message * off.

The theme I was working on was in TB6 for 9650 OS6. The images I used in TB were the same as in Composer, which were;

Tab Underlay 80x72
Focus Icon Underlay 80x72
New Overlay 68x68
Icons 68x68

I tried using smaller icons, it still cut off. I tried adjust them so they were wider than tall, which made them load properly, but cut off and stay that way once focused on.

I have around 10-12 themes for this device, the last one of which gave me the same problem, but it had mini icons. I did, as far as I know, get that issue straightened out. But now its happening to standard icons and the same fix didn't work. In fact, nothing I have tried has worked.

Does anyone know the bug that is causing this as I make all the themes the same way and haven't had this problem until now?

Thanks in advance!

Verschuetter · #8 07-14-2011, 01:25 PM

Hey there,

I have exactly the same problems! It is exhausting trying to solve it. I waste the last 3 day with other msg indicators, moving it around the icon and whatever is possible. But nothing helps.
I badly hope that RIM blows out a now TB asap!

If someone can help it would be very nice to write down a way that works for this cr...y indicator stuff.

Thanks

JB Designs · Thread Author #9 07-14-2011, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verschuetter

Hey there,

I have exactly the same problems! It is exhausting trying to solve it. I waste the last 3 day with other msg indicators, moving it around the icon and whatever is possible. But nothing helps.
I badly hope that RIM blows out a now TB asap!

If someone can help it would be very nice to write down a way that works for this cr...y indicator stuff.

Thanks

The only way I have been able to get things to work is to use larger icons in Composer than what are in Theme Builder.

For example, with a 96xx OS6 theme, TB has the stock 68x68 icons. So use the 80x80 icons in Composer (Edit>Preferences>Miscellaneous).

A plus to this is, if you convert the theme to 96xx OS5, you can use the same Composer file as is

Verschuetter · #10 07-15-2011, 06:06 AM

Quote:

The only way I have been able to get things to work is to use larger icons in Composer than what are in Theme Builder.

For example, with a 96xx OS6 theme, TB has the stock 68x68 icons. So use the 80x80 icons in Composer (Edit>Preferences>Miscellaneous).

A plus to this is, if you convert the theme to 96xx OS5, you can use the same Composer file as is

Thank you for helping JavaBrat. The problem is I used mini icons (52x52) so the whole theme won't work if I change to 68x68. Some other solutions?

JB Designs · Thread Author #11 07-15-2011, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verschuetter

Thank you for helping JavaBrat. The problem is I used mini icons (52x52) so the whole theme won't work if I change to 68x68. Some other solutions?

Oh ok, that's where this problem started for me too.

What I did was this... In composer, select the Theme Button, place a 52x52 icon on the canvas and then change the dimensions at the top where it shows the "W:" and the "H:". Change it to W:57 and H:52. BUT make sure to do this BEFORE selecting the the "Launch Application", otherwise it won't allow you to edit these fields. Once you have resized it, you can select Launch BlackBerry Application or Use Device Application Order etc. Then just repeat this for each icon.

Hope this helps!

Verschuetter · #12 07-15-2011, 11:56 AM

JavaBrat you are my hero! Thank you very much! A three days torture has come to its end. Gosh, what you have to do just for making a simple theme Oo.

I made the dimensions for the homescreen icons to 54x52 that works well for me and in the end all msg indicators are shown correct.

Thanks again dude!

JB Designs · Thread Author #13 07-15-2011, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verschuetter

JavaBrat you are my hero! Thank you very much! A three days torture has come to its end. Gosh, what you have to do just for making a simple theme Oo.

I made the dimensions for the homescreen icons to 54x52 that works well for me and in the end all msg indicators are shown correct.

Thanks again dude!

You're welcome

I know what a PITA it can all be... trust me LOL!
But having someone contact you to tell you how much they enjoy your theme makes it all worth while