libretro / libretro/RetroArch

Ozone content metadata and two thumbnails

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Description

Description

With three-two (if the thumbnails are the 'main' ones selected) thumbnails content metadata is not displayed at all. However if the game happens to only have 1 thumbnail available to display in the current mode, it will.

This is probably because there is no space.

Expected behavior

What i'd like to happen is a ticker variant that is really a single line and display all 3 thumbnails at once in the column if they exist, and the ticker variant of content metadata being pinned to the bottom. I'd have to see how it looks but it seems like it should be possible from the space if the ticker was really a single line (it isn't).

Actual behavior

It's somewhat inconsistent. It's better than what it was before, because at least when you press the button to switch thumbnails there are no '3' thumbnail states like before, but only two, and that's good, but it would be interesting to see a state that displayed all the thumbnails and the content metadata. Failing that, at least when there are two visible ones, not hide the content metadata, maybe forcing the 'ticker' state.

Another, easier, way to achieve consistency would be a option in the appearance menu to always hide the content metadata.

Since the name of the core is the main culprit in making the 'ticker text' move, showing the 'short name' of the core (what's inside parenthesis if it's not autodetect), without the type of console would be good too.

@sonninnos

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Research direction

Start by tracing the Ozone layout handling for thumbnails, content metadata, and ticker text, using the current two-thumbnail behavior as the baseline. Compare the possible outcomes described in the issue and confirm the chosen behavior visually: display all available thumbnails with metadata, preserve metadata when two are visible, or consistently hide it through an appearance option.

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Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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