How do I hide the clock in landscape using SVG for Torch?

[JTekt]

I have been struggling with this for about a week now. I can easily hide the time clock in portrait view on the torch using the following code:

<set xlink:href="#BannerTime-home" attributeName="display" to="none" begin="0"/>

however, the following code to hide the clock when in landscape mode does not seem to work at all:

<set xlink:href="#BannerTime-homescreen__Landscape" attributeName="display" to="none" begin="0"/>

I am almost positive this code worked for me before upgrading to the unofficially named theme builder beta 2. Anyone know the coding to complete this task for the Torch? Your help would be much appreciated.


thanks in advance,


Jtekt

[JinmoK]

Have you tried looking at the homescreen.svg in the temp folder?

[russnash]

Here's the problem:

<image
      id="BannerTime-home"
      x="115"
      y="83"
      width="130"
      height="40"
      xlink:href="x-object:/CurrentDateTime?clocktype=time&amp;width=130&amp;height=40&amp;font-family=theme_Untitled_2-0&amp;font-style=plain&amp;font-size=40&amp;fill=fefefe&amp;align=center&amp;altFont=BBMillbank&amp;ampmSize=40"/>
<set
      xlink:href="#BannerTime-home"
      attributeName="display"
      to="none"
      begin="custom(oc_to_landscape)"
      end="custom(oc_to_portrait)"/>
<image
      id="BannerTime-homescreen__Landscape"
      x="176"
      y="74"
      width="130"
      height="40"
      display="none"
      xlink:href="x-object:/CurrentDateTime?clocktype=time&amp;width=130&amp;height=40&amp;font-family=theme_Untitled_2-0&amp;font-style=plain&amp;font-size=40&amp;fill=fefefe&amp;align=center&amp;altFont=BBMillbank&amp;ampmSize=40"/>
<set
      xlink:href="#BannerTime-homescreen__Landscape"
      attributeName="display"
      to="inline"
      begin="custom(oc_to_landscape)"
      end="custom(oc_to_portrait)"/>

The ID's you are using are correct, however, in the homescreen.svg the theme is setting the display attribute to inline/none depending on the orientation used. In other words, even though you're hiding the time on the landscape screen, the theme builder generated svg is re-displaying it when it picks up on the orientation changing.

One way you are going to get around this is by using my method for compiling the theme by hand and changing the homescreen.svg directly. Another method would be to add your own code for responding to the orientation change events and adding a time delay, i.e. "begin(oc_to_landscape)+1".

Can I ask why you didn't just turn the clock off in theme builder?

Russ.

[JTekt]

Originally Posted by russnash

Here's the problem:

<image
      id="BannerTime-home"
      x="115"
      y="83"
      width="130"
      height="40"
      xlink:href="x-object:/CurrentDateTime?clocktype=time&amp;width=130&amp;height=40&amp;font-family=theme_Untitled_2-0&amp;font-style=plain&amp;font-size=40&amp;fill=fefefe&amp;align=center&amp;altFont=BBMillbank&amp;ampmSize=40"/>
<set
      xlink:href="#BannerTime-home"
      attributeName="display"
      to="none"
      begin="custom(oc_to_landscape)"
      end="custom(oc_to_portrait)"/>
<image
      id="BannerTime-homescreen__Landscape"
      x="176"
      y="74"
      width="130"
      height="40"
      display="none"
      xlink:href="x-object:/CurrentDateTime?clocktype=time&amp;width=130&amp;height=40&amp;font-family=theme_Untitled_2-0&amp;font-style=plain&amp;font-size=40&amp;fill=fefefe&amp;align=center&amp;altFont=BBMillbank&amp;ampmSize=40"/>
<set
      xlink:href="#BannerTime-homescreen__Landscape"
      attributeName="display"
      to="inline"
      begin="custom(oc_to_landscape)"
      end="custom(oc_to_portrait)"/>

The ID's you are using are correct, however, in the homescreen.svg the theme is setting the display attribute to inline/none depending on the orientation used. In other words, even though you're hiding the time on the landscape screen, the theme builder generated svg is re-displaying it when it picks up on the orientation changing.

One way you are going to get around this is by using my method for compiling the theme by hand and changing the homescreen.svg directly. Another method would be to add your own code for responding to the orientation change events and adding a time delay, i.e. "begin(oc_to_landscape)+1".

Can I ask why you didn't just turn the clock off in theme builder?

Russ.

Thanks Russ. This makes sense. The reason I have chosen to use this method and not just turn off the clock is because I was using [the artist formerly known as] Vince the Prince's Big Clock method. This method needs both clocks present, which you then override with code, in order to use a custom font.